1980 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 48th USSR Chess Championship Vilnius Alexander Beliavsky Lev Psakhis 1979 USSR Chess Championship 1981 USSR Chess Championship The 1980 Soviet Chess Championship was the 48th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 25 December 1980 to 21 January 1981 in Vilnius. The title was won by Alexander Beliavsky and Lev Psakhis. Semifinals took place in Dnipropetrovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Tallinn; The First League (also qualifying to the final) was held at Tashkent.Cafferty, Bernard Taimanov, Mark 2016 The Soviet Championships London Everyman Chess 186 Cafferty; Taimanov 2016 http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 thumb|200px|Alexander Beliavsky thumb|200px|Lev Psakhis Qualifying Semifinals The qualifying Swiss was now split into four sections of 16 players all-play-alls, perhaps a reflection of the unpopularity of the Swiss system in Soviet circles. All four, at Dnipropetrovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Tallinn, took place simultaneously in August 1980. The winners respectively were Evgeni Vasiukov, Smbat Lputian, Lev Psakhis and Valery Chekhov gaining a direct promotion to the final. First League The top seven qualified for the final.http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs.html Russian Base + Tashkent, 2-29 October 1980 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1URS Alexander Beliavsky2590 - 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 111½2URS Vitaly Tseshkovsky2595 0 - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 110½3URS Sergey Dolmatov2535 1 0 - 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 110½4URS Yuri Razuvaev2515 ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1105URS Gennadi Kuzmin2530 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1106URS Oleg Romanishin2580 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½107URS Nukhim Rashkovsky2520 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1108URS Evgeny Sveshnikov2570 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½9½9URS Vereslav Eingorn2470 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 19½10URS Josif Dorfman2540 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1911URS Konstantin Lerner2495 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 - 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½8½12URS Georgy Agzamov 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 18½13URS Alexander Panchenko 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ 0 0814URS Maia Chiburdanidze2400 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 - ½ 1 1 ½715URS Alexander Ivanov 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½616URS Vladimir Tukmakov2560 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½5½17URS Igor Platonov ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ - 1518URS Fikret Sideifzade2320 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 -4 Final The date of the final slipped, as it did not begin at the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius until December 25th. Not really Christmas Day, in a sense, since this feast was not celebrated in the USSR. The delay was due to the 1980 Olympiad being played late in the year.Cafferty; Taimanov 2016 186 + 48th USSR Chess Championship Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1URS Lev Psakhis2535 - 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 010½2URS Alexander Beliavsky2590 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 110½3URS Yuri Balashov2600 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½104URS Oleg Romanishin2580 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1105URS Artur Yusupov2485 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1106URS Sergey Dolmatov2535 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ - 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 19½7URS Viktor Kupreichik2535 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 - ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 19½8URS Gennadi Kuzmin2530 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½9½9URS Vitaly Tseshkovsky2595 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ - ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½9½10URS Rafael Vaganian2590 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1911URS Nukhim Rashkovsky2520 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 08½12URS Evgeni Vasiukov2545 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 18½13URS Sergey Makarichev2495 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½7½14URS Efim Geller2565 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 0 ½ 06½15URS Tamaz Giorgadze2540 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - 1 ½ 16½16URS Smbat Lputian2445 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - 0 ½617URS Yuri Razuvaev2515 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 1618URS Valery Chekhov2410 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 -5½ References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1980 in chess Chess