USSR Chess Championship semifinals

The year denotes the final for which each event was a qualifier.

FinalCityDatesWinnerPromotedGames
1925Moscow1925.??.?? – 1925.??.??Nenarokov, Vladimir1-10
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Rauzer, Vsevolod1-240
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Goglidze, Viktor1-245
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander1-245
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Kasparian, Genrikh1-245
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Sorokin, Nikolai1-245
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Gotgilf, Solomon1-245
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Romanovsky, Petr1-245
1931USSR1931.??.?? – 1931.??.??Sozin, Veniamin1-245
1934Tbilisi1934.09.?? – 1934.09.??Goglidze, Viktor1-2,4-591
1939Kiev1938.??.?? – 1938.??.??Panov, Vasily1-8153
1939Leningrad1938.??.?? – 1938.??.??Botvinnik, Mikhail1-8153
1940Kiev1940.??.?? – 1940.??.??Gerstenfeld, Eduard1-6136
1941Rostov-on-Don1941.06.?? – 1941.06.??Silich, Vitaly29
1941Rostov-on-Don1941.06.?? – 1941.06.??Kuzminykh, Evgeny30
1941Rostov-on-Don1941.06.?? – 1941.06.??Chistiakov, Alexander30
1941Rostov-on-Don1941.06.?? – 1941.06.??Ebralidze, Archil27
1944Baku1944.02.?? – 1944.03.??Lilienthal, Andor1-466
1944Moscow1944.02.?? – 1944.03.??Kotov, Alexander1-4120
1944Omsk1944.02.?? – 1944.03.??Sokolsky, Alexei1-491
1945Baku1945.03.06 – 1945.04.02Konstantinopolsky, Alexander1-3120
1945Kiev1945.03.08 – 1945.03.31Ragozin, Viacheslav1-3105
1945Leningrad1945.02.16 – 1945.03.11Boleslavsky, Isaac1-3120
1945Moscow1945.??.?? – 1945.??.??Bronstein, David1-3120
1947Leningrad1946.10.?? – 1946.11.??Bronstein, David1-5171
1947Moscow1946.10.?? – 1946.11.??Alatortsev, Vladimir1-5153
1947Tbilisi1946.10.?? – 1946.11.??Ufimtsev, Anatoly1-5153
1948Leningrad1947.10.11 – 1947.11.05Aronin, Lev1-4120
1948Moscow1947.10.11 – 1947.11.05Averbakh, Yury1-4120
1948Sverdlovsk1947.10.11 – 1947.11.05Furman, Semen1-478
1949Leningrad1949.04.25 – 1949.05.??Bondarevsky, Igor1-3153
1949Moscow1949.05.25 – 1949.06.22Aronin, Lev1-3139
1949Tbilisi1949.04.25 – 1949.05.??Geller, Efim1-3144
1949Vilnius1949.05.22 – 1949.06.16Mikenas, Vladas1-3153
1950Gorky1950.??.?? – 1950.??.??Aronin, Lev1-3120
1950Kiev1950.??.?? – 1950.??.??Lipnitsky, Isaak1-3120
1950Leningrad1950.??.?? – 1950.??.??Alatortsev, A.1-3120
1950Tartu1950.??.?? – 1950.??.??Flohr, Salomon1-3120
1950Tula1950.??.?? – 1950.??.??Averbakh, Yury1-3120
1951Baku1951.05.?? – 1951.06.??Novotelnov, Nikolai1-3190
1951Leningrad1951.05.?? – 1951.06.??Smyslov, Vasily1-3175
1951Lvov1951.05.?? – 1951.06.??Sakharov, Yury1-3190
