USSR Russian Draughts Championship

USSR Russian Draughts Championship is a USSR championship in Russian draughts.

History The annual draughts competition was held in the USSR from 1924 to 1991. The first official championship was held in 1924 in Moscow. The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the disintegration of the USSR. The championships were held in a round robin system. The first and second championships were held without time control and without recording the games, which became mandatory starting from the third championship. The regulation gave 1 hour for 15 moves. It lasted until 1972. Pages of Boris Feldman. Champions of the Country of Soviets

Since 1952, the championship began to be held with quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals. In 1961, for the first time, the national championship final was held on the Swiss system. In 1969, the Swiss system semi-final was held with 70 athletes, in the final 10 checkers played in a two-round robin system. In 1972, the system of micro-matches, proposed by the Moscow master Vladimir Gagarin, was used for the first time, designed to increase the number of productive games. According to this system, the opponents had to determine the result of the game between them not in one game, but in two: one game had to be played with white, and the second with black, moreover, for the victory in a micro-match (with a score of 2-0 or 1.5-0.5) one point was given, half a point was given for a draw, 0 points for a defeat.-120.html Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Drafts Federation In 1972, the semi-finals were played in a round robin system, in the finals in a round robin system, for the first time, micro-matches of two games with a shortened time control were played: 1 hour 10 minutes for the first 35 moves and then 30 minutes for every 15 moves. Проблема «ничьих» в русских шашках и пути её решения Since this year, the finals have been played using the micromatch system. In 1973, the selection for the finals was based on the results of the championships of sports societies, the finals were held according to the Swiss system with a shorter time control. At the 1984 championship, the draw for the mandatory first moves was used for the first time. Since this year, the finals have been held in two stages. At the first stage, the participants of the second stage were selected. At the second stage, the champion and prize-winners were determined.

The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the disintegration of the USSR, total 51 championships were held. This competition was the largest competition in Russian draughts, only at 1993 took place first Draughts-64 World Championship in Russian draughts.

