1931 USSR Chess Championship
Soviet chess tournament
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The 1931 USSR Chess Championship was the 7th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 October to 11 November in Moscow. The tournament was won by the future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The competition had the largest number of players up to that edition and had an extensive set of preliminary qualifiers in which about 500 players took part. [1]
| 1931 USSR Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Moscow |
| Champion | |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | |
Table and results
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mikhail Botvinnik
| - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 13½ |
| 2 | Nikolai Riumin
| 0 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 3 | Boris Verlinsky
| 0 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Vladimir Alatortsev
| 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Mikhail Yudovich
| 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Fedir Bohatyrchuk
| ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Ilya Kan
| 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
| 8 | Vsevolod Rauzer
| 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9 |
| 9 | Isaak Mazel
| 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9 |
| 10 | Georgy Lisitsin
| ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 8½ |
| 11 | Vladimir Kirillov
| 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 12 | Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 13 | Nikolai Sorokin
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Abram Zamikhovsky
| 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| 15 | Victor Goglidze
| 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Veniamin Sozin
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 5½ |
| 17 | Genrikh Kasparian
| 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 5 |
| 18 | Alexander Budo
| ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 5 |