1951Sverdlovsk1951.05.?? – 1951.06.??Petrosian, Tigran1-3190
1952Leningrad1952.05.?? – 1952.06.??Byvshev, Vasily1-4153
1952Minsk1952.05.?? – 1952.06.??Lipnitsky, Isaak1-4153
1952Riga1952.05.?? – 1952.06.??Kan, Ilya1-4153
1952Sochi1952.05.?? – 1952.06.??Simagin, Vladimir1-4153
1954Leningrad1953.06.?? – 1953.06.??Ilivitsky, Georgy1-4120
1954Moscow1953.??.?? – 1953.??.??Ragozin, Viacheslav1-442
1954Rostov-on-Don1953.??.?? – 1953.??.??Livshin, Iosif1-4120
1954Vilnius1953.06.?? – 1953.06.??Kholmov, Ratmir1-4106
1955Erevan1954.??.?? – 1954.??.??Antoshin, Vladimir1-5210
1955Gorky1954.??.?? – 1954.??.??Geller, Efim1-5210
1955Leningrad1954.??.?? – 1954.??.??Taimanov, Mark1-5210
1956Leningrad1955.11.15 – 1955.12.13Antoshin, Vladimir1-5171
1956Moscow1955.11.15 – 1955.12.13Khasin, Abram1-5171
1956Riga1955.11.15 – 1955.12.13Tal, Mikhail1-5171
1957Kharkov1956.??.?? – 1956.??.??Boleslavsky, Isaak1-6178
1957Leningrad1956.??.?? – 1956.??.??Aronin, Lev1-6190
1957Tbilisi1956.11.17 – 1956.12.18Petrosian, Tigran1-6190
1958Kiev1957.??.?? – 1957.??.??Petrosian, Tigran1-6190
1958Leningrad1957.??.?? – 1957.??.??Spassky, Boris1-6190
1958Sverdlovsk1957.??.?? – 1957.??.??Korchnoi, Viktor1-6190
1959Baku1958.??.?? – 1958.??.??Taimanov, Mark1-4120
1959Moscow1958.??.?? – 1958.??.??Lutikov, Anatoly1-4120
1959Rostov-on-Don1958.??.?? – 1958.??.??Nezhmetdinov, Rashid1-4120
1959Tashkent1958.??.?? – 1958.??.??Kholmov, Ratmir1-4120
1960Cheliabinsk1959.??.?? – 1959.??.??Korchnoi, Viktor1-4120
1960Erevan1959.??.?? – 1959.??.??Geller, Efim1-4120
1960Tallinn1959.??.?? – 1959.??.??Spassky, Boris1-4124
1961Batumi1961.08.?? – 1961.09.??Gurgenidze, Bukhuti1-3153
1961Novgorod1961.08.?? – 1961.09.??Kholmov, Ratmir1-3136
1961Odessa1960.08.20 – 1960.09.16Averbakh, Yury1-4153
1961Rostov-on-Don1960.08.20 – 1960.09.16Spassky, Boris1-4153
1961Vilnius1960.08.20 – 1960.09.16Gufeld, Eduard1-4153
1962Dnepropetrovsk1962.08.18 – 1962.09.14Zaitsev, Igor1-3153
1962Novosibirsk1962.??.?? – 1962.??.??Khodos, German1-3120
1962Riga1962.08.18 – 1962.09.15Aronin, Lev1-3153
1963Alma-Ata1963.??.?? – 1963.??.??Gipslis, Aivars1-5120
1963Kharkov1963.??.?? – 1963.??.??Osnos, Viacheslav1-5120
1963Moscow1963.??.?? – 1963.??.??Polugaevsky, Lev1-5120
1963Sverdlovsk1963.??.?? – 1963.??.??Kholmov, Ratmir1-5120
1964Kishinev1964.??.?? – 1964.??.??Lutikov, Anatoly1-2153
1964Minsk1964.??.?? – 1964.??.??Peterson, Andrei1-2153
1965Kaliningrad1965.??.?? – 1965.??.??Vasiukov, Evgeny1-2106
1965Leningrad1965.??.?? – 1965.??.??Furman, Semen1-2120
1965Omsk1965.??.?? – 1965.??.??Gufeld, Eduard1-2105
1966Irkutsk1966.08.14 – 1966.09.10Nikolaevsky, Yury1-4153
