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.

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