The Women's Soviet Chess Championship was played in the Soviet Union from 1927 through 1991 to determine the women's chess national champion.
The championship was not played on a regular basis in the years 1927–1937 and there was a break during World War II. From 1950 onward it was played regularly all years.
List of winners {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Place !! Winner !! Score |- | 1 || 1927 || Moscow || Olga Rubtsova || 8½ / 10 |- | 2 || 1931 || Moscow || Olga Rubtsova || 7½ / 9 |- | 3 || 1934 || Leningrad || Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya || 7 / 9 |- | 4 || 1936 || Leningrad || Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya || 9½ / 11 |- | 5 || 1937 || Rostov-on-Don || Olga Rubtsova || 12½ / 15 |- | 6 || 1945 || Moscow || Valentina Borisenko || 7½ / 9 |- | 7 || 1946|| Moscow || Elisaveta Bykova || 14 / 16 |- | 8 || 1947 || Moscow || Elisaveta Bykova || 12 / 15 |- | 9 || 1948 || Moscow || Olga Rubtsova || 13 / 17 |- | 10 || 1950 || Riga || Elisaveta Bykova || 12½ / 15 |- | 11 || 1951|| Kiev || Kira Zvorykina || 11½ / 17 |- | 12 || 1952 || Tbilisi || Lyudmila Rudenko || 13 / 17 |- | 13 || 1953 || Rostov-on-Don || Kira Zvorykina || 13 / 17 |- | 14 || 1954 || Krasnodar || Larissa Volpert || 14 / 19 |- | 15 || 1955 || Sukhumi || Valentina Borisenko || 13½ / 19 |- | 16 || 1956 || Dnepropetrovsk || Kira Zvorykina || 13½ / 17 |- | 17 || 1957 || Vilnius || Valentina BorisenkoValentina Borisenko won the title after a tiebreak match with Kira Zvorykina (2½ – ½ ) || 12 / 17 |- | 18 || 1958 || Kharkov || Larissa VolpertLarissa Volpert won the title after a tiebreak match with Kira Zvorykina (2½ – 1½ ) || 14 / 21 |- | 19 || 1959 || Lipetsk || Larissa Volpert || 12 / 18 |- | 20 || 1960 || Riga || Valentina BorisenkoValentina Borisenko won the title after a tiebreak match with Tatiana Zatulovskaya (4½ – 3½ ) || 13 / 18 |- | 21 || 1961 || Baku || Valentina Borisenko || 13½ / 19 |- | 22 || 1962|| Riga || Tatiana Zatulovskaya || 13 / 19 |- | 23 || 1963 || Baku || Maaja RannikuMaia Ranniku won the title after a tiebreak match with Tatiana Zatulovskaya (4–2) || 14 / 19 |- | 24 || 1964 || Tbilisi || Nona Gaprindashvili || 15 / 19 |- | 25 || 1965 || Beltsy || Valentina Kozlovskaya || 13½ / 19 |- | 26 || 1966 || Kiev || Nana Alexandria|| 14 / 19 |- | 27 || 1967 || Sochi || Maaja Ranniku || 11 / 13 |- | 28 || 1968 || Ashkhabad || Nana AlexandriaNana Alexandria won the title after a tiebreak match with Alla Chaikovskaya (3½ – ½) || 13½ / 19 |- | 29 || 1969 || Gori || Nana Alexandria || 15 / 19 |- | 30 || 1970 || Beltsy || Alla Kushnir|| 14 / 19 |- | 31 || 1971 || Sochi || Irina Levitina || 14 / 19 |- | 32 || 1972 || Tolyatti || Marta Litinskaya|| 12 / 19 |- | 33 || 1973 || Tbilisi || Nona Gaprindashvili || 14 / 19 |- | 34 || 1974 || Tbilisi || Elena Fatalibekova || 14 / 18 |- | 35 || 1975 || Frunze || Liudmila Belavenets || 10 / 16 |- | 36 || 1976 || Tbilisi || Anna Akhsharumova || 12½ / 17 |- | 37 || 1977 || Lvov || Maia Chiburdanidze ||13 / 17 |- | 38 || 1978 || Nikolayevsk || Lidia Semenova || 12½ / 17 |- | 39 || 1979 || Tbilisi || Irina Levitina ||12½ / 17 |- | 40 || 1980 || Alma-Ata || Irina Levitina || 12 / 15 |- | 41 || 1981 || Ivano-Frankivsk || Nona Gaprindashvili Nana IoselianiThe tiebreak match was not played. || 12 / 17 |- | 42 || 1982 || Tallinn || Nana Ioseliani || 12 / 17 |- | 43 || 1983 || Vilnius || Nona Gaprindashvili || 12½ / 17 |- | 44 || 1984 || Kiev || Svetlana Matveeva Anna AkhsharumovaThe tiebreak match was not played. || 9½ / 15 |- | 45 || 1985 || Yerevan || Nona Gaprindashvili || 12½ / 17 |- | 46 || 1986 || Frunze || Nana Ioseliani || 11½ / 16 |- | 47 || 1987 || Tbilisi || Nana Ioseliani || 14½ / 19 |- | 48 || 1988 || Alma-Ata || Julia Demina || 12 / 17 |- | 49 || 1989 || Volzhsky || Irina Chelushkina || 12½ / 17 |- | 50 || 1990 || Podolsk || Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant || 13 / 16 |- | 51 || 1991 || Lvov || Svetlana Matveeva || 13½ / 17
Winners of more titles 5 titles : Valentina Borisenko, Nona Gaprindashvili 4 titles : Olga Rubtsova, Nana Ioseliani 3 titles : Nana Alexandria, Elisaveta Bykova, Irina Levitina, Larissa Volpert, Kira Zvorykina 2 titles : Anna Akhsharumova, Svetlana Matveeva, Maaja Ranniku, Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
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