1991 USSR Chess Championship

The 1991 Soviet Chess Championship was the 58th and last edition of USSR Chess Championship. It was held from 1–13 November 1991 in Moscow. The title was won by the Armenian Artashes Minasian.

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The 58th and final Championship produced perhaps the greatest surprise of the whole series. There were a few big names in the field at Moscow, which was run as an 11-round Swiss system with 64 players. For example, there was Mikhail Tal, but he was seriously ill and finished only 39th-46th on 5 points. Leonid Yudasin, soon to emigrate to Israel, also finished with 5. Alexey Shirov got only 6½. Two little-known players shared the top with 8½, but the title went to the 24-year-old Armenian Artashes Minasian who had met much the stronger opposition and so having a better tiebreak, while Elmar Magerramov from Baku was second.

58th USSR Chess Championship
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Soviet Union Artashes Minasian	2510	+12	=4	+40	+6	=7	+24	+26	-2	=3	+23	+10	8½
2	Soviet Union Elmar Magerramov	2560	=31	=32	=45	+58	=5	+21	+29	+1	+25	+4	=3	8½
3	Soviet Union Vladimir Epishin	2615	=42	=15	+50	=29	=4	=30	+51	+28	=1	+25	=2	7½
4	Soviet Union Viktor Bologan	2535	+39	=1	+27	=5	=3	=28	+11	=7	+6	-2	=13	7
5	Soviet Union Sergei Rublevsky	2420	=22	=14	+59	=4	=2	+41	=19	-6	+35	=9	+18	7
6	Soviet Union Sergey Kiselev	2510	+38	+26	=24	-1	=23	+46	=25	+5	-4	+15	=7	7
7	Soviet Union Vadim Ruban	2575	+57	-24	+16	+34	=1	=29	=28	=4	=23	+17	=6	7
8	Soviet Union Alexander Nenashev	2475	=30	=20	=51	+12	=21	-26	+50	=36	=28	+27	+19	7
9	Soviet Union Alexey Vyzmanavin	2590	-27	+54	=42	=15	=57	+34	=24	+29	=17	=5	+22	7
10	Soviet Union Andrei Kharlov	2515	+41	=23	=25	=30	=18	-19	=13	+40	+44	+11	-1	6½
11	Soviet Union Artur Frolov	2470	+49	+50	=23	=26	=24	=25	-4	=16	+30	-10	+37	6½
12	Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian	2585	-1	+48	=22	-8	=58	-39	+53	+63	+43	=14	+25	6½
13	Soviet Union Alexei Shirov	2610	=15	=42	-34	-33	+59	+58	=10	+24	=27	+28	=4	6½
14	Soviet Union Sergei Tiviakov	2535	=62	=5	=60	+47	-29	=16	=20	=32	+39	=12	+23	6½
15	Soviet Union Alexey Kuzmin	2520	=13	=3	=18	=9	=43	+40	+52	=23	=36	-6	=20	6
16	Soviet Union Vladimir Kramnik	2490	=44	=18	-7	+59	=35	=14	+37	=11	=19	=20	=29	6
17	Soviet Union Vladimir Malaniuk	2510	-23	=41	+36	=20	=46	+45	=30	+26	=9	-7	=21	6
18	Soviet Union Vladimir Akopian	2590	=34	=16	=15	+42	=10	=51	=27	=30	=33	+26	-5	6
19	Soviet Union Michal Krasenkow	2550	=32	=31	=58	=45	+60	+10	=5	-25	=16	+33	-8	6
20	Soviet Union Igor Novikov	2550	=63	=8	=43	=17	=33	=57	=14	=22	+32	=16	=15	6
21	Soviet Union Sergey Makarichev	2535	=56	=43	+53	=52	=8	-2	=32	=39	=24	+44	=17	6
22	Soviet Union Valery Chekhov	2525	=5	=60	=12	=41	=63	+31	-23	=20	+46	+36	-9	6
23	Soviet Union Alexey Dreev	2610	+17	=10	=11	=27	=6	=52	+22	=15	=7	-1	-14	5½
24	Soviet Union Oleg Nikolenko	2450	+59	+7	=6	=28	=11	-1	=9	-13	=21	=35	=30	5½
25	Soviet Union Alexander Shabalov	2535	=47	+61	=10	+32	=28	=11	=6	+19	-2	-3	-12	5½
26	Soviet Union Yuri Yakovich	2560	+48	-6	+33	=11	=27	+8	-1	-17	+29	-18	=31	5½
