List, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1908  125  2345 (61) 18
1909  115  2358 (56) 0
1910  100  2371 (45) 16
1911  141  2347 (40) 21
1912  122  2355 (44) 19
1913  112  2359 (59) 0
1914  99  2363 (69) 0
1915  87  2367 (76) 0
1916  79  2371 (81) 0
1917  77  2375 (84) 0
1918  77  2379 (86) 0
1919  72  2383 (87) 0
1920  69  2387 (86) 0
1921  74  2391 (85) 0
1922  75  2395 (82) 0
1923  77  2400 (77) 0
1924  83  2404 (71) 0
1925  69  2408 (62) 0
1926  71  2412 (49) 9
1927  53  2428 (40) 22
1928  63  2422 (40) 18
1929  58  2429 (47) 0
1930  54  2436 (45) 11
1931  70  2418 (47) 0
1932  90  2401 (40) 30
1933  98  2395 (51) 0
1934  113  2390 (54) 0
1935  121  2384 (52) 0
1936  132  2378 (41) 17
1937  127  2378 (35) 26
1938  223  2339 (33) 36
1939  295  2306 (31) 51
1940  217  2328 (41) 19
1941  223  2320 (53) 0
1942  225  2312 (58) 0
1943  234  2304 (58) 2
1944  227  2302 (57) 0
1945  237  2299 (51) 10
1946  246  2293 (47) 24

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: List, Paul Mikhailovich  
   Also known as: Dr. Paul M. List; Peisakh Odes
Born: 9 Sep. 1887
Died: 9 Sep. 1954
 
Notes:
P.P. Saburov, in his article in the Weiner Schachzeitung of Nov.-Dec. 1911 (p.348) says that 'P.M. List' was a pseudonym.
 
References
Books
   Berdichevsky, Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia, page 154
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 310
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 330
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 392
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 363
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 349
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 12
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 252
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 363
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 155
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 352
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 14, no. 21, Nov. 1911, page 348
Web
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: Margate Premier 1939]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Levenfish, G.Y. - List, P.M. 1910         (f)     4.5   -   4.5

Tournament data

Odessa 1908     Odessa Tournament     10.5  /  18
Odessa 1910     South Russian Tournament     5  /  8
Saint Petersburg 1911 (3)     All-Russian Hauptturnier     9  /  21
Vilnius 1912 (2)     Russian National Tournament - Hauptturnier     12  /  19
Berlin 1926 (1)     Berlin Tournament     3.5  /  9
Berlin 1927 (7)     Berlin Tournament     4.5  /  9
Magdeburg 1927 (2)     25th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     8.5  /  13
Berlin 1928 (6)     Freie Schachvereinigung Tournament     2.5  /  5
Berlin 1928 (7)     Berlin - Stockholm Match    
  List, P.M. - Jacobson, Er.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1928 (8)     Berlin Tournament     5.5  /  11
Frankfurt 1930 (1)     Anderssen Chess Club Jubilee - Meisterturnier     7  /  11
Swinemunde 1932 (1)     10th Brandenberg Chess Union Congress - Master Tournament     3.5  /  9
Berlin 1932 (6)     Berliner Schachgesellschaft Championship - Preliminary Group 2     5.5  /  7
Berlin 1932 (7)     Berlin Tournament     9  /  14
Nottingham 1936 (2)     Nottingham Major Open A     6.5  /  10
Riga 1936 (2)     Olympiad Preparation Tournament     5  /  7
Margate 1937 (2)     Margate Premier Reserves - Section A     6.5  /  9
Ostend 1937     Ostend Master Tournament     5  /  9
Riga 1937 (4)     Riga Tournament     4  /  6
Riga 1937 (5)     Latvia - Lithuania Match    
  List, P.M. - Apsenieks, F.     0.5 - 1.5    
Hastings 1938 (3)     18th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves B     7  /  9
Margate 1938 (2)     Margate Premier Reserves A     4.5  /  9
Brighton 1938 (2)     31st British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open A     9  /  11
Plymouth 1938     Plymouth Jubilee Congress - Premier Tournament     3.5  /  7
Hastings 1939 (2)     19th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves A     4  /  9
Birmingham 1939     Birmingham Tournament     5.5  /  9
Margate 1939 (3)     Margate Premier Reserves B     6.5  /  11
Bournemouth 1939 (2)     32nd British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open A     6  /  11
London, England 1939 (1)     Hampstead Invitational Tournament     6.5  /  11
London, England 1940 (1)     London Easter Congress     7.5  /  9
London, England 1940 (2)     National Centre Club Championship - Preliminary Section A     7  /  10
London, England 1943 (2)     West London Summer Tournament     7.5  /  9
London, England 1945     London Championship     7.5  /  10
London, England 1946 (1)     London International Tournament - Section A     4.5  /  11
Zaandam 1946 (1)     Zaandam Major Tournament     5.5  /  11
Moscow and London, England 1946     U.S.S.R. - Great Britain Radio Match    
  List, P.M. - Kotov, A.A.     0 - 2    


Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026