Verlinsky, Boris




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1907  102  2360 (60) 8
1908  82  2380 (50) 7
1909  96  2373 (42) 17
1910  67  2411 (40) 16
1911  72  2417 (41) 21
1912  61  2424 (52) 0
1913  53  2432 (55) 6
1914  53  2423 (62) 0
1915  53  2413 (65) 0
1916  59  2403 (64) 1
1917  52  2411 (62) 0
1918  49  2418 (56) 19
1919  45  2436 (61) 0
1920  37  2453 (63) 0
1921  30  2470 (61) 0
1922  28  2488 (54) 2
1923  22  2505 (44) 17
1924  22  2515 (35) 33
1925  22  2513 (30) 56
1926  26  2475 (36) 27
1927  24  2479 (44) 2
1928  17  2514 (41) 17
1929  13  2519 (40) 17
1930  25  2474 (42) 7
1931  32  2474 (38) 26
1932  39  2457 (44) 0
1933  57  2440 (36) 25
1934  114  2388 (35) 40
1935  132  2378 (47) 0
1936  147  2368 (49) 0
1937  173  2358 (42) 16
1938  190  2349 (42) 17
1939  215  2339 (50) 0
1940  213  2330 (49) 13
1941  232  2317 (57) 0
1942  240  2304 (60) 0
1943  253  2292 (59) 0
1944  282  2279 (53) 0
1945  315  2266 (41) 31
1946  346  2250 (46) 17
1947  309  2240 (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