The 1st USSR Gomoku Championship, High League
Place: Moscow, Russian Renju Association
Rule: Gomoku - experimental Rated: No
Date: 1989-05-13 - 1989-05-19
Players:
Belarusian Renju Association: Evgeny Barsky
Latvia: Alexey Demidov, Yuriy Popovichenko
Russian Renju Association: Sergey Chernov, Vladimir Drozdov, Igor Galkin, Alexander Gitis, Alexey Ivanov, Victor Kaufman, Mikhail Lomakin, Alexander Malyshev, Yuriy Tarannikov
Ukraine: Ruslan Pristansky
Information:
Opening rules were the rules with 5th and 7th alternative moves. These rules were the official rules for Soviet/Russian gomoku tournaments from fall of 1988 till 1994:
- The black player puts the first move in the centre of the board.
- The white player puts the 2nd move within 5x5 central square.
- The black player puts the 3rd move outside 5x5 central square.
- The white player puts the 4th move anywhere on board.
- The black player puts two non-symmetrical 5th moves on the board.
- The white player chooses one 5th and plays the 6th move.
- The black player puts two non-symmetrical 7th moves on the board.
- The white player chooses one 7th and plays the 8th move.
| Participant | City | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pts | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galkin | Moscow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Pristansky | Lviv | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Malyshev | Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Drozdov V. | Pervouralsk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| Tarannikov | Moscow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| Lomakin | Tyumen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| Gitis | Moscow | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 6½ | 7 | |
| Demidov | Riga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| Ivanov Alexey | Moscow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8½ | 2 | |
| Kaufman | Moscow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| Chernov | Moscow | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| Barsky | Minsk | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| Popovichenko | Balvi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |