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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Leningrad Championship Tournament
Mikhail Botvinnik10/11(+9 -0 =2)[games]
Vladimir Alatortsev7.5/11(+6 -2 =3)[games]
Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Leonid Savitsky6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Vitaly Chekhover6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Grigory Goldberg5/11(+4 -5 =2)[games]
Viacheslav Ragozin5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Georgy Lisitsin5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Abram Model4.5/11(+4 -6 =1)[games]
Ilya Rabinovich4/11(+2 -5 =4)[games]
Alexander Budo4/11(+3 -6 =2)[games]
Grigory Miasoedov3/11(+2 -7 =2)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Leningrad Championship (1932)
A city championship might not sound very significant, but those in Moscow or Leningrad could be as strong as national championships in many countries. Perhaps some of these names might not be familiar:

Vladimir Alatortsev; Mikhail Botvinnik; Alexander S Budo; Vitaly Chekhover; Grigory Abramovich Goldberg; Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Georgy Lisitsin; Grigory Miasoedov; Abram Yakovlevich Model; Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich; Viacheslav Ragozin; Leonid Savitsky.

But eleven of the twelve players would compete in the finals of the USSR Championship, several contending for top prizes. Also, nine of the twelve players were under 25 years old, boding well for the future. The young group included reigning USSR champion Botvinnik, and he showed some extra class by winning his first six games while the rest of the field was busy beating up on each other. Alatortsev pulled away from the pack to finish second, but the rest of the field was bunched up; there was more distance between 1st and 3rd than between 3rd and 12th.

                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
01 Botvinnik       * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0
02 Alatortsev      0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½  7.5
03 Ilyin-Zhenevsky ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1  6.0
04 Savitsky        0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1  6.0
05 Chekhover       0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1  6.0
06 Goldberg        ½ 0 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 ½ 0 1  5.0
07 Ragozin         0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1  5.0
08 Lisitsin        0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½  5.0
09 Model           0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 0  4.5
10 Rabinovich      0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1  4.0
11 Budo            0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ * 0  4.0
12 Miasoedov       0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 *  3.0
Original collection: Game Collection: Leningrad Championship 1932, by User: Phony Benoni.

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Botvinnik vs G Miasoedov 1-0271932Leningrad ChampionshipE23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann
2. A Budo vs G Goldberg  1-0661932Leningrad ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. I Rabinovich vs Ragozin  ½-½761932Leningrad ChampionshipA13 English
4. V Chekhover vs L Savitsky  ½-½311932Leningrad ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
5. Alatortsev vs Lisitsin 1-0721932Leningrad ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
6. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A Model 1-0311932Leningrad ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
7. G Miasoedov vs Alatortsev  ½-½861932Leningrad ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik 0-1611932Leningrad ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
9. Lisitsin vs V Chekhover 0-1671932Leningrad ChampionshipE91 King's Indian
10. G Goldberg vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0-1221932Leningrad ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
11. L Savitsky vs A Budo  1-0301932Leningrad ChampionshipD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Ragozin vs A Model 0-1301932Leningrad ChampionshipA95 Dutch, Stonewall
13. V Chekhover vs G Miasoedov  1-0241932Leningrad ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
14. Alatortsev vs I Rabinovich 1-0481932Leningrad ChampionshipD64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
15. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs L Savitsky ½-½431932Leningrad ChampionshipC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
16. Botvinnik vs Ragozin 1-0291932Leningrad ChampionshipE22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
17. A Model vs G Goldberg 0-1251932Leningrad ChampionshipA03 Bird's Opening
18. A Budo vs Lisitsin  ½-½501932Leningrad ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. Lisitsin vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky  1-0501932Leningrad ChampionshipA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
20. Botvinnik vs Alatortsev 1-0461932Leningrad ChampionshipD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
21. I Rabinovich vs V Chekhover  ½-½421932Leningrad ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
22. Ragozin vs G Goldberg 1-0621932Leningrad ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
23. L Savitsky vs A Model  0-1401932Leningrad ChampionshipA91 Dutch Defense
24. G Miasoedov vs A Budo  1-0311932Leningrad ChampionshipB24 Sicilian, Closed
25. Alatortsev vs Ragozin 1-0271932Leningrad ChampionshipE22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
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