# 1983 USSR Chess Championship

The 1983 Soviet Chess Championship was the 50th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2–28 April 1983 in Moscow. The title was won by Anatoly Karpov. Semifinals took place in Ivano-Frankivsk, Pavlodar, Sievierodonetsk and Yaroslavl; The First League (also qualifying to the final) was held at Telavi. There was no final in 1982, the year of the Soviet Zonal (Interzonal qualifying).

## Qualifying
### Semifinals

Semifinals took place at Ivano-Frankivsk, Pavlodar, Sievierodonetsk and Yaroslavl in June–July 1982. The winners respectively were Konstantin Lerner, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Vladimir Malaniuk and Yuri Razuvayev gaining a direct promotion to the final.

### First League

The top two qualified for the final.
Telavi, December 1982 :
| | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| 1 | Rafael Vaganian | 2550 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11½ |
| 2 | Georgy Agzamov | | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Gennadi Zaichik | | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Valery Chekhov | 2460 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Smbat Lputian | 2440 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 10 |
| 6 | Leonid Yudasin | 2405 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Yuri Anikaev | 2465 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 8 | Elizbar Ubilava | 2435 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 9 | Aleksandr Shneider | | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
| 10 | Vladimir Bagirov | 2495 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 7½ |
| 11 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2595 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7½ |
| 12 | Andrei Lukin | 2465 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7 |
| 13 | Evgeni Vasiukov | 2495 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Bukhuti Gurgenidze | 2495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6½ |
| 15 | Sergey Gorelov | 2470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | 6½ |
| 16 | Arshak Petrosian | 2485 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 6½ |
| 17 | Alex Yermolinsky | 2450 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 6½ |
| 18 | Michael Zeitlein | 2490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 5½ |

## Final

The final was held as late as April 1983 at Moscow with the unusual number of 17 players. Tal was soon ill and withdrew after round ten (after 2 loses, 3 draws and 4 adjourned games). The diagnosis this time was high blood pressure.
50th USSR Chess Championship :
| | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total |
| 1 | Anatoly Karpov | 2710 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 2 | Vladimir Tukmakov | 2580 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 9 |
| 3 | Lev Polugaevsky | 2625 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
| 4 | Rafael Vaganian | 2550 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
| 5 | Yuri Balashov | 2540 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 6 | Tigran Petrosian | 2605 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7½ |
| 7 | Vladimir Malaniuk | 2460 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 7½ |
| 8 | Lev Psakhis | 2580 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7½ |
| 9 | Oleg Romanishin | 2585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 7½ |
| 10 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili | | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7 |
| 11 | Yuri Razuvaev | 2520 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Georgy Agzamov | | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 7 |
| 13 | Alexander Beliavsky | 2570 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Efim Geller | 2575 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
| 15 | Artur Yusupov | 2565 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | 6½ |
| 16 | Konstantin Lerner | 2525 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 5½ |