| 1934/1935 USSR Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Leningrad |
| Champion | |
| Grigory Levenfish Ilya Rabinovich | |
The 1934/1935 USSR Chess Championship was the 9th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 December 1934 to 2 January 1935 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Grigory Levenfish and Ilya Rabinovich. Mikhail Botvinnik did not participate because on the same date he was abroad playing the Hastings Tournament. [1]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Grigory Levenfish | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Ilya Rabinovich | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 12 |
| 3 | Fedor Bohatirchuk | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 4 | Nikolai Riumin | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 5 | Vitaly Chekhover | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 10½ |
| 6 | Georgy Lisitsin | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 10½ |
| 7 | Viacheslav Ragozin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 8 | Vladimir Alatortsev | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 9 | Mikhail Yudovich | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Sergey Belavenets | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 11 | Vladimir Makogonov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 12 | Ilya Kan | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Vasily Panov | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Gavriil Veresov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Leonid Savitsky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8½ |
| 16 | Isaak Mazel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
| 17 | Vsevolod Rauzer | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7½ |
| 18 | Peter Dubinin | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 7 |
| 20 | Sergey von Freymann | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 4½ |
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