07 June 2009

Rusbase USSR Championships

Continuing with The Real Rusbase, the database lists 429 USSR Championships (instead of 419 as I counted in Events Covered by Rusbase using an older version of the database). For individual championship events, each with a separate web page, Rusbase uses a naming convention for the pages that provides additional high level data about the event. The types of championships are shown in the following table, along with a count of that type on the database.

21 • 1L • 1 League
200 • CH • Championships of different types
63 • QF • Quarterfinal of Championship of USSR
123 • SF • Semifinal of Championship of USSR
16 • SL • Selected tournament ; e.g. '1974: Selected tournament of 42 Championship'
3 • TO • Tournament of cities
3 • ZT • Quarterfinal of Championship of USSR

The number of events of each type per year is shown in the following table. The database isn't perfect. According to their description, events marked 'ZT' should be marked 'QF' and one event marked 'SL' is in fact an 'SF', but those are minor defects.


YrCHSFQFZT1LSLTOTot
1920 :11
1923 :112
1924 :112
1925 :1113
1927 :11
1929 :11
1931 :112
1933 :11
1934 :314
1936 :22
1937 :11
1938 :224
1939 :22
1940 :112
1941 :112
1944 :134
1945 :235
1946 :134
1947 :23712
1948 :2810
1949 :24713
1950 :35715
1951 :34916
1952 :34916
1953 :24915
1954 :336
1955 :3339
1956 :3339
1957 :2338
1958 :3418
1959 :437
1960 :437
1961 :628
1962 :538
1963 :448
1964 :527
1965 :437
1966 :448
1967 :44
1968 :527
1969 :448
1970 :426
1971 :448
1972 :448
1973 :4419
1974 :6118
1975 :4116
1976 :5117
1977 :5117
1978 :6118
1979 :4116
1980 :4419
1981 :54110
1982 :3418
1983 :3418
1984 :4329
1985 :53210
1986 :3227
1987 :3227
1988 :4239
1989 :426
1990 :314
1991 :33
1992 :213
1993 :33
1994 :11

I'll take a closer look at the types of events in future posts.

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