The 1931 USSR Chess Championship was the 7th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 October to 11 November in Moscow. The tournament was won by the future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The competition had the largest number of players up to that edition and had an extensive set of preliminary qualifiers in which about 500 players took part.
Table and results
+ 1931 USSR Chess ChampionshipPlayer123456789101112131415161718Total1 Mikhail Botvinnik -1111½111½1011101½13½2 Nikolai Riumin 0 -1½½1½0½10111½11111½3 Boris Verlinsky 00 -½110110110½½1½1104 Vladimir Alatortsev 0½½ -10½½10½1111½01105 Mikhail Yudovich 0½00 -1101½½1½11½½1106 Fedir Bohatyrchuk ½0010 -½½0½1½½11111107 Ilya Kan 0½1½0½ -½0011½½111½9½8 Vsevolod Rauzer 010½1½½ -0½½0111½½½99 Isaak Mazel 0½000111 -½1100½11½910 Georgy Lisitsin ½011½½1½½ -0½00110½8½11 Vladimir Kirillov 010½½00½01 -1½10½118½12 Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky 10000½010½0 -11½1118½13 Nikolai Sorokin 0010½½½011½0 -1½0½0714 Abram Zamikhovsky 00½000½011000 -½1116½15 Victor Goglidze 0½½00000½01½½½ -011616 Veniamin Sozin 100½½00½00½0101 -½05½17 Genrikh Kasparian 00½1½00½0100½00½ -½518 Alexander Budo ½00000½½½½001001½ -5
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