Tolush, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1931  188  2348 (52) 9
1932  166  2361 (42) 21
1933  91  2406 (46) 0
1934  54  2451 (39) 18
1935  39  2479 (33) 42
1936  58  2440 (35) 18
1937  76  2425 (31) 54
1938  36  2468 (28) 65
1939  56  2441 (28) 61
1940  29  2479 (35) 27
1941  23  2490 (44) 6
1942  21  2494 (49) 0
1943  18  2497 (46) 0
1944  17  2500 (30) 55
1945  19  2507 (28) 76
1946  18  2511 (29) 48
1947  23  2493 (28) 67
1948  28  2474 (35) 40

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Tolush, Alexander Kazimirovich  
Born: 1 May 1910
Died: 3 Mar. 1969
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 406
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 375
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 362
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 481
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 427
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 413
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 30, 138

Tournament data

Moscow 1931 (7)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 7     4.5  /  9
Kiev 1932 (1)     Kiev Tournament     3.5  /  9
Leningrad 1932 (1)     Leningrad - Kiev Match    
  Tolush, A.K. - Poliak, E.I.     1 - 0    
Leningrad 1932 (4)     9th Leningrad Championship Semi-Finals - Group 2     4  /  11
Leningrad 1934 (4)     Leningrad 1st Category Tournament     7  /  11
Moscow 1934 (6)     Moscow Tournament     5.5  /  7
Leningrad 1935 (3)     Leningrad Master Tournament     5.5  /  11
Sverdlovsk 1935     Trade Unions Tournament - Semi-final     10  /  11
Gorky 1935 (2)     5th RSFSR Championship - Semifinal 2     9.5  /  11
Gorky 1935 (3)     5th RSFSR Championship - Final     6.5  /  9
Moscow 1936 (1)     4th Trade Unions Championship     9  /  18
Leningrad 1937 (2)     Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Tolush, A.K. - Kogan, S.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1937 (3)     12th Leningrad Championship     10  /  15
U.S.S.R. 1937     Metallist Club Championship     7  /  12
Moscow 1937 (4)     Financial Workers Union Championship     9.5  /  11
Rostov-on-Don 1937 (4)     Rostov-on-Don 1st Category Tournament - Group 3     7  /  14
Tashkent 1938     5th Trade Unions Championship Semi-final     13  /  15
Leningrad 1938 (3)     5th Trade Unions Championship     11  /  20
Leningrad 1938 (4)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     10  /  17
Leningrad 1938 (5)     13th Leningrad Championship     10.5  /  13
Moscow and Leningrad 1939     Moscow-Leningrad Training Tournament     6  /  16
Leningrad 1939 (1)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship     6.5  /  17
Leningrad 1939 (2)     14th Leningrad Championship     8  /  15
Rostov-on-Don 1939 (5)     USSR Master Candidates Tournament - Group 3     6.5  /  13
Leningrad 1940 (1)     15th Leningrad Championship     10.5  /  16
Moscow 1940 (6)     All-Union Candidate Masters Tournament - Group 4     7.5  /  11
Rostov-on-Don 1941 (4)     13th USSR Championship Semi-Final - Group 3     4.5  /  6
Moscow 1944 (1)     23rd Moscow Championship     6.5  /  15
Omsk 1944     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final     8  /  13
Moscow 1944 (3)     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Final     8.5  /  16
Kiev 1944     Bolshevik Championship     7  /  11
Leningrad 1945 (1)     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     10  /  15
Moscow 1945 (3)     14th USSR Championship     7.5  /  17
Kaunas 1945     13th Lithuania Championship     8  /  10
Tallinn 1945     13th Estonia Championship     12  /  15
Riga 1945 (3)     1st Baltic Republics Championship     13.5  /  17
Moscow 1945 (4)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit    
  Tolush, A.K. - Zagoriansky, E.A.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1946 (1)     20th Leningrad Championship     11.5  /  17
Leningrad 1946 (3)     Leningrad International Tournament     9  /  11
Leningrad 1946 (4)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     10.5  /  18
Leningrad 1946 (6)     Leningrad - Prague and Bratislava Match    
  Tolush, A.K. - Opocensky, K.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1947 (1)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship     11.5  /  19
Vilnius 1947     14th Lithuanian Championship     9.5  /  13
Parnu 1947     Parnu Tournament     5.5  /  13
London, England 1947 (2)     Great Britain - U.S.S.R. Match    
  Tolush, A.K. - Newman, R.H.     1 - 1    
Leningrad 1947 (3)     21st Leningrad Championship     11.5  /  17
  Tolush, A.K. - Lisitsin, G.M.     1.5 - 1.5    
Leningrad 1948 (1)     22nd Leningrad Championship     10  /  17
Leningrad 1948 (2)     U.S.S.R. Republics Chamionship     2  /  5
Moscow 1948 (3)     16th U.S.S.R. Championship     10  /  18


Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026