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The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners. It was held as a round-robin tournament with the exception of the 35th and 58th championships, which were of the Swiss system.

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Most wins

  • Six titles: Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal
  • Four titles: Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi, Alexander Beliavsky
  • Three titles: Paul Keres, Leonid Stein, Lev Polugaevsky, Anatoly Karpov

    • Publications

  • Mark Taimanov, Bernard Cafferty, Soviet Championships, London, Everyman Chess, 1998 (ISBN 978-1-85744-201-4)

    • References

    USSR Chess Championship Wikipedia
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