Keres, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1929  339  2270 (90) 16
1930  265  2300 (85) 0
1931  224  2329 (77) 0
1932  155  2359 (68) 0
1933  105  2388 (56) 19
1934  66  2428 (47) 9
1935  23  2497 (30) 83
1936  10  2532 (27) 65
1937  2591 (25) 97
1938  2595 (29) 44
1939  2581 (28) 60
1940  2582 (32) 33
1941  2587 (35) 20
1942  2588 (34) 36
1943  2581 (34) 59
1944  2593 (40) 13
1945  2622 (41) 26
1946  2633 (40) 23
1947  2620 (36) 49

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Keres, Paul  
Born: 7 Jan. 1916
Died: 5 June 1975
 
Notes:
Woodger has 'Keres, Paul Petrovich' but Gaige gives no middle name.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 327
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 389
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 360
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 346
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 464
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 302
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 210
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Soltis, Mikhail Botvinnik, page 4
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Raud, I. - Keres, P. 1929         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Keres, P. - Peet, A. 1932         (f)     2   -   0
Keres, P. - Kibbermann, F. 1935         (f)     3   -   1
Keres, P. - Laurine, L. 1935         (f)     6.5   -   1.5
Keres, P. - Schmidt, P.F. 1936         (f)     3.5   -   3.5
Keres, P. - Stahlberg, A.G.T. 1938         (f)     4   -   4
Keres, P. - Euwe, M. 1940         (f)     7.5   -   6.5
Keres, P. - Ekstrom, N.J.A.F. 1944         (f)     5   -   1

Tournament data

Parnu 1929     Parnu Tournament     13.5  /  18
Parnu 1933     Estonian Junior Championship     11.5  /  12
Tallinn 1933 (2)     Tallinn Tournament     5  /  7
Rakvere 1934     Rakvere Tournament     7  /  9
Tallinn 1935 (1)     Estonian Championship     6.5  /  9
  Keres, P. - Friedemann, G.     2 - 1    
Tartu 1935     Tartu Club Jubilee     23  /  24
Tallinn 1935 (2)     Tallinn Tournament     5.5  /  8
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     12.5  /  19
Helsinki 1935 (4)     Helsinki Tournament     6.5  /  8
Tallinn 1936 (2)     Tallinn Training Tournament     9  /  10
Bad Nauheim 1936     Bad Nauheim Tournament     6.5  /  9
Dresden 1936     Dresden Tournament     3.5  /  9
Zandvoort 1936     Zandvoort Tournament     6.5  /  11
Munich 1936     Unofficial Olympiad     15.5  /  20
Tallinn 1937 (1)     Tallinn Training Tournament     7.5  /  9
Margate 1937 (1)     Margate Masters Tournament     7.5  /  9
Ostend 1937     Ostend Master Tournament     6  /  9
Prague 1937 (1)     Prague International Tournament     10  /  11
Vienna 1937 (3)     Vienna Thematic Tournament     4.5  /  6
Kemeri 1937     Kemeri Tournament     11.5  /  17
Parnu 1937     Parnu Tournament     4.5  /  7
Stockholm 1937 (3)     7th Olympiad     11  /  15
Semmering 1937     Semmering-Baden Tournament     9  /  14
Hastings 1938 (1)     18th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6.5  /  9
Tallinn 1938 (1)     Estonia - Latvia Match    
  Keres, P. - Petrovs, V.     0.5 - 1.5    
Noordwijk 1938     Noordwijk Tournament     6.5  /  9
Tallinn 1938 (2)     Estonia - Finland Match    
  Keres, P. - Salo, T.     2 - 0    
Netherlands 1938     AVRO Tournament     8.5  /  14
Moscow and Leningrad 1939     Moscow-Leningrad Training Tournament     8  /  17
Riga 1939 (3)     Estonia - Latvia Match    
  Keres, P. - Petrovs, V.     2 - 0    
Margate 1939 (1)     Margate Premier Tournament     7.5  /  9
Buenos Aires 1939 (4)     8th Olympiad - Qualifying Group 4     4.5  /  5
Buenos Aires 1939 (6)     8th Olympiad - Final A     10  /  14
Buenos Aires 1939 (8)     Buenos Aires Tournament     8.5  /  11
Kaunas 1939     Estonia - Lithuania Match    
  Keres, P. - Mikenas, V.I.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1940 (2)     12th U.S.S.R. Championship     12  /  19
Leningrad and Moscow 1941     Absolute U.S.S.R. Championship     11  /  20
Tallinn 1942     10th Estonian Championship     15  /  15
Salzburg 1942     Salzburg Tournament     6  /  10
Munich 1942 (1)     Europa Tournament - Group 1     7.5  /  11
Prague 1943 (1)     Prague International Tournament     14.5  /  19
Posen 1943     Posen Training Tournament     5  /  5
Salzburg 1943     Salzburg International Tournament     7.5  /  10
Tallinn 1943     11th Estonian Championship     8  /  11
Madrid 1943     Madrid International Tournament     13  /  14
Lidkoping 1944     28th Swedish Championship     4.5  /  7
Riga 1945 (1)     Latvia and Estonia Tournament     10.5  /  11
Tallinn 1945     13th Estonia Championship     13  /  15
Tbilisi 1946 (2)     7th Georgia Championship     18  /  19
Moscow and London, England 1946     U.S.S.R. - Great Britain Radio Match    
  Keres, P. - Klein, E.L.     1.5 - 0.5    
Moscow 1946 (3)     U.S.S.R. - U.S.A. Match    
  Keres, P. - Fine, R.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1947 (1)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship     14  /  19
Parnu 1947     Parnu Tournament     9.5  /  13
London, England 1947 (2)     Great Britain - U.S.S.R. Match    
  Keres, P. - Alexander, C.H.O'D.     1.5 - 0.5    
Moscow 1947 (4)     1st Chigorin Memorial Tournament     9  /  15


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025