27	Soviet Union Sergey Ionov	2510	+9	=40	-4	=23	=26	+44	=18	=35	=13	-8	=36	5½
28	Soviet Union Leonid Yurtaev	2525	=60	+62	+47	=24	=25	=4	=7	-3	=8	-13	=32	5½
29	Soviet Union Konstantin Aseev	2525	=61	+64	=52	=3	+14	=7	-2	-9	-26	+42	=16	5½
30	Soviet Union Yury Dokhoian	2545	=8	=63	+56	=10	=52	=3	=17	=18	-11	=43	=24	5½
31	Soviet Union Vladimir Bagirov	2485	=2	=19	=35	=44	=40	-22	=41	=37	=50	+51	=26	5½
32	Soviet Union Ildar Ibragimov	2485	=19	=2	+37	-25	-51	+64	=21	=14	-20	+59	=28	5½
33	Soviet Union Grigory Serper	2490	=36	=46	-26	+13	=20	=50	=39	+51	=18	-19	=35	5½
34	Soviet Union Maxim Sorokin	2510	=18	=44	+13	-7	=41	-9	-47	+64	=38	=40	+50	5½
35	Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov	2540	=45	=58	=31	=60	=16	+55	=36	=27	-5	=24	=33	5½
36	Soviet Union Smbat Lputian	2570	=33	-52	-17	+61	+53	+63	=35	=8	=15	-22	=27	5½
37	Soviet Union Nukhim Rashkovsky	2540	=58	=45	-32	=39	=54	+60	-16	=31	+57	+47	-11	5½
38	Soviet Union Yuri Balashov	2590	-6	-57	-39	=48	+61	=53	+58	=42	=34	=41	+43	5½
39	Soviet Union Boris Kantsler	2430	-4	-59	+38	=37	=49	+12	=33	=21	-14	=50	=46	5
40	Soviet Union Vereslav Eingorn	2585	+54	=27	-1	=57	=31	-15	+45	-10	=52	=34	=48	5
41	Soviet Union Leonid Yudasin	2595	-10	=17	+62	=22	=34	-5	=31	=50	=42	=38	=44	5
42	Soviet Union Alexandar Budnikov	2525	=3	=13	=9	-18	=64	=43	=63	=38	=41	-29	+57	5
43	Soviet Union Peter Korzubov	2455	=51	=21	=20	-46	=15	=42	+55	+57	-12	=30	-38	5
44	Soviet Union Mikhail Ulybin	2565	=16	=34	=57	=31	=45	-27	+54	+52	-10	-21	=41	5
45	Soviet Union Marat Makarov	2475	=35	=37	=2	=19	=44	-17	-40	=61	=55	=57	+59	5
46	Soviet Union Mikhail Tal	2575	=52	=33	=63	+43	=17	-6	=57	=47	-22	=48	=39	5
47	Soviet Union Evgeni Maljutin	2435	=25	+55	-28	-14	=50	=54	+34	=46	=51	-37	=49	5
48	Soviet Union Alexandar Panchenko	2490	-26	-12	-54	=38	+62	=49	=60	=55	+61	=46	=40	5
49	Soviet Union Konstantin Lerner	2540	-11	-53	=64	=62	=39	=48	=61	=59	=63	+52	=47	5
50	Soviet Union Semen Dvoirys	2525	+53	-11	-3	+56	=47	=33	-8	=41	=31	=39	-34	4½
51	Soviet Union Alexander Schneider	2540	=43	=56	=8	=63	+32	=18	-3	-33	=47	-31	=54	4½
52	Soviet Union Konstantin Sakaev	2495	=46	+36	=29	=21	=30	=23	-15	-44	=40	-49	=55	4½
53	Soviet Union Jakob Meister	2430	-50	+49	-21	=55	-36	=38	-12	-56	=62	+64	+63	4½
54	Soviet Union German Titov	2505	-40	-9	+48	=64	=37	=47	-44	-60	=58	+63	=51	4½
55	Soviet Union Ruslan Shcherbakov	2525	=64	-47	=61	=53	+56	-35	-43	=48	=45	=60	=52	4½
56	Soviet Union Aleksej Aleksandrov	2450	=21	=51	-30	-50	-55	-61	-59	+53	+64	=62	+60	4½
57	Soviet Union Igor Naumkin	2490	-7	+38	=44	=40	=9	=20	=46	-43	-37	=45	-42	4
58	Soviet Union Vladimir Savon	2460	=37	=35	=19	-2	=12	-13	-38	=62	=54	=61	=64	4
59	Soviet Union Valeriy Neverov	2540	-24	+39	-5	-16	-13	=62	+56	=49	+60	-32	-45	4
60	Soviet Union Igor Zaitsev	2405	=28	=22	=14	=35	-19	-37	=48	+54	-59	=55	-56	4
61	Soviet Union Michail Brodsky	2415	=29	-25	=55	-36	-38	+56	=49	=45	-48	=58	=62	4
62	Soviet Union Andrei Lukin	2445	=14	-28	-41	=49	-48	=59	=64	=58	=53	=56	=61	4
63	Soviet Union Yuri Kruppa	2485	=20	=30	=46	=51	=22	-36	=42	-12	=49	-54	-53	3½
64	Soviet Union Maxim Novik	2405	=55	-29	=49	=54	=42	-32	=62	-34	-56	-53	=58	3