List of Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR in chess
Title holders

List of Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR in chess

Section Title: Title holders
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Year	Name	Other title

1934	Peter Romanovsky	International Master

1940	Nikolai Riumin

1941	Viktor Goglidze	International Master

1942	Fyodor Duz-Chotimirsky	International Master

1943	Vladimir Makogonov	Grandmaster (retrospective award)

1945	Mikhail Botvinnik	Grandmaster

1947	Nikolai Zubarev	International Master

1947	Grigory Levenfish	Grandmaster

1947	Vladimir Nenarokov	International Master

1948	Isaac Boleslavsky	Grandmaster

1948	Igor Bondarevsky	Grandmaster

1948	Paul Keres	Grandmaster

1948	Alexander Kotov	Grandmaster

1948	Andor Lilienthal	Grandmaster

1948	Vyacheslav Ragozin	Grandmaster

1948	Vassily Smyslov	Grandmaster

1948	Salo Flohr	Grandmaster

1950	Vladas Mikėnas	Grandmaster (retrospective award)

1951	David Bronstein	Grandmaster

1952	Pyotr Dubinin	International Master

1952	Olga Rubtsova	Woman Grandmaster

1953	Elisaveta Bykova	International Master

1953	Lyudmila Rudenko	International Master

1956	Genrikh Kasparyan	Grandmaster of Chess Composition

1957	Kira Zvorykina	Woman Grandmaster

1960	Vladimir Korolkov	Grandmaster of Chess Composition

1960	Viktor Korchnoi	Grandmaster

1960	Tigran Petrosian	Grandmaster

1960	Mikhail Tal	Grandmaster

1962	Lev Loshinsky	Grandmaster of Chess Composition

1963	Efim Geller	Grandmaster

1964	Nona Gaprindashvili	Grandmaster

1965	Yuri Averbakh	Grandmaster

1965	Boris Spassky	Grandmaster

1965	Leonid Stein	Grandmaster

1967	Tatiana Zatulovskaya	Woman Grandmaster

1969	Lev Polugaevsky	Grandmaster

1971	Nana Alexandria	Woman Grandmaster

1972	Alla Kushnir	Woman Grandmaster

1974	Anatoly Karpov	Grandmaster

1978	Maya Chiburdanidze	Grandmaster

1985	Garri Kasparov	Grandmaster

1986	Irina Levitina	Woman Grandmaster

1987	Elena Akhmilovskaya	Woman Grandmaster

1987	Artur Yusupov	Grandmaster

1989	Rafael Vaganian	Grandmaster

1990	Lyudmila Belavenets	ICCF Grandmaster

1990	Alexander Beliavsky	Grandmaster

1990	Marta Litinskaya	Woman Grandmaster

1991	Vladimir Zagorovsky	ICCF Grandmaster

1991	Mark Taimanov	Grandmaster

Sentence(s)

In 1952 Olga Rubtsova was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR.

final_sentence: In 1952 Olga Rubtsova was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR.