Tournament

12th USSR Championship Semifinal, Kiev 1940

1940 · Kiev
Eduard Gerstenfeld and Mark Stolberg shared first with 10½/16; Igor Bondarevsky finished third on 10.

Archive coverage

The archive covers all 136 games played in the seventeen-player round robin. Gerstenfeld and Stolberg shared first on 10½/16. Some surviving scores are shorter than contemporary reports: Stolberg–Dubinin stops on move 48 although the newspaper reports a finish on move 104; Konstantinopolsky–Friedman stops on move 35 against a reported 105; Grechkin–Kasparian stops on move 46 against a reported 92. Their known results count in the table, and the available moves are preserved. Goldberg–Alatortsev was played before Goldberg lost for arriving late to resume the adjourned game; it counts as a played game.

Final standings

10½/16
Eduard Gerstenfeld and Mark Stolberg shared first with 10½/16; Igor Bondarevsky finished third on 10.
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich 10½/16 +6 -1 =9
=1 Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich 10½/16 +9 -4 =3
3 Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich 10/16 +7 -3 =6
=4 Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich 9½/16 +7 -4 =5
=4 Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich 9½/16 +5 -2 =9
=4 Rudakovsky, Iosif 9½/16 +5 -2 =9
=4 Alatortsev, Vladimir 9½/16 +7 -4 =5
8 Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich 9/16 +5 -3 =8
9 Zhukhovitsky, Samuel 8½/16 +7 -6 =3
10 Kaiev, Lev Alexeevich 8/16 +4 -4 =8
11 Khavin, Abram Leonidovich 7/16 +5 -7 =4
12 Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich 6½/16 +3 -6 =7
=13 Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich 6/16 +2 -6 =8
=13 Rauzer, Vsevolod 6/16 +2 -6 =8
=13 Chekhover, Vitaly A 6/16 +1 -5 =10
16 Friedman, Henryk 5½/16 +2 -7 =7
17 Pogrebissky, Iosif 4½/16 +2 -9 =5

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567891011121314151617
1 Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
2 Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
3 Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1
4 Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½
5 Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
6 Rudakovsky, Iosif 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
7 Alatortsev, Vladimir 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
8 Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
9 Zhukhovitsky, Samuel ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
10 Kaiev, Lev Alexeevich ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
11 Khavin, Abram Leonidovich 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1
12 Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0
13 Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1
14 Rauzer, Vsevolod ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
15 Chekhover, Vitaly A ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
16 Friedman, Henryk ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0
17 Pogrebissky, Iosif ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.