Results Number Year Host Gold Silver Bronze 1 1924 Moscow Vasiliy Medkov Nikolay Kukuev Sergey Sokolov 2 1925 Moscow Vasiliy Medkov Nikolay Kukuev Michael Ivanov 3 + match 1927 Moscow Vladimir Bakumenko Sergey Sokolov Leonid Potapov match 1928 MoscowVasiliy Medkov — Vladimir Bakumenko (+ 6, - 4, = 10) 4 1930 Moscow Dmitriy Shebedev Igor Timkovskiy Semyon KorhovVladimir Romanov 5 1934 (March) Moscow Boris BlinderSemyon Natov -------- Vladimir RomanovIgor Timkovskiy 6 1934 (December) Leningrad Igor Timkovskiy Vasiliy Sokov Leonid Potapov 7 1938 Kyiv Vasiliy Sokov Izrail BlitshteinAleksander VereteLeonid PotapovLeon RammIgor TimkovskiyNikolay Shutilkin -------- 8 1945 Moscow Iser Kuperman Boris BlinderAleksander VereteDmitriy Korshunov 9 + match 1946/47 Leningrad + Moscow Iser Kuperman Marat Kogan Vladimir RomanovZinoviy Tsirik 10 1947/48 Moscow Iser Kuperman Boris BlinderMarat Kogan ------- 11 1949 Moscow Marat Kogan Zinoviy Tsirik Nikolay Kosogov 12 1950 Kyiv Iser Kuperman Vladimir Kaplan Marat Kogan 13 1951 Kharkiv Zinoviy Tsirik Boris BlinderMarat Kogan ------- 14 1952 Leningrad Boris Blinder Marat Kogan Zinoviy Tsirik 15 1953 Minsk Yuriy Mitiagin Vladimir RomanovVladimir Kaplan ------- 16 1954 Chișinău Valentin Abaulin Iser Kuperman Nikolay SretenskiyVladimir KaplanEugeniy Tiunev 17 1955 Baku Zinoviy Tsirik Petr SviatoyValentin Abaulin -------- 18 + match 1957/58 Kharkiv + Poltava Zinoviy TsirikBoris Blinder -------- Dmitriy Roskov19 + доп.match 1959 Minsk + Orekhovo-Zuyevo Zinoviy Tsirik Boris Blinder Vyacheslav Shchyogolev 20 + match 1960 Tula + Kyiv Zinoviy TsirikArkadiy Plakkhin -------- Veniamin Gorodetskiy 21 1961 Taganrog Veniamin Gorodetskiy Valentin Abaulin Teodor Shmulian 22 + match 1962 Kharkiv + Orekhovo-Zuyevo Valentin Abaulin Veniamin Gorodetskiy Arkadiy Plakkhin 23 1963 Liepāja Arkadiy Plakkhin Vladimir Golosuev Valentin Abaulin 24 1964 Smolensk Zinoviy Tsirik Valentin AbaulinViktor PetrovViktor Litvinovich ------- 25 1965 Liepāja Viktor Litvinovich Valentin Abaulin Nikolay Abatsiev 26 1966 Grozny Vitaliy Gabrielian Yuriy Arustamov Viktor Litvinovich 27 1967 Almaty Viktor Litvinovich Nikolay Abatsiev Arkadiy Plakkhin 28 1968 Baku Nikolay Abatsiev Vitaliy Gabrielian Eugeniy TiunevNikolay Kononov 29 1969 Chișinău Vitaliy Gabrielian Nikolay Abatsiev Yuriy Arustamov 30 1970 Liepāja Yuriy Arustamov Vladimir Vigman Vitaliy GabrielianEduard Tsukernik 31 1971 Poti Viktor Litvinovich Vitaliy Gabrielian Виктор Чечиков 32 1972 Orenburg Yuriy KustarevPavel MilovidovArkadiy Plakkhin -------- -------- 33 1973 Voroshilovgrad Vitaliy Gabrielian Eduard Tsukernik Nikolay Abatsiev 34 1974 Kaliningrad Arkadiy Plakkhin Markiel Fazylov Eugeniy Kukleev 35 1975 Simferopol Elshad MursalovBoris Simonian -------- Yuriy Arustamov 36 1976 Yalta Vladimir Vigman Ayvar Voitseshchuk Elshad Mursalov 37 1977 Bender Vladimir VigmanVitaliy Gabrielian -------- Aleksander Kandaurov 38 1978 Vilnius Vladimir Vigman Vitaliy Gabrielian Michael Rahunov 39 1979 Baku Viktor Litvinovich Michael Rahunov Aleksey Ustinov 40 1980 Grodno Michael RahunovMarkiel Fazylov -------- Viktor Litvinovich 41 1981 Kyiv Markiel Fazylov Boris Simonian Viktor Litvinovich 42 1982 Chișinău Aleksander Kandaurov Levon Sayadian Vitaliy Gabrielian 43 1983 Tallinn Levon Sayadian Vitaliy Gabrielian Arkadiy Plakkhin 44 1984 Moscow Alexander Schwarzman Michael Rahunov Nikolay Abatsiev 45 1985 Tashkent Sergey OvechkinArunas Norvaisas -------- Vitaliy Gabrielian 46 1986 Tallinn Alexander Schwarzman Vitaliy Gabrielian Aleksander Kandaurov 47 1987 Samarkand Aleksander Kandaurov Aleksey Konstantinov Arunas Norvaisas 48 1988 Baku Michael RahunovNikolay Abatsiev --------Arunas Norvaisas 49 1989 Pinsk Aleksander KandaurovAndrey Ivanov -------- Michael Rahunov 50 1990 Mariupol Markiel FazylovYuriy Korolev -------- 51 1991 Chișinău Ion DoscaAleksander Kandaurov -------- Yuriy Korolev

References

External links Архив журнала «Шашки» 1959-1992 Архив журнала «Шашки» 1959-1992 на сайте Checkers USA Методическое пособие СЛШИ «От Медкова до Иванова».

Literature XIV и XV первенства СССР по шашкам. А. И. Дрябезгов, А. М. Сидлин. — М. : Физкультура и спорт, 1955. — 352 с. Методическое пособие СЛШИ. «От Медкова до Иванова». Авторы Ю.А. Арустамов, В.М. Высоцкий, С.Н. Горбачёв. 1990. Журнал «Шашки» 1973 №12, с.11.