Replay all 17 chess games from 47th USSR Championship — Minsk 1979. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about 47th USSR Championship — Minsk 1979 →
| ROUND ORDER | PLAYERS | RESULT | MOVES | OPENINGS | ROUND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979.11.29 |
Lerner, Konstantin Z
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
0-1 | 36 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense | ROUND 1 |
| 1979.11.30 |
Jussupow, Artur
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
1-0 | 52 | Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko | ROUND 2 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Anikaev, Yuri N
|
1-0 | 57 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line | ROUND 3 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Beliavsky, Alexander G
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
1/2-1/2 | 24 | French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Main Line | ROUND 4 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Kupreichik, Viktor D
|
0-1 | 48 | Indian Defense: West Indian Defense | ROUND 5 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Balashov, Yuri S
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
1/2-1/2 | 40 | French Defense | ROUND 6 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Dolmatov, Sergey
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
0-1 | 53 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Giorgadze, Tamaz
|
0-1 | 73 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Sveshnikov, Evgeny
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
0-1 | 45 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line | ROUND 10 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Kasparov, Garry
|
0-1 | 50 | Trompowsky Attack | ROUND 11 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
1/2-1/2 | 20 | Zukertort Opening | ROUND 12 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
1/2-1/2 | 13 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation | ROUND 13 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Romanishin, Oleg M
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
0-1 | 23 | French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation | ROUND 14 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Makarichev, Sergey
|
1-0 | 31 | Queen's Indian Defense | ROUND 15 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Razuvaev, Yuri S
vs
Vaganian, Rafael A
|
1-0 | 43 | Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation | ROUND 16 |
| 1979.12.?? |
Vaganian, Rafael A
vs
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
|
1/2-1/2 | 13 | Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation | ROUND 17 |