| 1925 USSR Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
 The participants and organizers of the fourth USSR Chess Championship in 1925 | |
| Location | Leningrad |
| Champion | |
| Efim Bogoljubow | |
The 1925 USSR Chess Championship was the fourth edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 11 August to 6 September in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Efim Bogoljubow. [1]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Efim Bogoljubow | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Grigory Levenfish | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Ilya Rabinovich | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
| 4 | Boris Verlinsky | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 6 | Solomon Gotthilf | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 11 |
| 8 | Peter Romanovsky | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Abram Rabinovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Sergeyev | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Yakov Vilner | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 9½ |
| 12 | Arvid Kubbel | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9½ |
| 13 | Nikolai Zubarev | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 14 | Alexey Selezniev | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 9 |
| 15 | Nikolai Grigoriev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Anton Kaspersky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 |
| 17 | Veniamin Sozin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| 18 | Vladimir Nenarokov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 6 |
| 19 | Sergey von Freymann | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | Nikolai Kutuzov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 4 |
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