1991 USSR Chess Championship

The 1991 Soviet Chess Championship was the 58th and last edition of USSR Chess Championship. It was held from 1–13 November 1991 in Moscow. The title was won by the Armenian Artashes Minasian.^[1][2]

58th USSR Chess Championship
Location	Moscow
Champion
Artashes Minasian
← 1990 USSR Chess Championship

Crosstable

The 58th and final Championship produced perhaps the greatest surprise of the whole series. There were a few big names in the field at Moscow, which was run as an 11-round Swiss system with 64 players. For example, there was Mikhail Tal, but he was seriously ill and finished only 39th-46th on 5 points. Leonid Yudasin, soon to emigrate to Israel, also finished with 5. Alexey Shirov got only 6½. Two little-known players shared the top with 8½, but the title went to the 24-year-old Armenian Artashes Minasian who had met much the stronger opposition and so having a better tiebreak, while Elmar Magerramov from Baku was second.^[3]

58th USSR Chess Championship

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Artashes Minasian	2510	+12	=4	+40	+6	=7	+24	+26	-2	=3	+23	+10	8½
2	Elmar Magerramov	2560	=31	=32	=45	+58	=5	+21	+29	+1	+25	+4	=3	8½
3	Vladimir Epishin	2615	=42	=15	+50	=29	=4	=30	+51	+28	=1	+25	=2	7½
4	Viktor Bologan	2535	+39	=1	+27	=5	=3	=28	+11	=7	+6	-2	=13	7
5	Sergei Rublevsky	2420	=22	=14	+59	=4	=2	+41	=19	-6	+35	=9	+18	7
6	Sergey Kiselev	2510	+38	+26	=24	-1	=23	+46	=25	+5	-4	+15	=7	7
7	Vadim Ruban	2575	+57	-24	+16	+34	=1	=29	=28	=4	=23	+17	=6	7
8	Alexander Nenashev	2475	=30	=20	=51	+12	=21	-26	+50	=36	=28	+27	+19	7
9	Alexey Vyzmanavin	2590	-27	+54	=42	=15	=57	+34	=24	+29	=17	=5	+22	7
10	Andrei Kharlov	2515	+41	=23	=25	=30	=18	-19	=13	+40	+44	+11	-1	6½
11	Artur Frolov	2470	+49	+50	=23	=26	=24	=25	-4	=16	+30	-10	+37	6½
12	Rafael Vaganian	2585	-1	+48	=22	-8	=58	-39	+53	+63	+43	=14	+25	6½
13	Alexei Shirov	2610	=15	=42	-34	-33	+59	+58	=10	+24	=27	+28	=4	6½
14	Sergei Tiviakov	2535	=62	=5	=60	+47	-29	=16	=20	=32	+39	=12	+23	6½
15	Alexey Kuzmin	2520	=13	=3	=18	=9	=43	+40	+52	=23	=36	-6	=20	6
16	Vladimir Kramnik	2490	=44	=18	-7	+59	=35	=14	+37	=11	=19	=20	=29	6
17	Vladimir Malaniuk	2510	-23	=41	+36	=20	=46	+45	=30	+26	=9	-7	=21	6
18	Vladimir Akopian	2590	=34	=16	=15	+42	=10	=51	=27	=30	=33	+26	-5	6
19	Michal Krasenkow	2550	=32	=31	=58	=45	+60	+10	=5	-25	=16	+33	-8	6
20	Igor Novikov	2550	=63	=8	=43	=17	=33	=57	=14	=22	+32	=16	=15	6
21	Sergey Makarichev	2535	=56	=43	+53	=52	=8	-2	=32	=39	=24	+44	=17	6
22	Valery Chekhov	2525	=5	=60	=12	=41	=63	+31	-23	=20	+46	+36	-9	6
23	Alexey Dreev	2610	+17	=10	=11	=27	=6	=52	+22	=15	=7	-1	-14	5½
24	Oleg Nikolenko	2450	+59	+7	=6	=28	=11	-1	=9	-13	=21	=35	=30	5½
25	Alexander Shabalov	2535	=47	+61	=10	+32	=28	=11	=6	+19	-2	-3	-12	5½
