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) wad held at Telavi. There was no final in 1982, the year of the Soviet Zonal (Interzonal qualifying).[1][2]

Anatoly Karpov

50th USSR Chess Championship
Location	Moscow
Champion
Anatoly Karpov

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.[3]

Telavi, December 1982

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	Rafael Vaganian	2550	-	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	11½
2	Georgy Agzamov		1	-	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	11
3	Gennadi Zaichik		0	½	-	1	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	11
4	Valery Chekhov	2460	1	½	0	-	0	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	10
5	Smbat Lputian	2440	½	½	0	1	-	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	10
6	Leonid Yudasin	2405	0	0	1	½	1	-	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	10
7	Yuri Anikaev	2465	0	1	0	½	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	10
8	Elizbar Ubilava	2435	½	0	1	0	0	½	½	-	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	9½
9	Aleksandr Shneider		0	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	-	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	9½
10	Vladimir Bagirov	2495	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	-	1	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	7½
11	Vitaly Tseshkovsky	2595	½	1	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	7½
12	Andrei Lukin	2465	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	-	½	½	½	½	½	½	7
13	Evgeni Vasiukov	2495	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	-	0	0	½	1	1	7
14	Bukhuti Gurgenidze	2495	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	-	0	0	0	1	6½
15	Sergey Gorelov	2470	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	1	-	0	0	½	6½
16	Arshak Petrosian	2485	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	-	½	0	6½
17	Alex Yermolinsky	2450	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	1	½	-	½	6½
18	Michael Zeitlein	2490	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	Total
1	Anatoly Karpov	2710	-	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	9½
2	Vladimir Tukmakov	2580	½	-	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	½	0	1	½	9
3	Lev Polugaevsky	2625	½	½	-	½	½	0	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	8½
4	Rafael Vaganian	2550	½	0	½	-	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	8½
5	Yuri Balashov	2540	½	½	½	1	-	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	8
6	Tigran Petrosian	2605	½	½	1	½	½	-	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	7½
7	Vladimir Malaniuk	2460	½	0	1	½	1	½	-	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	½	7½
8	Lev Psakhis	2580	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	-	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	7½
9	Oleg Romanishin	2585	0	0	0	½	1	1	½	1	-	½	0	1	½	½	0	1	7½
10	Zurab Azmaiparashvili		1	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	-	½	0	½	½	½	½	7
11	Yuri Razuvaev	2520	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	-	½	½	½	0	0	7
12	Georgy Agzamov		½	1	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	1	½	-	½	½	0	½	7
13	Alexander Beliavsky	2570	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	-	1	1	1	7
14	Efim Geller	2575	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	-	1	½	6½
15	Artur Yusupov	2565	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	0	0	-	½	6½
16	Konstantin Lerner	2525	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	-	5½

References

1. Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 192.
2. Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
3. "Russian Base".