1st Russian Chess Premier League: Podolsk 1992 |
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1st Russian Chess Premier League (see all-time tournament summary) |
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Date: | 1992 |
City: | Lesnye Polyany near Podolsk, Russia |
Chief Arbiter: | IA Yury Sokolov (RUS) |
Teams participating: | 13 From 1990 Soviet Club Cup: Poliot Chelyabinsk, Sankt Petersburg, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv-Itil Kazan, Phoenix Smolensk Invited teams: Ladya Azov, Kuzbass Kemerovo Other (probably from 1991 first league): Khorda Chelyabinsk, Krylia Sovetov, GShK Saratov, Vertikal Voronezh, ShK Podolsk, Desna Bryansk |
Players participating: | 100 (incl. 18 GMs and 30 IMs) |
Games played: | 468 |
Competition format: | Six board round robin. Bottom three teams were relegated. |
Final order decided by: | 1. Game points |
Time control: | N/A |
Downloadable game file: | 92rus.zip |
This was the very first championship of Russia as its formal predecessor, Soviet Union was dissolved in December 1991. The competition wasn't the strongest. Last Soviet Club champion Tigran Petrosian Moscow did not arrive. There were just two +2600 players in the pool (Khalifman and Epishin) and as much as 25 unrated players! Sankt Petersburg team edged out Khorda Chelyabinsk by a mere fraction; these two and bronze medal winners CSKA qualified to the 1993 European Club Cup The championship was organized (at the cost of 150,000 rubels) by the Russian Chess Club. |