1966Krasnodar1966.08.21 – 1966.09.17Gipslis, Aivars1-4153
1966Orel1966.08.21 – 1966.09.17Savon, Vladimir1-4140
1966Vilnius1966.08.14 – 1966.09.10Nei, Iivo1-4153
1968Gomel1968.08.06 – 1968.09.02Bagirov, Vladimir1-4153
1968Tallinn1968.08.01 – 1968.08.28Gurgenidze, Bukhuti1-4153
1969Barnaul1969.05.30 – 1969.06.26Savon, Vladimir1-4153
1969Kiev1969.05.07 – 1969.06.03Stein, Leonid1-4153
1969Rostov-on-Don1969.05.07 – 1969.06.03Zhukhovitsky, Samuel1-4153
1969Voronezh1969.05.07 – 1969.06.03Averkin, Orest1-4153
1970Aktiubinsk1970.??.?? – 1970.??.??Vaganian, Rafael1-2153
1970Vitebsk1970.05.07 – 1970.06.03Bagirov, Vladimir1-2153
1971Daugavpils1971.05.30 – 1971.06.26Karpov, Anatoly1-3153
1971Ivano-Frankovsk1971.05.07 – 1971.06.03Lein, Anatoly1-3153
1971Novosibirsk1971.06.10 – 1971.07.06Nikolaevsky, Yury1-3153
1971Perm1971.05.07 – 1971.06.03Krogius, Nikolai1-3153
1972Cheliabinsk1972.06.15 – 1972.07.11Rashkovsky, Nukhim1-4153
1972Kaliningrad1972.08.10 – 1972.09.06Zhidkov, Valery1-4153
1972Odessa1972.08.10 – 1972.09.06Alburt, Lev1-4153
1972Uzhgorod1972.06.15 – 1972.07.11Furman, Semen1-4153
1973Frunze1973.07.04 – 1973.07.28Averkin, Orest1-1120
1973Kirovabad1973.06.06 – 1973.06.30Rashkovsky, Nukhim1-1120
1973Lvov1973.06.07 – 1973.06.30Sveshnikov, Evgeny1-1120
1973Voronezh1973.07.04 – 1973.07.28Grigorian, Karen1-1120
1980Dnepropetrovsk1980.08.17 – 1980.08.30Vasiukov, Evgeny1-1120
1980Krasnodar1980.08.17 – 1980.08.30Lputian, Smbat1-1120
1980Krasnoiarsk1980.08.17 – 1980.08.30Psakhis, Lev1-1120
1980Tallinn1980.08.17 – 1980.08.30Chekhov, Valery1-1120
1981Beltsy1981.07.01 – 1981.07.25Gavrikov, Viktor1-1120
1981Cheliabinsk1981.07.03 – 1981.07.27Agzamov, Georgy1-1120
1981Nikolaev1981.07.03 – 1981.07.27Tukmakov, Vladimir1-1120
1981Saratov1981.07.01 – 1981.07.25Yudasin, Leonid1-1120
1983Ivano-Frankovsk1981.07.?? – 1981.08.??Lerner, Konstantin1-1141
1983Pavlodar1982.07.?? – 1982.08.??Azmaiparashvili, Zurab1-1153
1983Severodonetsk1982.06.?? – 1982.07.??Malaniuk, Vladimir1-1153
1983Yaroslavl1982.??.?? – 1982.??.??Razuvaev, Yury1-1142
1984Irkutsk1983.09.?? – 1983.10.??Lputian, Smbat1-3153
1984Minsk1983.09.?? – 1983.10.??Beliavsky, Alexander1-3141
1984Nikolaev1983.09.?? – 1983.10.??Aseev, Konstantin1-3153
1984Volgodonsk1983.09.?? – 1983.10.??Sveshnikov, Evgeny1-3153
1985Barnaul1984.08.?? – 1984.09.??Gulko, Boris153
1985Borzhomi1984.08.?? – 1984.09.??Salov, Valery153
1985Lvov1984.08.?? – 1984.09.??Petrosian, Arshak153
1986Aktiubinsk1985.07.?? – 1985.08.??Dvoirys, Semen153
1986Kostroma1985.07.?? – 1985.08.??Malaniuk, Vladimir153
1986Toljatti1985.07.?? – 1985.08.??Kengis, Edvins128
1990Daugavpils1989.11.01 – 1989.11.21Smirin, Ilya1-3105