sentences:  Alatortsev's first important high-level result was an excellent shared 3rd-6th place in the Soviet Championship, Moscow 1931 (URS-ch07), with 10/17; Botvinnik won.Alatortsev was again runner-up to Botvinnik in the 1932 Leningrad Championship with 7/11.Alatortsev made his best Soviet Championship result in 1933 at Leningrad (URS-ch08), when he placed clear second with 13/19, as Botvinnik won his second title.