Macht, Aleksander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1918  256  2259 (89) 19
1919  243  2267 (92) 0
1920  230  2275 (93) 0
1921  234  2283 (94) 0
1922  220  2291 (94) 0
1923  222  2299 (93) 0
1924  209  2307 (90) 0
1925  206  2315 (87) 0
1926  193  2323 (83) 0
1927  191  2331 (77) 0
1928  195  2339 (69) 0
1929  186  2347 (58) 2
1930  146  2368 (45) 12
1931  125  2386 (37) 34
1932  122  2381 (40) 15
1933  183  2350 (41) 12
1934  225  2332 (41) 14
1935  356  2288 (44) 14
1936  481  2254 (53) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Macht, Aleksander Zisel  
   Also known as: Aleksandras Machtas; Alexander Sissel Macht; Sasha Maht; A. Machts
Born: 18 Oct. 1892
Died: 14 Jan. 1973
 
Notes:
Gaige and Di Felice have 'Macht, Alexander Sissel'; Olimpbase has 'Aleksandras Machtas'; chessgames.com has 'Aleksander Zisel (Sasha) Macht'; Voronkov has 'A.F. Macht' ('А.Ф.Махт'). The Deutsche Schachzeitung of 1931 (p.171) has 'S. Macht'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 293
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 393
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 61
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 261
   Voronkov, Fedor Bogatyrchuk, Vol. 1, page 88
Periodicals
   [DSZ], no. 3, 1931, page 171
   [MZ], no. 1, 1 Jan. 1930, page 68
Web
   Bartelski, Wojciech.  [3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930 - Lithuania]
   [Aleksander Macht]
   [Aleksander Macht]
   [Aleksandras Machtas]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Soultanbeieff, V.I. - Macht, A.Z. 1918         (f)     10.5   -   8.5
Petrovs, V. - Macht, A.Z. 1931         (f)     2   -   0
Macht, A.Z. - Mikenas, V.I. 1932         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Mikenas, V.I. - Macht, A.Z. 1933         (f)     6.5   -   3.5
Spielmann, R. - Macht, A.Z. 1934         (c)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Riga 1929     Riga - Kaunas Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Matisons, H.     0.5 - 1.5    
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     6  /  12
Kaunas 1931 (1)     Lithuanian Championship     11.5  /  14
Memel 1931 (1)     Baltic Championship     2.5  /  7
Kaunas 1931 (3)     Lithuanian Championship Candidates Tournament     9.5  /  11
Kaunas 1932 (1)     Riga - Kaunas Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Apsenieks, F.     0.5 - 1.5    
Riga 1933 (1)     Riga - Kaunas Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Apsenieks, F.     1 - 1    
Kaunas 1934 (1)     Lithuanian Championship Candidates Tournament     6  /  10
Kaunas 1934 (2)     Latvia - Lithuania Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Feigins, M.     1 - 1    
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     4.5  /  14
Tel Aviv 1936     1st Palestine Championship     4.5  /  10

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026