Belarusian Chess Championship

The 65th Belarusian Chess Championship (65th) was held 18–28 February 1999. GM Viacheslav Dydyshko won the 12-player, single round-robin tournament (average Elo rating 2424), earning his tenth championship in 26 attempts.

# Year Champions (men) 1 1924 Solomon Rosenthal 2 1925 Solomon Rosenthal 3 1926 Konstantin Vygodchikov 4 1928 Vladislav Silich 5 1932 Nikolai Riumin 6 1933 Abram Manevich 7 1934 Vladislav Silich 8 1936 Gavril Veresov 9 1937 Vladislav Silich 10 1938 Abram Manevich 11 1939 Gavril Veresov 12 1941 Gavril Veresov 13 1947 Vladimir Saigin 14 1948 Ratmir Kholmov 15 1949 Vladimir Saigin 16 1950 Vladimir Saigin 17 1951 Vladimir Saigin 18 1952 Isaac Boleslavsky Vladimir Saigin 19 1953 Vladimir Saigin Alexey Suetin 20 1954 Vladimir Saigin 21 1955 Alexey Suetin 22 1956 Boris Goldenov 23 1957 Alexey Suetin 24 1958 Gavril Veresov 25 1959 Alexey Suetin 26 1960 Alexey Suetin 27 1961 Alexey Suetin 28 1962 Albert Kapengut 29 1963 Gavril Veresov 30 1964 Isaac Boleslavsky 31 1965 Viacheslav Dydyshko 32 1966 Abram Roizman 33 1967 Albert Kapengut 34 1968 Albert Kapengut 35 1969 Albert Kapengut 36 1970 Viktor Zheliandinov 37 1971 Viacheslav Dydyshko 38 1972 Viktor Kupreichik 39 1973 Viacheslav Dydyshko 40 1974 Evgeny Mochalov 41 1975 Vladimir Veremeichik 42 1976 Albert Kapengut 43 1977 Albert Kapengut 44 1978 Albert Kapengut 45 1979 Viacheslav Dydyshko 46 1980 Viacheslav Dydyshko 47 1981 Boris Malisov 48 1982 Viacheslav Dydyshko Peter Korzubov 49 1983 Sergey Yuferov Leonid Basin 50 1984 Boris Gelfand 51 1985 Boris Gelfand 52 1986 Rustem Dautov 53 1987 Ilya Smirin 54 1988 Viacheslav Dydyshko 55 1989 Aleksej Aleksandrov 56 1990 Aleksej Aleksandrov 57 1991 Evgeny Mochalov Viacheslav Dydyshko 58 1992 No contest 59 1993 Alexei Fedorov 60 1994 Yury Shulman 61 1995 Alexei Fedorov 62 1996 Aleksej Aleksandrov 63 1997 German Kochetkov 64 1998 Viacheslav Dydyshko 65 1999 Viacheslav Dydyshko 66 2000 Andrei Kovalev 67 2001 Sergey Azarov 68 2002 Sergey Azarov 69 2003 Viktor Kupreichik 70 2004 Andrei Malyush 71 2005 Alexei Fedorov 72 2006 Viacheslav Dydyshko 73 2007 Aleksej Aleksandrov 74 2008 Alexei Fedorov 75 2009 Sergei Zhigalko 76 2010 Evgeny Podolchenko 77 2011 Andrey Zhigalko 78 2012 Sergei Zhigalko 79 2013 Sergei Zhigalko 80 2014 Kirill Stupak 81 2015 Kirill Stupak 82 2016

# Year Champions (women) 1 1928 S. Duner 2 1939 Shames 3 1952 G. Neviadomskaya 4 1954 G. Neviadomskaya 5 1955 Nekrasova 6 1957 Elena Lychkovskaya G. Neviadomskaya 7 1959 L. Chuvashova 8 1960 Kira Zvorykina 9 1961 Galina Archakova 10 1962 Galina Archakova 11 1963 Galina Archakova 12 1965 Tamara Golovey 13 1966 Galina Archakova 14 1968 Galina Archakova 15 1969 Tamara Golovey 16 1971 G. Ozhigina 17 1973 Kira Zvorykina 18 1974 Tatiana Kostina 19 1975 Kira Zvorykina 20 1976 Tamara Golovey 21 1977 Irina Turapina 22 1978 Ludmila Tsifanskaya 23 1979 G. Ozhigina 24 1980 Irina Turapina 25 1981 Elmira Khorovets 26 1982 Tatiana Zagorskaya 27 1983 Tatiana Zagorskaya 28 1984 Elmira Khorovets 29 1985 Rakhil Eidelson 30 1986 Irina Botvinnik 31 1987 Elmira Khorovets 32 1988 Elena Zayats 33 1989 Rakhil Eidelson 34 1990 Ilaha Kadimova 35 1991 O. Lomakina 36 1992 Tatiana Zagorskaya 37 1993 Rakhil Eidelson 38 1994 Tatiana Zagorskaya 39 1995 Rakhil Eidelson 40 1996 Tatiana Zagorskaya 41 1997 Rakhil Eidelson 42 1998 Rakhil Eidelson 43 1999 Natalia Popova 44 2000 Natalia Popova 45 2001 Irina Tetenkina 46 2002 Anna Sharevich 47 2003 Rakhil Eidelson 48 2004 Rakhil Eidelson 49 2005 Anna Sharevich 50 2006 Natalia Popova 51 2007 Anna Sharevich 52 2008 Natalia Popova 53 2009 Natalia Popova 54 2010 Nastassia Ziaziulkina 55 2011 Anna Sharevich 56 2012 Nastassia Ziaziulkina 57 2013 Nastassia Ziaziulkina 58 2014 Lanita Stetsko 59 2015 Lanita Stetsko 60 2016

References

• Complete list of the men's championship (1924-2008) (Belarusian)
• Complete list of the women's championship (1928-2007) (Belarusian)
• (some player first names)
• RUSBASE, part V, 1919–1937 and 1991–1994
• RUSBASE, part IV, 1938–1960
• RUSBASE, part III, 1961–1969 and 1985–1990
• RUSBASE, part II, 1970–1984
• The Week in Chess: 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
• FIDE: 2002 men, 2009 men, 2010 men, 2013 men, 2013 women
• ChessBase: 2011
• chessblog.com: 2014
• Chessdom: 2015
• chess-news-ru: 2014 men, 2015
• Short biography of Sergei Azarov, 2001 and 2002 winner