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However, these notable early achievements were soon to be surpassed when he became joint winner of the 1990 USSR Championship (with Beliavsky, Bareev and Vyzmanavin, the title going to Beliavsky on tie-break).
He took 4th, behind Konstantin Vygodchikov, Abram Model and Vladislav Silich, at Minsk 1928 (the 4th BLR-ch), shared 3rd at Moscow 1928 (Nikolai Grigoriev won), and took 5th at Odessa 1929 (the 6th USSR Chess Championship, quarter final).