The USSR International Draughts Championship was the USSR championship in international draughts.
History The annual draughts competition was held in the USSR from 1954 to 1991. The first official championship was held in 1954 in Leningrad. It was preceded by the All-Union Training Tournament in 1953, in which 16 players participated, 12 of whom were Masters of Sport of the USSR. In some years, an additional match was held to determine the winner. Starting in 1986, a preliminary stage was introduced: 32 participants competed in a nine-round Swiss-system tournament to determine ten finalists, who then played for the championship title. The first league was also created.Kampioenschap van de Eerste Liga USSR 1990 The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Many Russian draughts players became world champion in international draughts.
Results Number Year Host Gold Silver Bronze1 1954Championship of the USSR 1954 Leningrad Iser Kuperman Pyotr Sviatoy Zinovi Tsirik2 1955Championship of the USSR 1955 + match Minsk Iser Kuperman Maks Shavel Zinovi TsirikVladimir Kaplan3 1956Championship of the USSR 1956 Kyiv Iser Kuperman Maks Shavel Anatoli Kovrizhkin4 1958Championship of the USSR 1958 Leningrad Michail Korhov Moisei Stanovski Rudolf Suplin5 1959Championship of the USSR 1959 + match Kyiv Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Michail Korchov Maks Shavel6 1960Championship of the USSR 1960 Minsk Michail Korhov Zinovi Tsirik Maks Shavel7 1961Championship of the USSR 1961 Jūrmala Andris Andreiko Iser Kuperman Erlen Pomeranets8 1962Championship of the USSR 1962 Ufa Iser Kuperman Andris Andreiko Valeriy Epifanov9 1963Championship of the USSR 1963 + match Leningrad Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Andris Andreiko Aleksander Rats10 1964Championship of the USSR 1964 + match Odessa Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Andris Andreiko Nikolay Sretenski11 1965Championship of the USSR 1965 Tashkent Andris Andreiko Boris Shkitkin Sergey Manshin 12 1966Championship of the USSR 1966 Moscow Andris Andreiko Vladimir Kaplan Vyacheslav Shchyogolev13 1967Championship of the USSR 1967 Minsk Iser Kuperman Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Anatoli Gantvarg14 1968Championship of the USSR 1968 + match Kyiv Andris Andreiko Anatoli Gantvarg Vyacheslav Shchyogolev15 1969Championship of the USSR 1969 Kharkiv Anatoli Gantvarg Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Vladimir Kaplan16 1970Championship of the USSR 1970 Tallinn Andris Andreiko Michail Korchov Iser Kuperman17 1971Championship of the USSR 1971 Tashkent Andris Andreiko Anatoli Gantvarg Iser KupermanMichail Korchov18 1972Championship of the USSR 1972 Riga Andris Andreiko Anatoli Gantvarg Lev Slobodskoy 19 1973Championship of the USSR 1973 Vilnius Anatoli Gantvarg Alexander Mogilianski Vyacheslav Shchyogolev20 1974Championship of the USSR 1974 Lvov Vladimir Agafonov Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Nikolay Abatsiev21 1975Championship of the USSR 1975 Voroshilovgrad Andris Andreiko Anatoli Gantvarg Alexander Mogilianski22 1976Championship of the USSR 1976 Odessa Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Rostislav Leshchinsky Maks Shavel23 1977Championship of the USSR 1977 Yerevan Anatoli Gantvarg Nikolayj Mishchanski Lev Slobodskoy24 1978Championship of the USSR 1978 Minsk Michail Korenievski Vyacheslav Shchyogolev Anatoliy Chulkov25 1979Championship of the USSR 1979 Riga Michail KorenievskiAlexander Mogilianski Alexander Dybman26 1980Championship of the USSR 1980 Odessa Nicolai Mistchanski Alexander Dybman Vyacheslav Shchyogolev27 1981Championship of the USSR 1981 Leningrad Anatoli Gantvarg Leonid Tsipes Michail Korenevski28 1982Championship of the USSR 1982 Kyiv Alexander Baljakin Rostislav Leshchinsky Vadim Virny29 1983Championship of the USSR 1983 Tallinn Alexander Dybman Vadim Virny Vyacheslav Shchyogolev30 1984Championship of the USSR 1984 Arkhangelsk Alexander Dybman Anatoli Gantvarg Alexander Baljakin31 1985Championship of the USSR 1985 Kharkiv Nicolai Mistchanski Vadim Virny Rostislav Leshchinsky32 1986Championship of the USSR 1986 Minsk Alexander Dybman Alexander Baljakin Nicolai Mistchanski33 1987Championship of the USSR 1987 Daugavpils Michail Korenievski Guntis Valneris Alexander Mogilianski34 1988Championship of the USSR 1988 Yerevan Alexander Baljakin Alexei Chizhov Guntis Valneris35 1989Championship of the USSR 1989 Tashkent Alexander Baljakin Vadim Virny Alexander Schwarzman36 1990Championship of the USSR 1990 Leningrad Alexei Chizhov Yevgeni Vatutin Guntis Valneris37 1991Kampioenschap van de USSR 1991 Oryol Alexander Schwarzman Igor Rybakov Nicolai Mistchanski
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External links Results in database KNDB Архив журнала «Шашки» 1959-1992 на сайте Checkers USA Архив журнала «Шашки» 1959-1992 Hall of fame