1990 USSR Chess Championship

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.

Semifinals

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.

Final

57th USSR Chess Championship

	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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