Leningrad City Chess Championship

The Leningrad City Chess Championship is a chess tournament held officially in the city of Leningrad, Russia starting from 1920. The city was called Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, then Leningrad until 1991, and Saint Petersburg afterwards. Only players born or living in or around the city were allowed to participate in this event.

The championship continued to be played, in spite of tremendous difficulties, also during the Siege of Leningrad in the Second World War, though the tournament of 1941 could not be finished and that of 1942, the most difficult year of the blockade, could not be organized.

The winners include World champions Mikhail Botvinnik (1931 and 1932), Boris Spassky (1959 and 1961) and FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman (1996 and 1997).

List of winners
#YearWinner
11920Ilya Rabinovich
21922Grigory Levenfish
31924Grigory Levenfish
41925Ilya Rabinovich
Peter Romanovsky
Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
Grigory Levenfish
51926Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
61928Ilya Rabinovich
71929Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
81931Mikhail Botvinnik
91932Mikhail Botvinnik
101933-4Vladimir Alatortsev
Georgy Lisitsin
111936Viacheslav Ragozin
121937Dmitry Ossipovich Rovner
Alexander Tolush
Vitaly Chekhover
131938Alexander Tolush
141939Georgy Lisitsin
151940Ilya Rabinovich
161941unfinished
171943Fedor Sklyarov
181944Abram Model
191945Viacheslav Ragozin
201946Alexander Tolush
211947Georgy Lisitsin
Alexander Tolush
221948Mark Taimanov
231949Vitaly Chekhover
241950Mark Taimanov
251952Mark Taimanov
261953Semyon Furman
271954Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov
281955Viktor Korchnoi
291956Pavel Yevseyevich Kondratiev
301957Viktor Korchnoi
Semyon Furman
311958Igor Georgyevich Rubel
321959Boris Spassky
331960Vladimir Vasilyevich Shishkin
341961Boris Spassky
Mark Taimanov
351962Konstatin Mikhailovich Klaman
361963Boris Timofeyevich Vladimirov
371964Viktor Korchnoi
381965Vadim Zelmanovich Faibisovich
391966Evgeny Ruban
401967Alexander Cherepkov
411968Alexander Cherepkov
421969Vadim Zelmanovich Faibisovich
431970Vladimir Ivanovich Karasev
441971Viacheslav Osnos
451972Andrey Lukin
461973Mark Taimanov
471974Vladimir Ivanovich Karasev
481975Mark Tseitlin
491976Mark Tseitlin
501977Vadim Zelmanovich Faibisovich
511978Mark Tseitlin
Andrey Lukin
521979Igor Alexeyevich Polovodin
531980Viacheslav Osnos
541981Andrey Lukin
551982Alexander Cherepkov
561983Andrey Lukin
571984Leonid Yudasin
581985Alex Yermolinsky
Vladislav Vorotnikov
591986Evgeniy Solozhenkin
601987Vladimir Epishin
611988Andrey Lukin
621989Alexey Yuneev
631990Konstantin Sakaev
A. Ivanov
641991Sergey Ivanov
651992Sergey Ivanov
661993Vasily Yemelin
671994Sergey Ivanov
681995Peter Svidler
691996Alexander Khalifman
701997Alexander Khalifman
711998Evgeniy Solozhenkin
721999Evgeny Shaposhnikov
732000Valery Loginov
742001Valerij Popov
752002Vasily Yemelin
762003Denis Yevseev
772004Valery Loginov
782005Valery Loginov
792006Valerij Popov
802007Marat Makarov
812008[1]Alexey Goganov[2]
822009Maxim Matlakov
832010Ildar Khairullin
842011Vasily Yemelin
852012Aleksandr Shimanov
862013Denis Yevseev
872014Denis Yevseev on tiebreak over Valerij Popov[3]
882015Alexey Zenzera[4]
892016Alexey Goganov[2]
902017Evgeny Alekseev
912018Sergei Lobanov[5]
922019Evgeny A. Levin[6]

Notes
  1. Held in February-March 2009: 81. Final St.Petersburg Men's Chmp. 2008 IT - NWAPA Rector Cup -. FIDE.
  2. "Aleksey Goganov Becomes St. Petersburg Champion". Russian Chess Federation. 2016-03-31
  3. Crowther, Mark (2014-03-31). "ch-St Petersburg 2014". THE WEEK IN CHESS 1012. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  4. Crowther, Mark (2015-04-06). "ch-St Petersburg 2015". THE WEEK IN CHESS 1065. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  5. Tournament report May 2018. St. Petersburg 91st Championship_Final. FIDE.
  6. Tournament report May 2019. St. Petersburg 92nd Championship, Final. FIDE.

References
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