1990 USSR Chess Championship

The 1990 Soviet Chess Championship was the 57th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 18 October to 5 November 1990 in Leningrad. The title was won by Alexander Beliavsky. Semifinals took place at Gorky, Daugavpils and Kherson.^[1][2]

57th USSR Chess Championship
Location	Leningrad
Champion
Alexander Beliavsky
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Alexander Beliavsky

Semifinals

The semifinals were played late in 1989. At Gorky, Vyzhmanavin (10/13), Dvoiris 9 and Dreev 8½ classified. At the Latvian venue of Daugavpils, Smirin, Rozentalis and Aseev made 10/14; while Alexey Shirov finished with only 8. Kherson in the Ukraine, Novikov and G.Kuzmin had 10½/15.

Final

57th USSR Chess Championship

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Alexander Beliavsky	2605	-	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	8½
2	Leonid Yudasin	2615	½	-	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	8½
3	Evgeny Bareev	2590	0	½	-	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½
4	Alexey Vyzmanavin	2585	0	½	½	-	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½
5	Vladimir Epishin	2590	½	½	1	½	-	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	7½
6	Alexander Khalifman	2615	½	½	0	½	½	-	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	7½
7	Gennadi Kuzmin	2540	½	½	0	½	½	0	-	1	½	½	1	½	0	½	6
8	Eduardas Rozentalis	2565	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	-	½	½	½	½	1	½	6
9	Vereslav Eingorn	2550	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	-	½	½	½	½	1	6
10	Alexander Schneider	2560	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	-	1	½	½	½	5½
11	Semen Dvoirys	2555	½	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	-	½	1	1	5½
12	Igor Novikov	2575	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	-	½	1	5
13	Konstantin Aseev	2575	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	0	½	-	0	4
14	Ilia Smirin	2555	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	-	4

References

1. Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 213.
2. Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.