The 1929 USSR Chess Championship was the 6th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2–20 September in Odessa. The tournament was won by Boris Verlinsky. The event was held outside Moscow and Leningrad for the first time. 36 players competed in four quarterfinal sections, with the top three in each advancing into two six-player semifinals. The top two from each semifinals were then to play a double round final to determine the champion (but due to the withdrawal of one of the finalists, the final tournament had only three players).^[1][2]

The champion Boris Verlinsky

Tables and results

Quarterfinals

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 1

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Yakov Rokhlin	-	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	5
2	Vladislav Silich	0	-	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	5
3	Konstantin Vigodchikov	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	1	0	4½
4	Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky	½	0	½	-	½	½	1	½	1	4½
5	Vasily Panov	½	0	½	½	-	0	½	1	1	4
6	Nikolai Sorokin	½	½	½	½	1	-	½	0	0	3½
7	Veniamin Sozin	1	0	0	0	½	½	-	½	1	3½
8	Yakov Vilner	0	1	0	½	0	1	½	-	0	3
9	A. Bernstein	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-	3

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 2

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	-	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7
2	Sergey von Freymann	0	-	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½
3	Vsevolod Rauzer	½	½	-	0	1	1	1	1	½	5½
4	Abram Poliak	0	0	1	-	1	1	1	1	½	5½
5	Nikolai Riumin	0	0	0	0	-	1	1	1	1	4
6	Vladimir Nenarokov	½	0	0	0	0	-	½	1	1	3
7	Viacheslav Ragozin	0	0	0	0	0	½	-	½	1	2
8	Sergey Mudrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	-	1	1½
9	Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	*	1

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 3

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Ilya Kan	-	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½
2	Boris Verlinsky	0	-	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½
3	Mikhail Makogonov	½	0	-	½	1	½	1	1	1	5½
4	Nikolai Zubarev	½	0	½	-	1	1	½	1	0	4½
5	Viktor Goglidze	0	½	0	0	-	½	½	1	1	3½
6	Nikolai Rudnev	0	0	½	0	½	-	1	0	1	3
7	Dmitry Grigorenko	½	½	0	½	½	0	-	½	0	2½
8	Abram Model	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	-	½	2½
9	Grigory Ravinsky	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	½	-	2½

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 4

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Nikolai Grigoriev	-	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	5½
2	Vladimir Makogonov	½	-	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	5½
3	Peter Izmailov	0	1	-	1	½	0	1	½	1	5
4	Vladimir Kirillov	1	0	0	-	1	1	0	1	1	5
5	Solomon Rosenthal	0	1	½	0	-	½	1	1	½	4½
6	Solomon Gotthilf	½	0	1	0	½	-	½	0	½	3
7	Alexey Selezniev	½	0	0	1	0	½	-	½	½	3
8	Solomon Slonim	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	-	1	3
9	Vladimir Yuriev	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	-	1½

Semifinals

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 1

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Peter Izmailov	-	½	½	1	1	½	3½
2	Ilya Kan	½	-	½	1	½	1	3½
3	Konstantin Vigodchikov	½	½	-	½	½	½	2½
4	Mikhail Botvinnik	0	0	½	-	1	1	2½
5	Vladimir Makogonov	0	½	½	0	-	½	1½
6	Vladislav Silich	½	0	½	0	½	-	1½

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 2

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Sergey von Freymann	-	1	0	1	1	1	4
2	Boris Verlinsky	0	-	1	1	1	1	4
3	Vsevolod Rauzer	1	0	-	0	1	1	3
4	Mikhail Makogonov	0	0	1	-	0	½	1½
5	Nikolai Grigoriev	0	0	0	1	-	½	1½
6	Yakov Rokhlin	0	0	0	½	½	-	1

Final

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Final

	Player	1	2	3	Total
1	Boris Verlinsky	-	1 1	1 ½	3½
2	Sergey von Freymann	0 0	-	1 1	2
3	Ilya Kan	0 ½	0 0	-	½

Izmailov could not play at the end as he had to go off to take his final exams.^[1]

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