1929 USSR Chess Championship

The tournament was won by Boris Verlinsky.

The event was held outside Moscow and Leningrad for the first time.

36 players competed in four quarterfinal sections, with the top three in each advancing into two six-player semifinals.

The top two from each semifinals were then to play a double round final to determine the champion (but due to the withdrawal of one of the finalists, the final tournament had only three players).

Izmailov could not play at the end as he had to go off to take his final exams.