Leningrad City Chess Championship

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The Leningrad City Chess Championship is a chess tournament held officially in the city of Leningrad, Russia starting from 1920. The city was called Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, then Leningrad until 1991, and Saint Petersburg afterwards. Only players born or living in or around the city were allowed to participate in this event.

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The championship continued to be played, in spite of tremendous difficulties, also during the siege of Leningrad in the Second World War, though the tournament of 1941 could not be finished and that of 1942, the most difficult year of the blockade, could not be organized.

The winners include World champions Mikhail Botvinnik (1931 and 1932), Boris Spassky (1959 and 1961) and FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman (1996 and 1997).

List of winners

#YearWinner
11920 Ilya Rabinovich
21922 Grigory Levenfish
31924 Grigory Levenfish
41925 Ilya Rabinovich
Peter Romanovsky
Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
Grigory Levenfish
51926 Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
61928 Ilya Rabinovich
71929 Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
81931 Mikhail Botvinnik
91932 Mikhail Botvinnik
101933-4 Vladimir Alatortsev
Georgy Lisitsin
111936 Viacheslav Ragozin
121937 Dmitry Ossipovich Rovner
Alexander Tolush
Vitaly Chekhover
131938 Alexander Tolush
141939 Georgy Lisitsin
151940 Ilya Rabinovich
161941 unfinished
171943 Fedor Sklyarov
181944 Abram Model
191945 Viacheslav Ragozin
201946 Alexander Tolush
211947 Georgy Lisitsin
Alexander Tolush
221948 Mark Taimanov
231949 Vitaly Chekhover
241950 Mark Taimanov
251952 Mark Taimanov
261953 Semyon Furman
271954 Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov
281955 Viktor Korchnoi
291956 Pavel Yevseyevich Kondratiev
301957 Viktor Korchnoi
Semyon Furman
311958 Igor Georgyevich Rubel
321959 Boris Spassky
331960 Vladimir Vasilyevich Shishkin
341961 Boris Spassky
Mark Taimanov
351962 Konstatin Mikhailovich Klaman
361963 Boris Timofeyevich Vladimirov
371964 Viktor Korchnoi
381965 Vadim Zelmanovich Faibisovich
391966 Evgeny Ruban
401967 Alexander Cherepkov
411968 Alexander Cherepkov
421969 Vadim Zelmanovich Faibisovich
431970 Vladimir Ivanovich Karasev
441971 Viacheslav Osnos
451972 Andrey Lukin
461973 Mark Taimanov
471974 Vladimir Ivanovich Karasev
481975 Mark Tseitlin
491976 Mark Tseitlin
501977 Vadim Zelmanovich Faibisovich
511978 Mark Tseitlin
Andrey Lukin
521979 Igor Alexeyevich Polovodin
531980 Viacheslav Osnos
541981 Andrey Lukin
551982 Alexander Cherepkov
561983 Andrey Lukin
571984 Leonid Yudasin
581985 Alex Yermolinsky
Vladislav Vorotnikov
591986 Evgeniy Solozhenkin
601987 Vladimir Epishin
611988 Andrey Lukin
621989 Alexey Yuneev
631990 Konstantin Sakaev
A. Ivanov
641991 Sergey Ivanov
651992 Sergey Ivanov
661993 Vasily Yemelin
671994 Sergey Ivanov
681995 Peter Svidler
691996 Alexander Khalifman
701997 Alexander Khalifman
711998 Evgeniy Solozhenkin
721999 Evgeny Shaposhnikov
732000 Valery Loginov
742001 Valerij Popov
752002 Vasily Yemelin
762003 Denis Yevseev
772004 Valery Loginov
782005 Valery Loginov
792006 Valerij Popov
802007 Marat Makarov
812008 [1] Alexey Goganov [2]
822009 Maxim Matlakov
832010 Ildar Khairullin
842011 Vasily Yemelin
852012 Aleksandr Shimanov
862013 Denis Yevseev
872014 Denis Yevseev on tiebreak over Valerij Popov [3]
882015 Alexey Zenzera [4]
892016 Alexey Goganov [2]
902017 Evgeny Alekseev
912018 Sergei Lobanov [5]
922019Evgeny A. Levin [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Held in February-March 2009: 81. Final St.Petersburg Men's Chmp. 2008 IT - NWAPA Rector Cup -. FIDE.
  2. 1 2 "Aleksey Goganov Becomes St. Petersburg Champion". Russian Chess Federation. 2016-03-31
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2014-03-31). "ch-St Petersburg 2014". THE WEEK IN CHESS 1012. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2015-04-06). "ch-St Petersburg 2015". THE WEEK IN CHESS 1065. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  5. ↑ Tournament report May 2018. St. Petersburg 91st Championship_Final. FIDE.
  6. ↑ Tournament report May 2019. St. Petersburg 92nd Championship, Final. FIDE.

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