1927 USSR Chess Championship

The 1927 USSR Chess Championship was the fifth edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 26 September to 25 October in Moscow. Fedir Bohatyrchuk and Peter Romanovsky were declared champions, since a tie-break match cannot be scheduled.^[1] An indication of the enhanced prestige of chess in the Soviet Union was the championship venue, the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions, one of the most eminent locations in the country. That edition also featured the debut of the future world chess champion, 16 year old talent Mikhail Botvinnik.^[2]

Fedir Bohatyrchuk

Mikhail Botvinnik in 1927

1927 USSR Chess Championship
Location	Moscow
Champion
Fedir Bohatyrchuk Peter Romanovsky
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Table and results

1927 USSR Chess Championship

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
1	Fedir Bohatyrchuk	-	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	14½
2	Peter Romanovsky	1	-	0	½	½	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	14½
3	Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky	0	1	-	1	0	½	1	½	0	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	13
4	Abram Model	0	½	0	-	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	13
5	Vladimir Makogonov	0	½	1	1	-	0	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	12½
6	Mikhail Botvinnik	0	½	½	0	1	-	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	12½
7	Vladimir Nenarokov	0	0	0	1	½	½	-	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	1	11
8	Nikolai Grigoriev	½	1	½	0	0	0	0	-	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	10½
9	Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky	½	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	-	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	0	½	0	1	1	10
10	Ilya Rabinovich	½	1	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	-	1	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	1	½	½	9½
11	Sergey von Freymann	½	0	0	0	1	1	½	1	0	0	-	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	½	9½
12	Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov	0	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	-	0	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	½	9½
13	Aleksandr Sergeyev	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	-	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	9
14	Alexander Perfiliev	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	8½
15	Alexey Selezniev	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	1	0	1	0	½	1	-	½	½	½	½	½	0	8
16	Yakov Rokhlin	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	-	1	1	½	0	1	8
17	Yakov Vilner	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	½	0	½	0	-	1	0	1	1	8
18	Vsevolod Rauzer	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	1	1	0	0	½	0	0	-	1	1	0	7½
19	Anton Kaspersky	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	-	1	½	7½
20	Andrey Smorodsky	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	0	0	-	0	7
21	Khrisogon Kholodkevich	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	½	1	-	6½