Grünfeld, Ernst




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1913  218  2295 (61) 12
1914  140  2337 (56) 12
1915  80  2376 (55) 10
1916  70  2396 (58) 0
1917  52  2415 (56) 0
1918  47  2434 (48) 11
1919  35  2460 (47) 0
1920  23  2485 (35) 35
1921  13  2527 (33) 27
1922  8  2572 (28) 54
1923  7  2591 (28) 57
1924  8  2580 (34) 22
1925  16  2542 (25) 79
1926  19  2518 (26) 65
1927  19  2508 (30) 40
1928  23  2485 (29) 44
1929  23  2483 (31) 36
1930  33  2470 (33) 27
1931  22  2493 (34) 28
1932  30  2475 (37) 11
1933  39  2464 (31) 51
1934  54  2450 (33) 25
1935  73  2424 (31) 45
1936  74  2422 (38) 21
1937  105  2399 (49) 0
1938  140  2377 (52) 11
1939  135  2378 (60) 0
1940  121  2378 (64) 0
1941  113  2378 (65) 0
1942  104  2379 (62) 0
1943  103  2379 (55) 14
1944  115  2369 (59) 0
1945  139  2359 (58) 0
1946  162  2348 (52) 11
1947  153  2339 (52) 17

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Grünfeld, Ernst Franz  
   Also known as: Ernest Franz Grünfeld
Born: 21 Nov. 1893
Died: 3 Apr. 1962
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 361
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 306
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 325
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 385
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 355
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 342
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 460
   Ehn, Ernst Franz Grünfeld 1893-1962, Vol.1, page 6
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 302
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 152
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 289
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 95
   Urcan, Chess Fathering a Nation, page 11
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 350
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Becker, A. - Grunfeld, E.F. 1921         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Tartakover, S.G. - Grunfeld, E.F. 1921         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Grunfeld, E.F. - Tartakover, S.G. 1922         (f)     2   -   2

Tournament data

Vienna 1913 (3)     Vienna Club Amateur Tournament     7.5  /  12
Vienna 1914 (2)     Vienna Tournament     8.5  /  12
Vienna 1915 (3)     Vienna Club Amateur Tournament     9  /  10
Kaschau 1918 (1)     Kaschau Master Tournament     5.5  /  11
Vienna 1920 (1)     Vienna Tournament     4  /  6
Vienna 1920 (2)     Vienna Tournament     3  /  5
Goteborg 1920 (2)     Göteborg Tournament - Section B     8  /  15
Vienna 1920 (3)     9th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     7.5  /  9
Vienna 1921 (1)     Austrian Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     6.5  /  11
Budapest 1921 (2)     Budepest Tournament     8  /  11
Pistyan 1922 (1)     Breyer Memorial Master Tournament     11  /  18
Innsbruck 1922 (1)     Bavarian Chess Federation Congress - Masters Tournament     4  /  5
Teplitz-Schönau 1922 (1)     1st Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia - Master Tournament     8.5  /  13
Vienna 1922 (1)     Austrian Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     8  /  14
Margate 1923 (1)     19th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     5.5  /  7
Carlsbad 1923     Carlsbad Tournament     10.5  /  17
Moravska Ostrava 1923     Mahrisch Ostrau Master Tournament     8.5  /  13
Frankfurt 1923 (1)     23rd German Chess Federation Congess - Master Tournament     7.5  /  9
Vienna 1923 (2)     Schlechter Memorial Tournament     7  /  11
Merano 1924 (1)     Merano Congress - Master Tournament     10.5  /  13
Debrecen 1924     Debrecen Tournament     8.5  /  9
Baden-Baden 1925     Baden-Baden Tournament     11.5  /  20
Marienbad 1925     Marienbad Tournament     8  /  15
Breslau 1925 (1)     24th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     6  /  11
Debrecen 1925 (1)     Debrecen Master Tournament     7.5  /  13
Moscow 1925 (3)     Moscow Tournament     10.5  /  20
Vienna 1926 (1)     10th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     8  /  11
Semmering 1926     Semmering Tournament     9  /  17
Budapest 1926 (1)     FIDE Congress - Master Tournament     9.5  /  15
Berlin 1926 (1)     Berlin Tournament     5  /  9
Merano 1926     Merano Tournament     7.5  /  13
Vienna 1927 (2)     11th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     9  /  11
Kecskemet 1927 (2)     Kecskemet Tournament - Preliminary Section B     4.5  /  9
Kecskemet 1927 (4)     Kecskemet Tournament - Final Section B     4  /  7
London, England 1927 (3)     1st Olympiad     9.5  /  13
Vienna 1928 (1)     Sportklub Hakoah Tournament     6.5  /  12
Vienna 1928 (3)     12th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     6.5  /  10
Trencianske Teplice 1928 (1)     Trancianske Teplice International Tournament     6  /  11
Berlin 1928 (8)     Berlin Tournament     6.5  /  11
Carlsbad 1929     Carlsbad Tournament     11  /  21
Rogaska Slatina 1929     Rogaska Slatina Tournament     9  /  15
Vienna 1930 (1)     13th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     10  /  16
Scarborough 1930 (1)     23rd British Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     6  /  11
Vienna 1931     14th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     10  /  13
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     9  /  15
Vienna 1932     15th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     7.5  /  11
Vienna 1933 (1)     North Vienna Tournament     10.5  /  13
Moravska Ostrava 1933     12th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia     7.5  /  11
Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     6.5  /  12
Vienna 1933 (2)     16th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     10.5  /  15
Budapest 1934 (6)     Budapest International Tournament     8.5  /  15
Klosterneuberg 1934     Klosterneuberg Tournament     7  /  10
Vienna 1935 (1)     17th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     10  /  15
Vienna 1935 (2)     Bratislava - Vienna Match    
  Grunfeld, E.F. - Fazekas, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     9  /  18
Vienna 1935 (3)     18th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     6  /  11
Zandvoort 1936     Zandvoort Tournament     5.5  /  11
Amsterdam 1936 (4)     Amsterdam ASB Tournament - Group 3     2.5  /  3
Amsterdam and The Hague and Rotterdam 1936     Amsterdam-Hague-Rotterdam Tournament     3.5  /  7
Vienna 1938 (2)     Vienna Championship     7.5  /  11
Posen 1943     Posen Training Tournament     4  /  5
Vienna 1943 (3)     Reichsturnier     6.5  /  9
Vienna 1946     Vienna Tournament     7  /  11
Vienna 1947 (1)     Austria - Hungary Match    
  Grunfeld, E.F. - Szabo, L.     0.5 - 1.5    
Vienna 1947 (2)     Schlechter Memorial Tournament     8.5  /  15

Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026