USSR Chess Championship
The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners. It was held as a round-robin tournament with the exception of the 35th and 58th championships, which were of the Swiss system.
| Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 USSR Chess Championship | 1991 | Moscow |
Artashes Minasian
|
| 1990 USSR Chess Championship | 1990 | Leningrad |
Alexander G Beliavsky
Leonid Yudasin Evgeny Bareev Alexey Vyzmanavin |
| 1989 USSR Chess Championship | 1989 | Odessa |
Rafael Vaganian
|
| 1988 USSR Chess Championship | 1988 | Moscow |
Anatoly Karpov
Garry Kasparov |
| 1987 USSR Chess Championship | 1987 | Minsk |
Alexander G Beliavsky
|
| 1986 USSR Chess Championship | 1986 | Kyiv |
Vitaly Tseshkovsky
|
| 1985 USSR Chess Championship | 1985 | Riga |
Viktor Gavrikov
Mikhail Gurevich Alexander Chernin |
| 1984 USSR Chess Championship | 1984 | Lviv |
Andrei Sokolov
|
| 1983 USSR Chess Championship | 1983 | Moscow |
Anatoly Karpov
|
| 1981 USSR Chess Championship | 1981 | Frunze |
Garry Kasparov
Lev Psakhis |
| 1980 USSR Chess Championship | 1980 | Vilnius |
Lev Psakhis
Alexander G Beliavsky |
| 1979 USSR Chess Championship | 1979 | Minsk |
Efim Geller
|
| 1978 USSR Chess Championship | 1978 | Tbilisi |
Mikhail Tal
Vitaly Tseshkovsky |
| 1977 USSR Chess Championship | 1977 | Leningrad |
Boris Gulko
Iosif Dorfman |
| 1976 USSR Chess Championship | 1976 | Moscow |
Anatoly Karpov
|
| 1975 USSR Chess Championship | 1975 | Yerevan |
Tigran V Petrosian
|
| 1974 USSR Chess Championship | 1974 | Leningrad |
Alexander G Beliavsky
Mikhail Tal |
| 1973 USSR Chess Championship | 1973 | Moscow |
Boris Spassky
|
| 1972 USSR Chess Championship | 1972 | Baku |
Mikhail Tal
|
| 1971 USSR Chess Championship | 1971 | Leningrad |
Vladimir Savon
|
| 1970 USSR Chess Championship | 1970 | Riga |
Viktor Korchnoi
|
| 1969 USSR Chess Championship | 1969 | Moscow |
Tigran V Petrosian
|
| 1968 USSR Chess Championship | 1968 | Alma-Ata |
Lev Polugaevsky
Alexander Zaitsev |
| 1967 USSR Chess Championship | 1967 | Kharkiv |
Lev Polugaevsky
Mikhail Tal |
| 1966 USSR Chess Championship | 1966 | Tbilisi |
Leonid Stein
|
| 1965 USSR Chess Championship | 1965 | Tallinn |
Leonid Stein
|
| 1964 USSR Chess Championship | 1964 | Kyiv |
Viktor Korchnoi
|
| 1963 USSR Chess Championship | 1963 | Leningrad |
Leonid Stein
|
| 1962 USSR Chess Championship | 1962 | Yerevan |
Viktor Korchnoi
|
| 1961 USSR Chess Championship | 1961 | Moscow |
Tigran V Petrosian
|
| 1961 USSR Chess Championship | 1961 | Baku |
Boris Spassky
|
| 1960 USSR Chess Championship | 1960 | Leningrad |
Viktor Korchnoi
|
| 1959 USSR Chess Championship | 1959 | Tbilisi |
Tigran V Petrosian
|
| 1958 USSR Chess Championship | 1958 | Riga |
Mikhail Tal
|
| 1957 USSR Chess Championship | 1957 | Moscow |
Mikhail Tal
|
| 1956 USSR Chess Championship | 1956 | Leningrad |
Mark Taimanov
|
| 1955 USSR Chess Championship | 1955 | Moscow |
Efim Geller
|
| 1954 USSR Chess Championship | 1954 | Kyiv |
Yuri Averbakh
|
| 1952 USSR Chess Championship | 1952 | Moscow |
Mikhail Botvinnik
|
| 1951 USSR Chess Championship | 1951 | Moscow |
Paul Keres
|
| 1950 USSR Chess Championship | 1950 | Moscow |
Paul Keres
|
| 1949 USSR Chess Championship | 1949 | Moscow |
Vassily Smyslov
David Bronstein |
| 1948 USSR Chess Championship | 1948 | Moscow |
David Bronstein
Alexander Kotov |
| 1947 USSR Chess Championship | 1947 | Leningrad |
Paul Keres
|
| 1945 USSR Chess Championship | 1945 | Moscow |
Mikhail Botvinnik
|
| 1944 USSR Chess Championship | 1944 | Moscow |
Mikhail Botvinnik
|
| 1940 USSR Chess Championship | 1940 | Moscow |
Andor Lilienthal
Igor Bondarevsky |
| 1939 USSR Chess Championship | 1939 | Leningrad |
Mikhail Botvinnik
|
| 1937 USSR Chess Championship | 1937 | Tbilisi |
Grigory Levenfish
|
| 1934/1935 USSR Chess Championship | 1934 | Leningrad |
Grigory Levenfish
Ilya Rabinovich |
| 1933 USSR Chess Championship | 1933 | Leningrad |
Mikhail Botvinnik
|
| 1931 USSR Chess Championship | 1931 | Moscow |
Mikhail Botvinnik
|
| 1929 USSR Chess Championship | 1929 | Odessa |
Boris Verlinsky
|
| 1927 USSR Chess Championship | 1927 | Moscow |
Fedor Bogatyrchuk
Peter Romanovsky |
| 1925 USSR Chess Championship | 1925 | Leningrad |
Efim Bogoljubov
|
| 1924 USSR Chess Championship | 1924 | Moscow |
Efim Bogoljubov
|
| 1923 USSR Chess Championship | 1923 | Petrograd |
Peter Romanovsky
|
| 1920 USSR Chess Championship | 1920 | Moscow |
Alexander Alekhine
|