Verlinsky, Boris




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1907  103  2363 (60) 8
1908  81  2383 (50) 7
1909  94  2375 (42) 17
1910  65  2414 (40) 16
1911  72  2419 (41) 21
1912  61  2427 (52) 0
1913  53  2435 (55) 6
1914  53  2425 (62) 0
1915  54  2416 (65) 0
1916  59  2406 (64) 1
1917  53  2414 (62) 0
1918  50  2421 (56) 19
1919  45  2439 (61) 0
1920  37  2456 (63) 0
1921  30  2474 (61) 0
1922  27  2491 (54) 2
1923  22  2508 (44) 17
1924  21  2519 (34) 33
1925  22  2517 (30) 56
1926  25  2479 (36) 27
1927  24  2483 (44) 2
1928  17  2518 (41) 17
1929  12  2523 (40) 17
1930  25  2478 (42) 7
1931  30  2479 (38) 26
1932  38  2462 (44) 0
1933  54  2444 (36) 25
1934  110  2393 (35) 40
1935  128  2383 (47) 0
1936  143  2373 (49) 0
1937  167  2364 (42) 16
1938  182  2355 (42) 17
1939  207  2345 (50) 0
1940  209  2335 (49) 13
1941  226  2323 (57) 0
1942  237  2310 (60) 0
1943  255  2297 (59) 0
1944  287  2285 (53) 0
1945  321  2272 (41) 31
1946  367  2255 (46) 17
1947  364  2245 (63) 24

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Verlinsky, Boris Markovich  
Born: 8 Jan. 1888
Died: 30 Oct. 1950
 
Notes:
Gaige has 'Verlinski' in Chess Tournament Crosstables but 'Verlinsky' in Chess Personalia.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 340
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 407
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 377
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 364
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 482
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 444
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 291
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 117, 118
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 15, 33, 41
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 284
   Tkachenko, First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 14, no. 21, Nov. 1911, page 347
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Verlinsky, B.M. - Loran, M.E. 1907         (f)     4   -   4
Salwe, G.H.S. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1908 (1)         (f)     1   -   3      Salwe, G.H.S. gave odds of pawn and move
Salwe, G.H.S. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1908 (2)         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Salwe, G.H.S. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1910         (f)     5   -   4
Alekhine, A.A. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1916         (f)     1   -   0      Alekhine, A.A. gave odds of pawn and move
Alekhine, A.A. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1918         (c)     6   -   0
Verlinsky, B.M. - Karakhan, Y.I. 1947         (f)     14   -   10

Tournament data

Saint Petersburg 1909 (2)     All-Russian Amateur Tournament     7.5  /  17
Odessa 1910     South Russian Tournament     6.5  /  8
Saint Petersburg 1911 (3)     All-Russian Hauptturnier     12.5  /  21
Saint Petersburg 1913 (2)     Saint Petersburg Tournament     4.5  /  6
Odessa 1918     Odessa Championship     10  /  13
Petrograd 1922 (2)     Petrograd - Moscow Match    
  Verlinsky, B.M. - Kubbel, L.I.     2 - 0    
Petrograd 1923 (3)     2nd Soviet Union Congress - Hauptturnier B     9  /  11
Petrograd 1923 (5)     Tournament of Cities - Final     4.5  /  6
Moscow 1924 (1)     3rd Soviet Congress - Championship     8.5  /  17
Moscow 1924 (3)     5th Soviet Moscow Championship     13.5  /  16
Leningrad 1925 (2)     4th Soviet Union Championship     12  /  19
Moscow 1925 (3)     Moscow Tournament     9.5  /  20
Moscow 1925 (4)     6th Moscow Championship     12  /  17
Odessa 1926 (1)     3rd Ukrainian Championship     8  /  11
Moscow 1926 (2)     7th Moscow City Championship     9.5  /  16
Leningrad 1927 (1)     5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Verlinsky, B.M. - Rabinovich, I.L.     0 - 2    
Moscow 1928 (1)     9th Moscow City Championship     13.5  /  17
Odessa 1929 (3)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 3     5.5  /  8
Odessa 1929 (6)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Semi-Finals, Section 2     4  /  5
Odessa 1929 (7)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Final     3.5  /  4
Moscow 1930 (1)     Moscow Tournament     2.5  /  7
Moscow 1931 (8)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 8     6  /  9
Moscow 1931 (10)     7th USSR Championship     10  /  17
Moscow 1933 (1)     Moscow Tournament     4  /  6
Leningrad 1933 (3)     8th U.S.S.R. Championship     9  /  19
Tashkent 1934 (1)     4th Uzbekistan Championship     10  /  14
Moscow 1934 (2)     14th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  19
Moscow 1934 (3)     Moscow Master Tournament     2.5  /  7
Moscow 1937 (2)     17th Moscow Championship     8  /  16
Kiev 1938 (2)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     7  /  17
Moscow 1940 (1)     19th Moscow Championship     6  /  13
Moscow 1945 (1)     24th Moscow Championship     5  /  16
Moscow 1945 (2)     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     4.5  /  15
Moscow 1946 (4)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     5  /  17

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026