Boleslavsky, Isaak

Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1936 |
71 |
2423 | (69) | 4 |
| 1937 |
43 |
2456 | (60) | 0 |
| 1938 |
23 |
2489 | (46) | 17 |
| 1939 |
14 |
2513 | (37) | 28 |
| 1940 |
11 |
2539 | (32) | 51 |
| 1941 |
12 |
2532 | (35) | 23 |
| 1942 |
10 |
2534 | (34) | 36 |
| 1943 |
11 |
2536 | (34) | 29 |
| 1944 |
9 |
2544 | (31) | 45 |
| 1945 |
6 |
2568 | (32) | 36 |
| 1946 |
7 |
2553 | (33) | 34 |
| 1947 |
6 |
2566 | (33) | 58 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Boleslavsky, Isaak Efremovich |
| Born: 9 June 1919 |
| Died: 15 Feb. 1977 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 348 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 335 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 453 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 46 |
| Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 423 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| Leningrad 1936 (1) |
2nd USSR Junior Championship |
1.5 | / | 4 |
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| Kiev 1938 (3) |
10th Ukraine Championship |
13 | / | 17 |
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| Dnepropetrovsk 1939 |
11th Ukrainian Championship |
12 | / | 15 |
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| Rostov-on-Don 1939 (5) |
USSR Master Candidates Tournament - Group 3 |
8.5 | / | 13 |
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| Lvov 1940 |
Lvov Exhibition Tournament |
12 | / | 15 |
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| Moscow 1940 (2) |
12th U.S.S.R. Championship |
11.5 | / | 19 |
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| Kiev 1940 (2) |
12th Ukraine Championship |
13 | / | 17 |
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| Leningrad and Moscow 1941 |
Absolute U.S.S.R. Championship |
9 | / | 20 |
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| Sverdlovsk 1942 |
Sverdlovsk Tournament |
5 | / | 10 |
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| Kuybyshev 1942 |
Kuybyshev Tournament |
9 | / | 11 |
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| Moscow 1942 (3) |
22nd Moscow Championship |
11 | / | 15 |
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| Sverdlovsk 1943 |
Sverdlovsk Tournament |
7 | / | 14 |
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| Kuybyshev 1943 |
Kuybyshev Tournament |
11.5 | / | 15 |
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| Omsk 1944 |
13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final |
8 | / | 13 |
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| Moscow 1944 (3) |
13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Final |
10 | / | 16 |
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| Kiev 1944 |
Bolshevik Championship |
7.5 | / | 11 |
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| Leningrad 1945 (1) |
14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final |
10.5 | / | 15 |
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| Moscow 1945 (3) |
14th USSR Championship |
12 | / | 17 |
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| Moscow and New York 1945 |
USSR - USA Radio Match |
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Boleslavsky, I.E. - Fine, R. |
1.5 - 0.5 |
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| Moscow 1945 (4) |
6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit |
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Boleslavsky, I.E. - Kotov, A.A. |
1 - 1 |
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| Moscow and London, England 1946 |
U.S.S.R. - Great Britain Radio Match |
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Boleslavsky, I.E. - Golombek, H. |
1 - 1 |
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| Groningen 1946 |
Groningen International Tournament |
11 | / | 19 |
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| Moscow 1946 (3) |
U.S.S.R. - U.S.A. Match |
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Boleslavsky, I.E. - Horowitz, I.A. |
1 - 1 |
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| Sverdlovsk 1946 (1) |
6th RSFSR Championship |
9 | / | 11 |
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| Leningrad 1947 (1) |
15th U.S.S.R. Championship |
13 | / | 19 |
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| Warsaw 1947 |
Warsaw International Tournament |
6 | / | 9 |
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| Parnu 1947 |
Parnu Tournament |
8 | / | 13 |
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| London, England 1947 (2) |
Great Britain - U.S.S.R. Match |
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Boleslavsky, I.E. - Thomas, G.A. |
2 - 0 |
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| Moscow 1947 (4) |
1st Chigorin Memorial Tournament |
10 | / | 15 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025 |
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