1983 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).[1][2]

50th USSR Chess Championship
LocationMoscow
Champion
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov

Qualifying

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Semifinals

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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

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The top two qualified for the final.[3]

Telavi, December 1982
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1   Rafael Vaganian 2550 - 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 11½
2   Georgy Agzamov 1 - ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 11
3   Gennadi Zaichik 0 ½ - 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 11
4   Valery Chekhov 2460 1 ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10
5   Smbat Lputian 2440 ½ ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 10
6   Leonid Yudasin 2405 0 0 1 ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 10
7   Yuri Anikaev 2465 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 10
8   Elizbar Ubilava 2435 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
9   Aleksandr Shneider 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½
10   Vladimir Bagirov 2495 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0
11   Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2595 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
12   Andrei Lukin 2465 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
13   Evgeni Vasiukov 2495 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 7
14   Bukhuti Gurgenidze 2495 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 0 0 1
15   Sergey Gorelov 2470 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - 0 0 ½
16   Arshak Petrosian 2485 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 - ½ 0
17   Alex Yermolinsky 2450 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ - ½
18   Michael Zeitlein 2490 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ -

Final

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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 Total
1   Anatoly Karpov 2710 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
2   Vladimir Tukmakov 2580 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 9
3   Lev Polugaevsky 2625 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
4   Rafael Vaganian 2550 ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½
5   Yuri Balashov 2540 ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8
6   Tigran Petrosian 2605 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
7   Vladimir Malaniuk 2460 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½
8   Lev Psakhis 2580 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
9   Oleg Romanishin 2585 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1
10   Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
11   Yuri Razuvaev 2520 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 0 7
12   Georgy Agzamov ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 7
13   Alexander Beliavsky 2570 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 1 7
14   Efim Geller 2575 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½
15   Artur Yusupov 2565 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 - ½
16   Konstantin Lerner 2525 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ -

References

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  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 192.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
  3. ^ "Russian Base".