Flohr, Salo




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1928  31  2470 (38) 40
1929  19  2502 (32) 44
1930  10  2528 (25) 108
1931  9  2554 (23) 110
1932  7  2573 (24) 100
1933  6  2563 (27) 71
1934  6  2595 (29) 50
1935  2  2611 (28) 63
1936  6  2605 (27) 74
1937  7  2597 (28) 54
1938  6  2580 (31) 33
1939  6  2589 (30) 74
1940  7  2574 (46) 0
1941  10  2559 (50) 0
1942  11  2544 (46) 10
1943  10  2554 (42) 8
1944  8  2569 (33) 42
1945  14  2540 (32) 38
1946  12  2542 (33) 36
1947  14  2529 (32) 34
1948  12  2538 (34) 43

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Flohr, Salomon Mikhailovich  
Born: 21 Nov. 1908
Died: 18 July 1983
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 323
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 382
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 353
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 340
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 458
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 302
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 122
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 361
   Soltis, Mikhail Botvinnik, page 4
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 76, 145, 442
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 77
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 350
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Stoltz, G. - Flohr, S.M. 1931 (1)         (f)     4.5   -   3.5
Stoltz, G. - Flohr, S.M. 1931 (2)         (f)     2.5   -   5.5
Flohr, S.M. - Sultan Khan, M. 1932         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Euwe, M. - Flohr, S.M. 1932 (1)         (f)     4   -   4
Flohr, S.M. - van den Bosch, J.H.O. 1932         (f)     6   -   2
Euwe, M. - Flohr, S.M. 1932 (2)         (f)     4   -   4
Flohr, S.M. - Landau, S. (1) 1932         (f)     2.5   -   1.5
Flohr, S.M. - Grob, H. 1933         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Botvinnik, M.M. - Flohr, S.M. 1933         (f)     6   -   6
Flohr, S.M. - Naegeli, O.E.V. 1933         (f)     4   -   2
Flohr, S.M. - Mikenas, V.I. 1938         (f)     8   -   2
Makogonov, V.A. - Flohr, S.M. 1942         (f)     5.5   -   4.5

