Russian Chess Championship

The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms.

Winners by year (men) Imperial Russia In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879. Chigorin won with seven wins, four losses, and two draws.

In 1899, the format of the championship was changed to a round-robin tournament known as the All-Russian Masters' Tournament. The winners were: {| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Winner |- | 1 || 1899 || Moscow || Mikhail Chigorin |- | 2 || 1900/1901 || Moscow || Mikhail Chigorin |- | 3 ||1903 || Kiev || Mikhail Chigorin |- | 4 || 1905/1906 || Saint Petersburg || Gersz Salwe |- | 5 || 1907 || Łódź || Akiba Rubinstein |- | 6 || 1909 || Vilna || Akiba Rubinstein |- | 7 || 1912 || Vilna || Akiba Rubinstein |- | 8 || 1913/1914 || Saint Petersburg || Alexander Alekhine & Aron Nimzowitsch

RSFSR After the formation of the USSR the USSR Chess Championship was established as the national championship. However the Russian championship continued to exist as the championship of the RSFSR. The first two USSR championships in 1920 and 1923 were also recognized as RSFSR championships; the modern numbering of Russian championships begins with these two tournaments. The cities Moscow and Leningrad held their own championships and their players were ineligible to play in the RSFSR championship. However, some did participate as outside competitors: for example, Taimanov finished with the same number of points as Tarasov in the 1960 championship, but only Tarasov was awarded the title as Taimanov was from Leningrad.

Rashid Nezhmetdinov held the record of five wins of the Russian Chess Championship.

{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Winner |- | 1 || 1920 || Moscow ||Alexander Alekhine |- | 2 || 1923 || Petrograd || Peter Romanovsky |- | 3 || 1928 || Moscow || Peter Izmailov |- | 4 || 1934 || Moscow || Sergey Belavenets |- | 5 || 1935 || Gorky || Alexander Tolush |- | 6 || 1946 || Sverdlovsk || Isaac Boleslavsky |- | 7 || 1947 || Kuybyshev || Nikolay Novotelnov |- | 8 || 1948 || Saratov || Nikolay Aratovsky, Georgy Ilivitsky |- | 9 || 1949 || Yaroslavl || Peter Dubinin, Georgy Ilivitsky |- | 10 || 1950 || Gorky || Rashid Nezhmetdinov |- | 11 || 1951 || Yaroslavl || Rashid Nezhmetdinov |- | 12 || 1952 || Tula || Lev Aronin, Nikolai Krogius |- | 13 || 1953 || Saratov || Rashid Nezhmetdinov |- | 14 || 1954 || Rostov-on-Don || Leonid Shamkovich |- | 15 || 1955 || Leningrad || Anatoly Lutikov |- | 16 || 1956 || Kislovodsk || Leonid Shamkovich |- | 17 || 1957 || Krasnodar || Rashid Nezhmetdinov |- | 18 || 1958 || Sochi || Rashid Nezhmetdinov |- | 19 || 1959 || Voronezh || Anatoly Lutikov |- | 20 || 1960 || Perm || Vitaly Tarasov, Mark Taimanov (off contest) |- | 21 || 1961 || Omsk || Lev Polugaevsky |- | 22 || 1963 || Chelyabinsk || Anatoly Lein |- | 23 || 1964 || Kazan || Nikolai Krogius |- | 24 || 1966 || Saratov || Igor Zakharov, Anatoly Lein, Vladimir Sergievsky |- | 25 || 1968 || Grozny || Alexander Zaitsev |- | 26 || 1970 || Kuybyshev || Anatoly Karpov |- | 27 || 1971 || Penza || Oleg Dementiev, Valery Zilberstein |- | 28 || 1972 || Rostov-on-Don || Vitaly Tseshkovsky |- | 29 || 1973 || Omsk || Valeri Korensky, Jurij Rusakov, Vitaly Tseshkovsky |- | 30 || 1974 || Tula || Nukhim Rashkovsky |- | 31 || 1976 || Novosibirsk || Nukhim Rashkovsky |- | 32 || 1977 || Volgograd || Valerij Zhuravliov, Lev Psakhis |- | 33 || 1979 || Sverdlovsk || Alexander Panchenko |- | 34 || 1980 || Kazan || Alexander Petrushin |- | 35 || 1981 || Vladimir || Pavel Zarubin |- | 36 || 1982 || Stavropol || Anatoly Vaisser, Valery Chekhov |- | 37 || 1984 || Bryansk || Gennady Tunik |- | 38 || 1985 || Sverdlovsk || Alexander Petrushin |- | 39 || 1986 || Smolensk || Veniamin Shtyrenkov |- | 40 || 1987 || Kursk || Andrei Kharitonov |- | 41 || 1988 || Voronezh || Ratmir Kholmov, Vadim Ruban |- | 42 || 1989 || Gorky || Alexey Vyzmanavin |- | 43 || 1990 || Kuybyshev || Andrei Kharlov, Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Shcherbakov, Maxim Sorokin |- | 44 || 1991 || Smolensk || Sergei Rublevsky

Russian Federation After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Championship was re-established as a national championship, and players from Moscow and St. Petersburg were allowed to participate. Prior to 2004, the championship was organized as a Swiss-style tournament except for 1997 and 1999, where a knockout format was used. In 2004, the tournament reverted to a round robin with the strongest players in the country directly seeded into the final (called the Superfinal) held in Moscow while others progress through qualifying tournaments.

