# 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 812008Alexey Goganov 822009Maxim Matlakov 832010Ildar Khairullin 842011Vasily Yemelin 852012Aleksandr Shimanov 862013Denis Yevseev 872014Denis Yevseev on tiebreak over Valerij Popov 882015Alexey Zenzera 892016Alexey Goganov 902017Evgeny Alekseev 912018Sergei Lobanov 922019Evgeny A. Levin