| 57th USSR Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Leningrad |
| Champion | |
| Alexander Beliavsky | |
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]
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.
| 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 |
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