1929 USSR Chess Championship explained

Event:	1929 USSR Chess Championship
Location:	Odessa
Champion:	Boris Verlinsky
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The 1929 USSR Chess Championship was the 6th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2–20 September in Odessa. The tournament was won by Boris Verlinsky. The event was held outside Moscow and Leningrad for the first time. 36 players competed in four quarterfinal sections, with the top three in each advancing into two six-player semifinals. The top two from each semifinals were then to play a double round final to determine the champion (but due to the withdrawal of one of the finalists, the final tournament had only three players).^{[1] [2]}

Tables and results

Quarterfinals

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 1!!Player!1!2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9!Total

1	Yakov Rokhlin	-	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	5
2	Vladislav Silich	0	-	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	5
3	Konstantin Vigodchikov	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	1	0	4½
4		½	0	½	-	½	½	1	½	1	4½
5		½	0	½	½	-	0	½	1	1	4
6		½	½	½	½	1	-	½	0	0	3½
7		1	0	0	0	½	½	-	½	1	3½
8		0	1	0	½	0	1	½	-	0	3
9		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-	3

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 2!!Player!1!2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9!Total

1	Mikhail Botvinnik	-	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7
2	Sergey von Freymann	0	-	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½
3	Vsevolod Rauzer	½	½	-	0	1	1	1	1	½	5½
4		0	0	1	-	1	1	1	1	½	5½
5		0	0	0	0	-	1	1	1	1	4
6		½	0	0	0	0	-	½	1	1	3
7		0	0	0	0	0	½	-	½	1	2
8		0	0	0	0	0	0	½	-	1	1½
9		0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0		1

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 3!!Player!1!2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9!Total

1	Ilya Kan	-	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½
2	Boris Verlinsky	0	-	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½
3	Mikhail Makogonov	½	0	-	½	1	½	1	1	1	5½
4		½	0	½	-	1	1	½	1	0	4½
5		0	½	0	0	-	½	½	1	1	3½
6		0	0	½	0	½	-	1	0	1	3
7		½	½	0	½	½	0	-	½	0	2½
8		0	½	0	0	0	1	½	-	½	2½
9		0	0	0	1	0	0	1	½	-	2½

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 4!!Player!1!2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9!Total

1	Nikolai Grigoriev	-	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	5½
2	Vladimir Makogonov	½	-	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	5½
3	Peter Izmailov	0	1	-	1	½	0	1	½	1	5
4		1	0	0	-	1	1	0	1	1	5
5		0	1	½	0	-	½	1	1	½	4½
6		½	0	1	0	½	-	½	0	½	3
7		½	0	0	1	0	½	-	½	½	3
8		0	0	½	0	0	1	½	-	1	3
9		0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	-	1½

Semifinals

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 1!!Player!1!2!3!4!5!6!Total

1	Peter Izmailov	-	½	½	1	1	½	3½
2	Ilya Kan	½	-	½	1	½	1	3½
3		½	½	-	½	½	½	2½
4		0	0	½	-	1	1	2½
5		0	½	½	0	-	½	1½
6		½	0	½	0	½	-	1½

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 2!!Player!1!2!3!4!5!6!Total

1	Sergey von Freymann	-	1	0	1	1	1	4
2	Boris Verlinsky	0	-	1	1	1	1	4
3		1	0	-	0	1	1	3
4		0	0	1	-	0	½	1½
5		0	0	0	1	-	½	1½
6		0	0	0	½	½	-	1

Final

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Final!!Player!1!2!3!Total

1	Boris Verlinsky	-	1 1	1 ½	3½
2		0 0	-	1 1	2
3		0 ½	0 0	-	½

Izmailov could not play at the end as he had to go off to take his final exams.

Notes and References

1. Book: Cafferty, Bernard.. The Soviet Championships.. Everyman Chess. 2016. Londres. 29. 962073510 .
2. Web site: OlimpBase : 6th Soviet Chess Championship final, Odessa 1929 . www.olimpbase.org.