A1927
Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik, 1927.
Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik, unknown date.
November 02 1927
The Daily Telegraph, London, Greater London, England, Wednesday, November 02, 1927
RUSSIA'S CHESS CHAMPIONS.
TIE FOR “GRAND MASTERSHIP.”
In the Soviet All-Union Chess Tournament, which has just come to an end says a Reuter message from Moscow, no player succeeded in winning the title of “U.S.S.R Champion and Grand Master,” as the contest resulted in a draw between Romanovsky (the Leningrad master) and Bogatyrchuk, of Kiev who each scored 14½ points out of a possible 20. The third and fourth prizes were won by Douz-Khotmirsky (Moscow) and Model (Leningrad), with 13 points each and the fifth and sixth prizes by Botvinnik (Leningrad) and Makagonoff (Baku), with 12½ points each. Romanovsky and Bogatyrchuk will shortly play a match for the title of “Champion and Grand Master of the U.S.S.R”.
