Blümich, Max




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  601  2114 (68) 7
1910  581  2125 (62) 7
1911  507  2177 (60) 0
1912  361  2228 (54) 11
1913  286  2263 (50) 24
1914  254  2273 (60) 0
1915  223  2283 (66) 0
1916  199  2293 (69) 0
1917  179  2303 (69) 0
1918  160  2313 (66) 0
1919  140  2323 (60) 0
1920  133  2333 (49) 10
1921  123  2345 (42) 20
1922  104  2369 (43) 8
1923  74  2403 (39) 25
1924  98  2383 (37) 28
1925  128  2356 (38) 17
1926  150  2343 (37) 22
1927  153  2354 (40) 7
1928  127  2379 (35) 31
1929  146  2372 (33) 38
1930  193  2346 (37) 25
1931  233  2331 (39) 18
1932  273  2315 (38) 25
1933  343  2291 (39) 18
1934  364  2286 (39) 16
1935  540  2247 (41) 14
1936  616  2223 (45) 9
1937  490  2250 (46) 9
1938  451  2262 (49) 2
1939  418  2267 (46) 7
1940  349  2283 (40) 18
1941  376  2263 (40) 32

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Blümich, Reinhold Max  
Born: 3 Nov. 1886
Died: 23 Feb. 1942
 
Notes:
Gaige gives his name as 'Blümich, R[einhold] Max'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 376
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 348
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 335
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 43
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 359
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 670
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 32
Web
   Anderberg, Peter.  [Blümich gegen Fajarowicz]
   Negele, Michael.  [Reinhold Max Blümich]

Tournament data

Leipzig 1909     Leipzig Tournament     4  /  8
Leipzig 1910     Augustea Winter Tournament     0.5  /  7
Leipzig 1912     Augustea Winter Tournament     7.5  /  11
Leipzig 1913 (1)     Leipzig Tournament     6.5  /  11
Leipzig 1913 (2)     Augustea Winter Tournament     10.5  /  13
Berlin 1920 (4)     20th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier 1     6.5  /  10
Zwickau 1921     9th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     7  /  9
Hamburg 1921 (2)     21st German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     6.5  /  11
Mittweida 1922     10th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     4.5  /  6
Berlin 1922 (4)     Germany - Holland Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Oskam, G.C.A.     1 - 1    
Leipzig 1923     Middle German Championship     7  /  9
Frankfurt 1923 (5)     23rd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier D     8.5  /  9
Frankfurt 1923 (6)     23rd German Chess Federation Congress - Siegergruppe     6  /  7
Meissen 1924     12th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     5  /  7
Leipzig 1924 (1)     Leipzig Tournament     2  /  5
Magdeburg 1924     34th Saale Chess Federation Congress     5  /  5
Leipzig 1924 (2)     Augustea Summer Tournament     9  /  11
Chemnitz 1925     13th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     4.5  /  6
Breslau 1925 (1)     24th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     3  /  11
Dresden 1926 (2)     Dresden Chess Club 50 Year Jubilee Congress     2.5  /  9
Vienna 1926 (3)     Congress of the German Chess Union in Vienna - Master Tournament     4  /  11
Vienna 1926 (6)     Germany - Austria Team Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Wolf, S.R.     1.5 - 0.5    
Bad Schandau 1927     15th Saxonian Chess Federation Tournament     4.5  /  7
Leipzig 1928 (1)     Leipzig Championship     9  /  11
Leipzig 1928 (2)     16th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     5.5  /  7
The Hague 1928 (3)     2nd Olympiad     7  /  13
Bautzen 1929     17th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     5  /  7
Duisburg 1929 (9)     26th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     6.5  /  13
Halle 1929     Saaleschachbundes Congress     4.5  /  7
Leipzig 1929     Leipzig Championship     10  /  11
Zwickau 1930     18th Saxonian Chess Federation Congress     4  /  7
Leipzig 1930     Leipzig Championship     8.5  /  11
  Blumich, R.M. - Fajarowicz, S.     4.5 - 2.5    
Leipzig 1931 (1)     19th Saxonian Chess Federation Tournament     4.5  /  7
Leipzig 1931 (2)     Leipzig Championship     8.5  /  11
Leipzig 1932     Leipzig Championship     8  /  11
Bad Schandau 1932     20th Saxonian Chess Federation Tournament     3.5  /  7
Bitterfeld 1932     Central German Master Tournament     5.5  /  7
Leipzig 1933     Leipzig Championship     8  /  11
Thum 1933     21st Saxonian Chess Federation Tournament     3  /  7
Swinemunde 1934 (1)     German Team Championship, Berlin - Sachsen    
  Blumich, R.M. - Richter, K. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
Libverda 1934     13th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia     6  /  11
Wiesbaden 1934 (3)     German Team Championship Final, Niederelbien - Sachsen    
  Blumich, R.M. - Reinhardt, H.A.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
Wiesbaden 1934 (5)     German Team Championship Final, Sachsen - Bayern    
  Blumich, R.M. - Rodl, L.     0 - 1    
Wiesbaden 1934 (8)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Sachsen    
  Blumich, R.M. - Richter, K. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
Wiesbaden 1934 (10)     German Team Championship Final, Niederrhein - Sachsen    
  Blumich, R.M. - Engels, L.     0 - 1    
Aachen 1935     3rd German Championship     4  /  14
Leipzig 1936     Leipzig Master Tournament     4  /  9
Bad Elster 1937     Bad Elster Tournament     4  /  9
Bremen 1938     Germany - Scandinavia Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Petersen, Joh.     2 - 0    
Carlsbad 1939 (2)     Germany - Hungary Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Bakonyi, E.     1 - 1    
Stuttgart 1939 (3)     Berliner Schachgesellschaft - Augustea Schachklub-Leipzig Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Richter, K. (2)     0 - 1    
Stuttgart 1939 (5)     Hamburger Schachklub - Augustea Schachklub-Leipzig Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Heinicke, H.T.     0 - 1    
Stuttgart 1939 (10)     Münchener Schachklub - Augustea Schachklub-Leipzig Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Kohler, A.     1 - 0    
Stuttgart 1939 (13)     Augustea Schachklub-Leipzig - Mannheimer Schachklub Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Bogoljubow, E.D.     0 - 1    
Stuttgart 1939 (16)     Deutsches Schachverein-Vienna - Augustea Schachklub-Leipzig Match    
  Blumich, R.M. - Muller, Ha.     0 - 1    
Krakow and Krynica and Warsaw 1940     1st General Government Championship Tournament     5.5  /  11
Leipzig 1940     25th Saxonian Federation Tournament     4  /  7
Dresden 1941     Saxony Championship Tournament     4  /  7
Annaberg 1941     Sachsen Federation Tournament     4  /  7
Bad Elster 1941     Bad Elster Tournament     2.5  /  7
Krakow and Warsaw 1941     2nd General Government Championship Tournament     4.5  /  11


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026