{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Date !! City !! Tournament system !! Winner !! Notes !! Reference |- | 45 || 1992 || Oryol || Swiss || Alexei Gavrilov || || |- | 46 || 1993 || Tyumen || Swiss || Alexei Bezgodov || || |- | 47 || 1994 || Elista || Swiss || Peter Svidler || || |- | 48 || 17–29 October 1995 || Elista || Swiss || Peter Svidler || || |- | 49 || 14–17 October 1996 || Elista || Swiss || Alexander Khalifman || || |- | 50 || 20 May – 6 June 1997 || Elista || Knockout || Peter Svidler || || |- | 51 || 27 July – 8 August 1998 || Saint Petersburg || Swiss || Alexander Morozevich || || |- | 52 || 15–28 December 1999 || Moscow || Knockout || Konstantin Sakaev || || |- | 53 || 17–27 June 2000 || Samara || Swiss || Sergey Volkov || || |- | 54 || 29 April – 9 May 2001 || Elista || Swiss || Alexander Motylev || on tiebreak over Alexander Lastin || |- | 55 || 27 August – 4 September 2002 || Krasnodar || Swiss || Alexander Lastin || || |- | 56 || 2–12 September 2003 || Krasnoyarsk || Swiss || Peter Svidler || on tiebreak over Alexander Morozevich || |- | 57 || 14–27 November 2004 || Moscow || Round-robin || Garry Kasparov || || |- | 58 || 19–30 December 2005 || Moscow || Round-robin || Sergei Rublevsky || || |- | 59 || 3–15 December 2006 || Moscow || Round-robin || Evgeny Alekseev || after a playoff match with Dmitry Jakovenko || |- | 60 || 17–30 December 2007 || Moscow || Round-robin || Alexander Morozevich || || |- | 61 || 2–16 October 2008 || Moscow || Round-robin || Peter Svidler || after a playoff with Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jakovenko || |- | 62 || 19–30 December 2009 || Moscow || Round-robin || Alexander Grischuk || || |- | 63 || 10–22 December 2010 || Moscow || Round-robin || Ian Nepomniachtchi || after a playoff with Sergey Karjakin || |- | 64 || 7–15 August 2011 || Moscow || Round-robin || Peter Svidler || || |- | 65 || 2–13 August 2012 || Moscow || Round-robin || Dmitry Andreikin || after a rapid playoff with Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Dmitry Jakovenko, Vladimir Potkin and Evgeny Alekseev || |- | 66 || 4–15 October 2013 || Nizhny Novgorod || Round-robin || Peter Svidler || after a playoff match with Ian Nepomniachtchi || |- | 67 || 27 November – 8 December 2014 || Kazan || Round-robin || Igor Lysyj || || |- | 68 || 8–21 August 2015 || Chita || Round-robin || Evgeny Tomashevsky || || |- | 69 || 15–28 October 2016 || Novosibirsk || Round-robin || Alexander Riazantsev || || |- | 70 || 2–15 December 2017 || Saint Petersburg || Round-robin || Peter Svidler || after a playoff match with Nikita Vitiugov || |- | 71 || 25 August - 5 September 2018 || Satka || Round-robin || Dmitry Andreikin || after a playoff match with Dmitry Jakovenko || |- | 72 || 10–23 August 2019 || Votkinsk – Izhevsk || Round-robin || Evgeny Tomashevsky || || |- | 73 || 5–16 December 2020 || Moscow || Round-robin || Ian Nepomniachtchi || || |- | 74 || 9–20 October 2021 || Ufa || Round-robin || Nikita Vitiugov || || |- |75 |10–23 September 2022 |Cheboksary |Round-robin |Daniil Dubov |after an Armageddon match with Sanan Sjugirov

Winners by year (women)

