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1983 USSR Chess Championship

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50th USSR Chess Championship
LocationMoscow
Champion
Anatoly Karpov

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]

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 Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian 2550 - 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 11½
2 Soviet Union Georgy Agzamov 1 - ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 11
3 Soviet Union Gennadi Zaichik 0 ½ - 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 11
4 Soviet Union Valery Chekhov 2460 1 ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10
5 Soviet Union Smbat Lputian 2440 ½ ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 10
6 Soviet Union Leonid Yudasin 2405 0 0 1 ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 10
7 Soviet Union Yuri Anikaev 2465 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 10
8 Soviet Union Elizbar Ubilava 2435 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
9 Soviet Union Aleksandr Shneider 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½
10 Soviet Union Vladimir Bagirov 2495 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0
11 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2595 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
12 Soviet Union Andrei Lukin 2465 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
13 Soviet Union Evgeni Vasiukov 2495 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 7
14 Soviet Union Bukhuti Gurgenidze 2495 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 0 0 1
15 Soviet Union Sergey Gorelov 2470 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - 0 0 ½
16 Soviet Union Arshak Petrosian 2485 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 - ½ 0
17 Soviet Union Alex Yermolinsky 2450 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ - ½
18 Soviet Union 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 Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov 2710 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov 2580 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 9
3 Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2625 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
4 Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian 2550 ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½
5 Soviet Union Yuri Balashov 2540 ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8
6 Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian 2605 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
7 Soviet Union Vladimir Malaniuk 2460 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½
8 Soviet Union Lev Psakhis 2580 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
9 Soviet Union Oleg Romanishin 2585 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1
10 Soviet Union Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
11 Soviet Union Yuri Razuvaev 2520 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 0 7
12 Soviet Union Georgy Agzamov ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 7
13 Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2570 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 1 7
14 Soviet Union Efim Geller 2575 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½
15 Soviet Union Artur Yusupov 2565 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 - ½
16 Soviet Union 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".