1983 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 50th USSR Chess Championship Moscow Anatoly Karpov 1981 USSR Chess Championship 1984 USSR Chess Championship The 1983 Soviet Chess Championship was the 50th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2–28 April 1983 in Moscow. The title was won by Anatoly Karpov. Semifinals took place in Ivano-Frankivsk, Pavlodar, Sievierodonetsk and Yaroslavl; The First League (also qualifying to the final) was held at Telavi. There was no final in 1982, the year of the Soviet Zonal (Interzonal qualifying).Cafferty, Bernard Taimanov, Mark 2016 The Soviet Championships London Everyman Chess 192 Cafferty; Taimanov 2016 http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 thumb|200px|Anatoly Karpov Qualifying Semifinals Semifinals took place at Ivano-Frankivsk, Pavlodar, Sievierodonetsk and Yaroslavl in June–July 1982. The winners respectively were Konstantin Lerner, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Vladimir Malaniuk and Yuri Razuvayev gaining a direct promotion to the final. First League The top two qualified for the final.http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs.html Russian Base + Telavi, December 1982 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1URS Rafael Vaganian2550 - 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 111½2URS Georgy Agzamov 1 - ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1113URS Gennadi Zaichik 0 ½ - 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1114URS Valery Chekhov2460 1 ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1105URS Smbat Lputian2440 ½ ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½106URS Leonid Yudasin2405 0 0 1 ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1107URS Yuri Anikaev2465 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½108URS Elizbar Ubilava2435 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 19½9URS Aleksandr Shneider 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½9½10URS Vladimir Bagirov2495 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 07½11URS Vitaly Tseshkovsky2595 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½7½12URS Andrei Lukin2465 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½713URS Evgeni Vasiukov2495 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1714URS Bukhuti Gurgenidze2495 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 0 0 16½15URS Sergey Gorelov2470 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - 0 0 ½6½16URS Arshak Petrosian2485 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 - ½ 06½17URS Alex Yermolinsky2450 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ - ½6½18URS Michael Zeitlein2490 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ -5½ Final The final was held as late as April 1983 at Moscow with the unusual number of 17 players. Tal was soon ill and withdrew after round ten (after 2 loses, 3 draws and 4 adjourned games). The diagnosis this time was high blood pressure. + 50th USSR Chess Championship Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total1URS Anatoly Karpov2710 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 19½2URS Vladimir Tukmakov2580 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½93URS Lev Polugaevsky2625 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 18½4URS Rafael Vaganian2550 ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½8½5URS Yuri Balashov2540 ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½86URS Tigran Petrosian2605 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½7½7URS Vladimir Malaniuk2460 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½7½8URS Lev Psakhis2580 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 17½9URS Oleg Romanishin2585 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 17½10URS Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½711URS Yuri Razuvaev2520 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 0712URS Georgy Agzamov ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½713URS Alexander Beliavsky2570 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 1714URS Efim Geller2575 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½6½15URS Artur Yusupov2565 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 - ½6½16URS Konstantin Lerner2525 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ -5½ References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1983 in chess Category:1983 in Soviet sport