Kotov, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1931  233  2324 (73) 4
1932  156  2356 (65) 0
1933  101  2388 (53) 5
1934  75  2414 (40) 23
1935  91  2399 (33) 43
1936  81  2410 (33) 31
1937  53  2433 (33) 32
1938  43  2451 (31) 53
1939  26  2477 (37) 17
1940  37  2451 (39) 19
1941  24  2469 (44) 4
1942  16  2495 (43) 15
1943  14  2499 (44) 0
1944  13  2503 (32) 58
1945  7  2537 (34) 58

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kotov, Alexander Alexandrovich  
Born: 12 Aug. 1913
Died: 8 Jan. 1981
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 390
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 361
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 347
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 225
   Soltis, Mikhail Botvinnik, page 3, 117
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 84, 126, 143
Web
   Popovsky, Alexey.  [4 Championship of Russia]

Tournament data

Moscow 1931 (15)     Moscow Regional Championship - Group 3     6  /  8
Tula 1933     Moscow Region Spartakiada     4  /  5
Moscow 1934 (1)     4th RSFSR Championship Final     2  /  5
Moscow 1934 (4)     Moscow Tournament     7  /  9
Moscow 1934 (6)     4th RSFSR Championship Semi-final - Group 2     7  /  9
Moscow 1935 (7)     15th Moscow Championship     8.5  /  17
Leningrad 1935 (4)     Trade Unions Championship Semi-Finals - Group 1     9  /  15
Moscow 1935 (9)     Moscow Championship Semi-Final - Group 2     9.5  /  11
Moscow 1936 (3)     16th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  17
Leningrad 1936 (7)     Leningrad 1st Category - Group 2     8  /  14
Leningrad 1937 (2)     Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Kotov, A.A. - Sokolsky, A.P.     2 - 0    
Moscow 1937 (2)     17th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  16
Rostov-on-Don 1937 (3)     Rostov-on-Don 1st Category Tournament - Group 2     9.5  /  14
Kiev 1938 (1)     5th Trade Unions Championship Semi-final     13  /  15
Leningrad 1938 (3)     5th Trade Unions Championship     9  /  21
Kiev 1938 (2)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     10.5  /  17
Leningrad 1939 (1)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship     11.5  /  17
Moscow 1940 (2)     12th U.S.S.R. Championship     6.5  /  19
Moscow 1941     20th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  14
Moscow 1942 (3)     22nd Moscow Championship     10.5  /  15
Moscow 1944 (1)     23rd Moscow Championship     4  /  16
Moscow 1944 (2)     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final     12.5  /  15
Moscow 1944 (3)     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Final     7  /  16
Ivanovo 1944     Ivanovo Tournament     9  /  11
Moscow 1945 (1)     24th Moscow Championship     4  /  7
Baku 1945     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     10.5  /  15
Moscow 1945 (3)     14th USSR Championship     9.5  /  17
Moscow and New York 1945     USSR - USA Radio Match    
  Kotov, A.A. - Kashdan, I.I.     2 - 0    
Tallinn 1945     13th Estonia Championship     12.5  /  15
Moscow 1945 (4)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit    
  Kotov, A.A. - Boleslavsky, I.E.     1 - 1    

Player information updated: 12 Nov. 2024