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).
Tables and results
Quarterfinals
+1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 1Player123456789Total1 Yakov Rokhlin -1½½½½01152 Vladislav Silich 0 -½11½10153 Konstantin Vigodchikov ½½ -½½½1104½4 Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky ½0½ -½½1½14½5 Vasily Panov ½0½½ -0½1146 Nikolai Sorokin ½½½½1 -½003½7 Veniamin Sozin 1000½½ -½13½8 Yakov Vilner 010½01½ -039 A. Bernstein 00100101 -3
+1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 2Player123456789Total1 Mikhail Botvinnik -1½11½11172 Sergey von Freymann 0 -½1111116½3 Vsevolod Rauzer ½½ -01111½5½4 Abram Poliak 001 -1111½5½5 Nikolai Riumin 0000 -111146 Vladimir Nenarokov ½0000 -½1137 Viacheslav Ragozin 00000½ -½128 Sergey Mudrov 000000½ -11½9 Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov 00½½0000*1
+1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 3Player123456789Total1 Ilya Kan -1½½11½116½2 Boris Verlinsky 0 -11½1½½15½3 Mikhail Makogonov ½0 -½1½1115½4 Nikolai Zubarev ½0½ -11½104½5 Viktor Goglidze 0½00 -½½113½6 Nikolai Rudnev 00½0½ -10137 Dmitry Grigorenko ½½0½½0 -½02½8 Abram Model 0½0001½ -½2½9 Grigory Ravinsky 0001001½ -2½
+1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 4Player123456789Total1 Nikolai Grigoriev -½101½½115½2 Vladimir Makogonov ½ -01011115½3 Peter Izmailov 01 -1½01½154 Vladimir Kirillov 100 -1101155 Solomon Rosenthal 01½0 -½11½4½6 Solomon Gotthilf ½010½ -½0½37 Alexey Selezniev ½0010½ -½½38 Solomon Slonim 00½001½ -139 Vladimir Yuriev 0000½½½0 -1½
Semifinals +1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 1Player123456Total1 Peter Izmailov -½½11½3½2 Ilya Kan ½ -½1½13½3 Konstantin Vigodchikov ½½ -½½½2½4 Mikhail Botvinnik 00½ -112½5 Vladimir Makogonov 0½½0 -½1½6 Vladislav Silich ½0½0½ -1½
+1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 2Player123456Total1 Sergey von Freymann -1011142 Boris Verlinsky 0 -111143 Vsevolod Rauzer 10 -01134 Mikhail Makogonov 001 -0½1½5 Nikolai Grigoriev 0001 -½1½6 Yakov Rokhlin 000½½ -1
Final
+1929 USSR Chess Championship, FinalPlayer123Total1 Boris Verlinsky -1 11 ½3½2 Sergey von Freymann 0 0 -1 123 Ilya Kan 0 ½0 0 -½ Izmailov could not play at the end as he had to go off to take his final exams.
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