Gothilf, Solomon




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1922  44  2441 (51) 13
1923  62  2424 (42) 18
1924  64  2422 (37) 19
1925  39  2460 (29) 66
1926  48  2436 (39) 6
1927  82  2407 (38) 19
1928  108  2389 (36) 29
1929  108  2392 (41) 8
1930  67  2423 (39) 23
1931  74  2419 (45) 9
1932  100  2397 (51) 0
1933  134  2376 (48) 0
1934  178  2354 (36) 41
1935  170  2362 (37) 22
1936  159  2367 (40) 14
1937  130  2380 (44) 0
1938  121  2393 (34) 55

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Gothilf, Solomon Borisovich  
Born: 1903
Died: 1967
 
Notes:
Gaige has 'Gothilf, Solomon Borisovich' in Chess Personalia, but 'S.B. Gotthilf' in Chess Tournament Crosstables. Di Felice has 'Gotgilf, Solomon Borisovich'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 324
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 384
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 355
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 146
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 295
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 54, 69, 91
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 90
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Romanovsky, P.A. - Gothilf, S.B. 1923         (f)     5   -   1
Gothilf, S.B. - Rokhlin, Y.G. 1927         (f)     5.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Petrograd 1922 (1)     2nd Leningrad (Petrograd) Championship     7.5  /  11
Petrograd 1922 (2)     Petrograd - Moscow Match    
  Gothilf, S.B. - Rosenkrantz, K.W.     2 - 0    
Petrograd 1923 (6)     Petrograd National Winter Tournament     8.5  /  12
Moscow 1924 (2)     3rd Soviet Congress - Hauptturnier A     5  /  9
Leningrad 1924 (2)     3rd Leningrad Championship     2.5  /  10
Leningrad 1925 (1)     Leningrad Tournament     6.5  /  9
Leningrad 1925 (2)     4th Soviet Union Championship     10  /  18
Moscow 1925 (3)     Moscow Tournament     6.5  /  20
Leningrad 1925 (3)     Leningrad Tournament     10.5  /  13
Leningrad 1925 (7)     Leningrad Tournament     4  /  6
Leningrad 1926 (1)     Leningrad Tournament     4  /  6
Leningrad 1927 (1)     5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Gothilf, S.B. - Blumenfeld, B.M.     1 - 1    
Leningrad 1927 (2)     Tournament of Six Players     3.5  /  10
Leningrad 1928 (2)     6th Leningrad City Championship     8  /  15
Leningrad 1928 (3)     Sovtorgsluzhashchie Club Championship     7  /  14
Odessa 1929 (4)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 4     3  /  8
Leningrad 1930 (1)     Leningrad Master Tournament     5  /  8
Leningrad 1930 (3)     Leningrad Tournament     10  /  15
Moscow 1931 (6)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 6     7  /  9
Leningrad 1934 (1)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match    
  Gothilf, S.B. - Kulchinsky, M.     1 - 1    
Leningrad 1934 (2)     Leningrad Tournament     4  /  13
Tashkent 1934 (2)     2nd Central Asian Championship     12.5  /  17
Leningrad 1934 (7)     4th RSFSR Championship Quarter-final     6.5  /  9
Voronezh 1935 (1)     Voronezh Championship     7  /  11
Leningrad 1935 (3)     Leningrad Master Tournament     4.5  /  11
Leningrad 1936 (6)     Leningrad 1st Category - Group 1     7.5  /  14
Leningrad 1938 (1)     5th Trade Unions Championship Semi-final, Group 1     12.5  /  17
Leningrad 1938 (3)     5th Trade Unions Championship     11.5  /  21
Leningrad 1938 (4)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     5.5  /  17

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026