Tolush, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1931  202  2338 (52) 9
1932  169  2351 (42) 21
1933  95  2396 (46) 0
1934  57  2441 (39) 18
1935  42  2468 (34) 42
1936  64  2429 (35) 18
1937  83  2413 (31) 54
1938  42  2458 (28) 65
1939  59  2433 (28) 61
1940  27  2471 (35) 27
1941  22  2483 (44) 6
1942  21  2486 (49) 0
1943  20  2489 (46) 0
1944  19  2493 (30) 55
1945  19  2500 (28) 76
1946  19  2504 (30) 48
1947  24  2487 (31) 67

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    


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025