USSR Championship Semifinal — Kiev 1938
Incomplete record. This archive holds 152 of the 153 games played; 1 is missing.
These are the 152 surviving games from USSR Championship Semifinal — Kiev 1938. Missing rounds and results have not been filled in.
The games
The source database files these 152 games as “URS-ch11 Semifinal” (Kiev, 1938).
About these games
The USSR Championship had a deep qualifying system, and far fewer games survive from the preliminary groups than from the finals. This page lists the games that survive and does not try to reconstruct an official table from them.
Standings worked out from these games cover only the games that survive. Unless a cited source gives the full result, they are not the event's final table.
Final standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 152 of the 153 games played survive in our source; the remaining 1 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panov, Vasily N | 13/17 | +10 -1 =6 | games |
| 2 | Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich | 11/17 | +7 -2 =8 | games |
| =3 | Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich | 10½/17 | +6 -2 =9 | games |
| =3 | Kotov, Alexander | 10½/17 | +6 -2 =9 | games |
| =3 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | 10½/17 | +10 -6 =1 | games |
| =6 | Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi | 9½/17 | +6 -4 =7 | games |
| =6 | Pogrebissky, Iosif | 9½/17 | +6 -4 =7 | games |
| =8 | Yudovich, Mikhail Mikhailovic | 8½/17 | +3 -3 =11 | games |
| =8 | Kaiev, Lev Alexeevich | 8½/17 | +4 -4 =9 | games |
| =10 | Shamaev, Leonid Ivanovich | 7½/17 | +5 -7 =5 | games |
| =10 | Shipunov, Vladimir | 7½/17 | +4 -6 =7 | games |
| =12 | Verlinsky, Boris | 7/17 | +5 -8 =4 | games |
| =12 | Makogonov, Mikhail Andreevich | 7/17 | +3 -6 =8 | games |
| =12 | Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich | 7/17 | +4 -7 =6 | games |
| =15 | Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich | 6½/17 | +4 -8 =5 | games |
| =15 | Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich | 6½/17 | +4 -8 =5 | games |
| =15 | Freiman, Sergey Nikolaevich | 6½/17 | +5 -9 =3 | games |
| 18 | Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich | 6/17 | +2 -7 =8 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panov, Vasily N | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Kotov, Alexander | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Pogrebissky, Iosif | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Yudovich, Mikhail Mikhailovic | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | |
| 9 | Kaiev, Lev Alexeevich | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 10 | Shamaev, Leonid Ivanovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | · | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Shipunov, Vladimir | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 12 | Verlinsky, Boris | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | · | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 13 | Makogonov, Mikhail Andreevich | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 14 | Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | |
| 16 | Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 17 | Freiman, Sergey Nikolaevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).