1983 USSR Chess Championship

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).

Qualifying Semifinals 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 The top two qualified for the final.

+ Telavi, December 1982 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1 Rafael Vaganian2550 - 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 111½2 Georgy Agzamov 1 - ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1113 Gennadi Zaichik 0 ½ - 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1114 Valery Chekhov2460 1 ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1105 Smbat Lputian2440 ½ ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½106 Leonid Yudasin2405 0 0 1 ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1107 Yuri Anikaev2465 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½108 Elizbar Ubilava2435 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 19½9 Aleksandr Shneider 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½9½10 Vladimir Bagirov2495 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 07½11 Vitaly Tseshkovsky2595 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½7½12 Andrei Lukin2465 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½713 Evgeni Vasiukov2495 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1714 Bukhuti Gurgenidze2495 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 0 0 16½15 Sergey Gorelov2470 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - 0 0 ½6½16 Arshak Petrosian2485 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 - ½ 06½17 Alex Yermolinsky2450 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ - ½6½18 Michael Zeitlein2490 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ -5½

Final 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 Total1 Anatoly Karpov2710 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 19½2 Vladimir Tukmakov2580 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½93 Lev Polugaevsky2625 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 18½4 Rafael Vaganian2550 ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½8½5 Yuri Balashov2540 ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½86 Tigran Petrosian2605 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½7½7 Vladimir Malaniuk2460 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½7½8 Lev Psakhis2580 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 17½9 Oleg Romanishin2585 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 17½10 Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½711 Yuri Razuvaev2520 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 0712 Georgy Agzamov ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½713 Alexander Beliavsky2570 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 1714 Efim Geller2575 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½6½15 Artur Yusupov2565 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 - ½6½16 Konstantin Lerner2525 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ -5½

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