{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Winner |- | 1 || 1934 || Moscow || Vera Chudova |- | 2 || 1935 || Gorky || Nina Golubeva |- | 3 || 1947 || Ivanovo || Olga Strelova |- | 4 || 1948 || Kuybyshev || Alexandra Daibo |- | 5 || 1949 || Stavropol || Vera Tikhomirova |- | 6 || 1950 || Rostov-on-Don || Vera Tikhomirova |- | 7 || 1951 || Ivanovo || Tema Filanovskaya |- | 8 || 1952 || Saratov || Vera Tikhomirova |- | 9 || 1953 || Sochi || Vera Tikhomirova |- | 10 || 1954 || Gorky || Tema Filanovskaya |- | 11 || 1955 || Taganrog || Tema Filanovskaya, Polishchuk |- | 12 || 1956 || Tuapse || Valentina Borisenko |- | 13 || 1957 || Kaluga || Valentina Borisenko |- | 14 || 1958 || Saratov || Valentina Borisenko |- | 15 || 1959 || Yaroslavl || Klara Skegina |- | 16 || 1960 || Sochi || Valentina Borisenko |- | 17 || 1961 || Sverdlovsk || Klara Skegina |- | 18 || 1963 || Tula || Klara Skegina |- | 19 || 1964 || Dubna || Natalia Konopleva |- | 20 || 1966 || Krasnodar || Rimma Bilunova |- | 21 || 1968 || Nalchik || Rimma Bilunova |- | 22 || 1970 || Kostroma || Vera Ushakova (Timoshchenko) |- | 23 || 1971 || Krasnodar || Ludmila Lyubarskaya |- | 24 || 1972 || Volgograd || Ludmila Saunina |- | 25 || 1973 || Arkhangelsk || L. Vericheva |- | 26 || 1974 || Nalchik || Alexsandra Kislova |- | 27 || 1975 || Chelyabinsk || Alexsandra Kislova |- | 28 || 1976 || Penza || Valentina Kozlovskaya |- | 29 || 1977 || Kaliningrad || Natalia Alekhina |- | 30 || 1979 || Kaluga || Valentina Kozlovskaya, Ludmila Saunina |- | 31 || 1980 || Voronezh || Elena Akhmilovskaya |- | 32 || 1981 || Sverdlovsk || Nadezhda Putjatina |- | 33 || 1982 || Ordzhonikidze || Natalia Alekhina |- | 34 || 1984 || Kaliningrad || Larisa Polnareva |- | 35 || 1985 || Lipetsk || Ludmila Saunina |- | 36 || 1986 || Saratov || Alla Grinfeld, Ludmila Saunina |- | 37 || 1987 || Sverdlovsk || Tatiana Stepovaia |- | 38 || 1988 || Sverdlovsk || Tatiana Stepovaia |- | 39 || 1989 || Sverdlovsk || Tatiana Stepovaia |- | 40 || 1990 ||Podolsk|| Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant |- | 41 || 1991 ||Lvov|| Svetlana Matveeva |- | 42 || 1992 || ? || Svetlana Prudnikova |- | 43 || 1993 || Lipetsk || Ludmila Zaitseva |- | 44 || 1994 || Elista || Ekaterina Kovalevskaya |- | 45 || 1995 || Elista || Julia Demina |- | 46 || 1996 || Elista || Ludmila Zaitseva |- | 47 || 1997 || Elista || Alisa Galliamova |- | 48 || 1998 || Elista || Svetlana Prudnikova |- | 49 || 1999 || Moscow || Julia Demina |- | 50 || 2000 || Elista || Ekaterina Kovalevskaya |- | 51 || 2001 || Elista || Olga Zimina |- | 52 || 2002 || Elista || Tatiana Kosintseva |- | 53 || 2003 || Elista || Irina Slavina Turova |- | 54 || 2004 || Kazan || Tatiana Kosintseva |- | 55 || 2005 || Samara || Alexandra Kosteniuk |- | 56 || 2006 || Gorodets || Ekaterina Korbut |- | 57 || 2007 || Moscow || Tatiana Kosintseva |- | 58 || 2008 || Moscow || Nadezhda Kosintseva |- | 59 || 2009 || Moscow || Alisa Galliamova |- | 60 || 2010 || Moscow || Alisa Galliamova |- | 61 || 2011 || Moscow || Valentina Gunina |- | 62 || 2012 || Moscow || Natalia Pogonina |- | 63 || 2013 || Nizhny Novgorod || Valentina Gunina |- | 64 || 2014 || Kazan || Valentina Gunina |- | 65 || 2015 || Chita || Aleksandra Goryachkina |- | 66 || 2016 || Novosibirsk || Alexandra Kosteniuk |- | 67 || 2017 || Saint Petersburg || Aleksandra Goryachkina |- | 68 || 2018 || Satka || Natalia Pogonina |- | 69 || 2019 || Votkinsk – Izhevsk || Olga Girya |- | 70 || 2020 || Moscow || Aleksandra Goryachkina |- | 71 || 2021 || Ufa || Valentina Gunina |- | 72 || 2022 || Cheboksary || Valentina Gunina |- | 73 || 2023 || Saint Petersburg || Baira Kovanova |- | 74 || 2024 || Barnaul || Kateryna Lagno |- | 75 || 2025 || Moscow || Anna Shukhman

Events by year 1997 Men

Russian Chess Championship

Bron en licentie