Tournament data

Prague 1928 (1)     Evona Tournament - 5th Prague Championship     10  /  15
Sumperk 1928 (1)     7th German Chess Federation Congress in Czechoslovakia - Master Tournament     5.5  /  7
Reichenbach 1928 (2)     15th Silesian Chess Union Congress, Deutschen Schachverbandes - Schlesischen Schachverband Match    
  Flohr, S.M. - Porath, Y.     0 - 1    
Prague 1928 (2)     4th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     9  /  12
Prague 1928 (3)     Prague Tournament     5  /  5
Prague 1929 (1)     5th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     10.5  /  12
Kralicky 1929 (1)     8th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia - Meisterturnier     5  /  6
Rogaska Slatina 1929     Rogaska Slatina Tournament     10.5  /  15
Prague 1929 (2)     6th Prague City Championship     7.5  /  11
Hastings 1930 (2)     10th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves     5.5  /  9
Antwerp 1930     Antwerp Tournament     3.5  /  5
Zwickau 1930     18th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     5.5  /  7
Prague 1930 (1)     Olympiad Preparation Tournament     4.5  /  5
Swinemunde 1930     Swinemunde Tournament     6.5  /  9
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     14.5  /  17
Bilina 1930     9th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia     5.5  /  8
Stubnanske Teplice 1930     Stubnanske Teplice Tournament     7.5  /  12
Liptovsky Svaty Jan 1930     Liptovsky Svaty Jan Tournament     8  /  10
Prague 1930 (2)     6th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     8.5  /  11
Prague 1930 (3)     7th Prague City Championship     12.5  /  15
Hastings 1931 (2)     11th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves     8  /  9
Goteborg 1931     Goteborg Tournament     5  /  7
Prague 1931 (1)     7th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     10.5  /  12
Prague 1931 (3)     Pre-Olympiad Tournament     7  /  11
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     11  /  18
Brno 1931 (3)     10th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia - Championship     8.5  /  11
Bled 1931     Bled Tournament     13.5  /  26
Hastings 1932 (1)     12th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     8  /  9
London, England 1932 (3)     London International - Premier Tournament     8  /  11
Antwerp 1932 (1)     Antwerp Tournament     3.5  /  5
Bad Sliac 1932     Bad Sliac Major Tournament     9.5  /  13
Bern 1932 (2)     International Tournament     11.5  /  15
Prague 1932 (1)     8th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     8.5  /  13
Hastings 1933 (1)     13th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     7  /  9
Bern 1933 (1)     Bern Tournament     3.5  /  6
Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     9  /  14
Scheveningen 1933     Dutch Chess Association Congress - International Tournament     6  /  7
Mnichovo Hradiste 1933 (1)     13th Czech Chess Association Congress - Championship     7  /  11
Hastings 1934 (1)     14th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     7  /  9
Budapest 1934 (6)     Budapest International Tournament     9  /  15
Zurich 1934 (1)     Zurich International Tournament     12  /  15
Libverda 1934     13th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia     9.5  /  11
Hastings 1935 (1)     15th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6.5  /  9
Moscow 1935 (1)     Moscow International Tournament     13  /  19
Barcelona 1935 (1)     Barcelona Tournament     8  /  9
Rosas 1935     Rosas Tournament     8  /  9
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     13  /  17
Hastings 1936 (1)     16th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6.5  /  9
Margate 1936 (1)     Margate Premier Tournament     7.5  /  9
Moscow 1936 (2)     Moscow International Tournament     9.5  /  18
Podebrady 1936 (2)     14th Czechoslovakia Championship     13  /  17
Nottingham 1936 (1)     Nottingham Master Tournament     8.5  /  14
Oslo 1936     Oslo International Tournament     6  /  7
Kemeri 1937     Kemeri Tournament     12  /  17
Parnu 1937     Parnu Tournament     4.5  /  7
Stockholm 1937 (3)     7th Olympiad     12.5  /  16
Semmering 1937     Semmering-Baden Tournament     7  /  14
Hastings 1938 (1)     18th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6  /  9
Netherlands 1938     AVRO Tournament     4.5  /  14
Moscow and Leningrad 1939     Moscow-Leningrad Training Tournament     11  /  16
Kemeri and Riga 1939     Kemeri-Riga Tournament     12  /  15
Margate 1939 (1)     Margate Premier Tournament     6.5  /  9
Baarn 1939 (1)     Soest Club Tournament - Section 1     2.5  /  3
Amsterdam and Hilversum and The Hague 1939     Dutch Tournament     6.5  /  10
Bournemouth 1939 (1)     32nd British Chess Federation Congress - Premier Tournament     8.5  /  11
Goteborg 1939 (2)     Goteborg Tournament     10  /  11
Baku 1943     Baku Tournament     5  /  8
Moscow 1944 (2)     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final     11  /  15
Moscow 1944 (3)     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Final     9.5  /  16
Kiev 1944     Bolshevik Championship     8.5  /  11
Moscow 1945 (1)     24th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  16
Moscow 1945 (3)     14th USSR Championship     1  /  3
Moscow and New York 1945     USSR - USA Radio Match    
  Flohr, S.M. - Horowitz, I.A.     1 - 1    
Tallinn 1945     13th Estonia Championship     11.5  /  15
Moscow 1945 (4)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit    
  Flohr, S.M. - Bondarevsky, I.Z.     1 - 1    
Voronezh 1946     Voronezh Region Championship     13  /  14
Moscow and London, England 1946     U.S.S.R. - Great Britain Radio Match    
  Flohr, S.M. - Fairhurst, W.A.     1.5 - 0.5    
Groningen 1946     Groningen International Tournament     11  /  19
Moscow 1946 (3)     U.S.S.R. - U.S.A. Match    
  Flohr, S.M. - Steiner, H.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1947 (1)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship     10.5  /  19
Parnu 1947     Parnu Tournament     7  /  13
London, England 1947 (2)     Great Britain - U.S.S.R. Match    
  Flohr, S.M. - Fairhurst, W.A.     1 - 1    
Saltsjobaden 1948 (2)     F.I.D.E. Interzonal Tournament     10.5  /  19
Leningrad 1948 (2)     U.S.S.R. Republics Chamionship     4.5  /  6
Moscow 1948 (3)     16th U.S.S.R. Championship     10.5  /  18

Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026