# 1986 USSR Chess Championship

The 1986 Soviet Chess Championship was the 53rd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2–28 April 1986 in Kiev. The title was won by Vitaly Tseshkovsky. Semifinals took place in Aktobe, Kostroma and Togliatti; two First League tournaments (also qualifying to the final) were held at Kharkov and Minsk.

## Qualifying
### Semifinals

Semifinals took place at Aktobe, Kostroma and Togliatti in July 1985.

### First League

Top three qualified for the final.
Kharkov, October 1985 :
| | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| 1 | Evgeny Bareev | 2310 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 2 | Sergey Dolmatov | 2540 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 10 |
| 3 | Smbat Lputian | 2530 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 9½ |
| 4 | Konstantin Lerner | 2520 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 5 | Semen Dvoirys | 2445 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 6 | Yuri Yakovich | | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Vereslav Eingorn | 2525 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Yury Dokhoian | 2240 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Evgeny Pigusov | 2455 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8½ |
| 10 | Lev Psakhis | 2555 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8½ |
| 11 | Eduardas Rozentalis | | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
| 12 | Gennadi Zaichik | | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
| 13 | Mikhail Podgaets | 2450 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 8 |
| 14 | Igor Novikov | 2460 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 15 | Valery Chekhov | 2495 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Gennadi Kuzmin | 2520 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 7 |
| 17 | Elizbar Ubilava | 2465 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Bukhuti Gurgenidze | 2445 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 6½ |
Minsk, October 1985 :
| | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| 1 | Vladimir Malaniuk | 2465 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 10½ |
| 2 | Yuri Balashov | 2495 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 10 |
| 3 | Sergey Smagin | 2405 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 4 | Alexander Panchenko | | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9½ |
| 5 | Leonid Yudasin | 2475 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 6 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2505 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
| 7 | Alexander Khalifman | 2485 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 8 | Nukhim Rashkovsky | 2410 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 9 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili | 2460 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 10 | Adrian Mikhalchishin | 2505 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9 |
| 11 | Sergey Gorelov | 2425 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8 |
| 12 | Ratmir Kholmov | 2450 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 13 | Boris Gulko | 2475 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Edvīns Ķeņģis | 2430 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Yuri Razuvaev | 2520 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Alexander Ivanov | | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 6 |
| 17 | Viktor Kupreichik | 2470 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Leonid Basin | | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 4½ |

## Final

53rd USSR Chess Championship :
| | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| 1 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2455 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Vladimir Malaniuk | 2495 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Vereslav Eingorn | 2560 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 10 |
| 4 | Konstantin Lerner | 2530 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Yuri Balashov | 2515 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 6 | Viktor Gavrikov | 2550 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Evgeny Bareev | 2365 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Nukhim Rashkovsky | 2420 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Leonid Yudasin | 2485 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
| 10 | Mikhail Gurevich | 2510 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8½ |
| 11 | Sergey Dolmatov | 2515 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 8 |
| 12 | Alexander Khalifman | 2490 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Smbat Lputian | 2545 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 7½ |
| 14 | Alexander Beliavsky | 2625 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 15 | Zurab Azmaiparashvili | 2465 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Yuri Yakovich | 2480 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Sergey Smagin | 2500 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Semen Dvoirys | 2470 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 |