26	Yuri Yakovich	2560	+48	-6	+33	=11	=27	+8	-1	-17	+29	-18	=31	5½
27	Sergey Ionov	2510	+9	=40	-4	=23	=26	+44	=18	=35	=13	-8	=36	5½
28	Leonid Yurtaev	2525	=60	+62	+47	=24	=25	=4	=7	-3	=8	-13	=32	5½
29	Konstantin Aseev	2525	=61	+64	=52	=3	+14	=7	-2	-9	-26	+42	=16	5½
30	Yury Dokhoian	2545	=8	=63	+56	=10	=52	=3	=17	=18	-11	=43	=24	5½
31	Vladimir Bagirov	2485	=2	=19	=35	=44	=40	-22	=41	=37	=50	+51	=26	5½
32	Ildar Ibragimov	2485	=19	=2	+37	-25	-51	+64	=21	=14	-20	+59	=28	5½
33	Grigory Serper	2490	=36	=46	-26	+13	=20	=50	=39	+51	=18	-19	=35	5½
34	Maxim Sorokin	2510	=18	=44	+13	-7	=41	-9	-47	+64	=38	=40	+50	5½
35	Evgeny Sveshnikov	2540	=45	=58	=31	=60	=16	+55	=36	=27	-5	=24	=33	5½
36	Smbat Lputian	2570	=33	-52	-17	+61	+53	+63	=35	=8	=15	-22	=27	5½
37	Nukhim Rashkovsky	2540	=58	=45	-32	=39	=54	+60	-16	=31	+57	+47	-11	5½
38	Yuri Balashov	2590	-6	-57	-39	=48	+61	=53	+58	=42	=34	=41	+43	5½
39	Boris Kantsler	2430	-4	-59	+38	=37	=49	+12	=33	=21	-14	=50	=46	5
40	Vereslav Eingorn	2585	+54	=27	-1	=57	=31	-15	+45	-10	=52	=34	=48	5
41	Leonid Yudasin	2595	-10	=17	+62	=22	=34	-5	=31	=50	=42	=38	=44	5
42	Alexandar Budnikov	2525	=3	=13	=9	-18	=64	=43	=63	=38	=41	-29	+57	5
43	Peter Korzubov	2455	=51	=21	=20	-46	=15	=42	+55	+57	-12	=30	-38	5
44	Mikhail Ulybin	2565	=16	=34	=57	=31	=45	-27	+54	+52	-10	-21	=41	5
45	Marat Makarov	2475	=35	=37	=2	=19	=44	-17	-40	=61	=55	=57	+59	5
46	Mikhail Tal	2575	=52	=33	=63	+43	=17	-6	=57	=47	-22	=48	=39	5
47	Evgeni Maljutin	2435	=25	+55	-28	-14	=50	=54	+34	=46	=51	-37	=49	5
48	Alexandar Panchenko	2490	-26	-12	-54	=38	+62	=49	=60	=55	+61	=46	=40	5
49	Konstantin Lerner	2540	-11	-53	=64	=62	=39	=48	=61	=59	=63	+52	=47	5
50	Semen Dvoirys	2525	+53	-11	-3	+56	=47	=33	-8	=41	=31	=39	-34	4½
51	Alexander Schneider	2540	=43	=56	=8	=63	+32	=18	-3	-33	=47	-31	=54	4½
52	Konstantin Sakaev	2495	=46	+36	=29	=21	=30	=23	-15	-44	=40	-49	=55	4½
53	Jakob Meister	2430	-50	+49	-21	=55	-36	=38	-12	-56	=62	+64	+63	4½
54	German Titov	2505	-40	-9	+48	=64	=37	=47	-44	-60	=58	+63	=51	4½
55	Ruslan Shcherbakov	2525	=64	-47	=61	=53	+56	-35	-43	=48	=45	=60	=52	4½
56	Aleksej Aleksandrov	2450	=21	=51	-30	-50	-55	-61	-59	+53	+64	=62	+60	4½
57	Igor Naumkin	2490	-7	+38	=44	=40	=9	=20	=46	-43	-37	=45	-42	4
58	Vladimir Savon	2460	=37	=35	=19	-2	=12	-13	-38	=62	=54	=61	=64	4
59	Valeriy Neverov	2540	-24	+39	-5	-16	-13	=62	+56	=49	+60	-32	-45	4
60	Igor Zaitsev	2405	=28	=22	=14	=35	-19	-37	=48	+54	-59	=55	-56	4
61	Michail Brodsky	2415	=29	-25	=55	-36	-38	+56	=49	=45	-48	=58	=62	4
62	Andrei Lukin	2445	=14	-28	-41	=49	-48	=59	=64	=58	=53	=56	=61	4
63	Yuri Kruppa	2485	=20	=30	=46	=51	=22	-36	=42	-12	=49	-54	-53	3½
64	Maxim Novik	2405	=55	-29	=49	=54	=42	-32	=62	-34	-56	-53	=58	3