The 1929 USSR Chess Championship was the 6th edition of

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. Held from 2 to 20 September in

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. The tournament was won by

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. The event was held outside

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and

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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).

Tables and results

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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

References

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1929 in chess 1929 in the Soviet Union