Gothilf, Solomon




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1922  44  2440 (51) 13
1923  63  2422 (42) 18
1924  66  2421 (37) 19
1925  39  2459 (29) 66
1926  49  2435 (39) 6
1927  82  2406 (38) 19
1928  108  2388 (36) 29
1929  108  2390 (41) 8
1930  70  2421 (39) 23
1931  75  2418 (45) 9
1932  102  2396 (51) 0
1933  135  2374 (48) 0
1934  181  2352 (36) 41
1935  172  2360 (37) 22
1936  161  2365 (40) 14
1937  132  2378 (44) 0
1938  122  2391 (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