TOURNAMENT
USSR Championship Semifinal — Leningrad 1938
1938 · Leningrad
Botvinnik won with 14/17
Format
Tournament
Dates
1938
Venue
Leningrad
Games
153
◈Final Standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botvinnik, Mikhail | 14/17 | +12 -1 =4 | games → |
| 2 | Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich | 11½/17 | +7 -1 =9 | games → |
| =3 | Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich | 10½/17 | +8 -4 =5 | games → |
| =3 | Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich | 10½/17 | +8 -4 =5 | games → |
| 5 | Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich | 10½/17 | +5 -1 =11 | games → |
| =6 | Lisitsin, Georgy M | 10/17 | +6 -3 =8 | games → |
| =6 | Tolush, Alexander V | 10/17 | +6 -3 =8 | games → |
| 8 | Chekhover, Vitaly A | 9½/17 | +5 -3 =9 | games → |
| 9 | Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich | 9/17 | +6 -5 =6 | games → |
| 10 | Abramian, Suren | 8/17 | +2 -3 =12 | games → |
| 11 | Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich | 7/17 | +4 -7 =6 | games → |
| 12 | Poliak, Abram Borisovich | 6½/17 | +5 -9 =3 | games → |
| 13 | Mazel, Isaak | 6½/17 | +4 -8 =5 | games → |
| 14 | Veresov, Gavriil N | 6½/17 | +3 -7 =7 | games → |
| =15 | Budo, Alexander Semionovi | 6/17 | +3 -8 =6 | games → |
| =15 | Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander | 6/17 | +3 -8 =6 | games → |
| 17 | David, Michael | 5½/17 | +3 -9 =5 | games → |
| 18 | Gothilf, Solomon Borisovich | 5½/17 | +2 -8 =7 | games → |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botvinnik, Mikhail | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 3 | Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Lisitsin, Georgy M | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Tolush, Alexander V | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Chekhover, Vitaly A | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 9 | Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 10 | Abramian, Suren | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Poliak, Abram Borisovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 13 | Mazel, Isaak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Veresov, Gavriil N | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 15 | Budo, Alexander Semionovi | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 16 | Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 17 | David, Michael | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Gothilf, Solomon Borisovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's per-game results against the column player (in round order). ● = same player.