Reshevsky, Samuel
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1920 |
73 |
2384 | (72) | 3 |
| 1921 |
71 |
2394 | (64) | 5 |
| 1922 |
84 |
2389 | (59) | 5 |
| 1923 |
83 |
2395 | (58) | 0 |
| 1924 |
85 |
2401 | (53) | 16 |
| 1925 |
66 |
2411 | (59) | 0 |
| 1926 |
61 |
2421 | (60) | 0 |
| 1927 |
49 |
2431 | (57) | 9 |
| 1928 |
43 |
2444 | (62) | 0 |
| 1929 |
33 |
2457 | (62) | 0 |
| 1930 |
31 |
2469 | (58) | 0 |
| 1931 |
26 |
2482 | (50) | 8 |
| 1932 |
19 |
2493 | (41) | 29 |
| 1933 |
7 |
2548 | (42) | 13 |
| 1934 |
4 |
2596 | (38) | 32 |
| 1935 |
2 |
2603 | (38) | 21 |
| 1936 |
5 |
2602 | (32) | 37 |
| 1937 |
4 |
2600 | (29) | 55 |
| 1938 |
3 |
2619 | (31) | 41 |
| 1939 |
3 |
2606 | (35) | 34 |
| 1940 |
3 |
2591 | (39) | 17 |
| 1941 |
5 |
2579 | (39) | 26 |
| 1942 |
3 |
2595 | (42) | 26 |
| 1943 |
3 |
2588 | (50) | 0 |
| 1944 |
5 |
2582 | (51) | 16 |
| 1945 |
3 |
2595 | (49) | 14 |
| 1946 |
4 |
2605 | (53) | 20 |
| 1947 |
4 |
2593 | (67) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Reshevsky, Samuel Herman |
| Born: 26 Nov. 1911 |
| Died: 4 Apr. 1992 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 335 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 400 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 370 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 357 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 475 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 304 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 351 |
| Gordon, Samuel Reshevsky |
| Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 317 |
| Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 396 |
| Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 240 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 217 |
| Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 354 |
| Periodicals |
| [PAH], vol. 2, 2015, page 77 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Samisch, F. 1920 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Muffang, A.L.R. 1920 |
(c) |
0 | - | 1 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Schapiro, M.A. 1920 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Ed. - Reshevsky, S.H. 1921 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Borochow, H. 1921 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Griffith, R.B. 1921 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Factor, S.D. 1927 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Vidmar, M. - Reshevsky, S.H. 1936 |
(c) |
3.5 | - | 2.5 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Jonsson, E. 1937 (1) |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Jonsson, E. 1937 (2) |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Horowitz, I.A. 1941 |
(f) |
9.5 | - | 6.5 |
|
| Reshevsky, S.H. - Kashdan, I.I. 1942 |
(f) |
7.5 | - | 3.5 |
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Tournament data
| New York 1922 (6) |
New York Tournament |
2 | / | 5 |
| | | |
| Detroit 1924 |
25th Western Chess Association Tournament |
11 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| Kalamazoo 1927 (1) |
1st National Chess Federation Congress |
5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Tulsa 1931 |
32nd Western Chess Association Tournament |
7.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Chicago 1932 |
Chicago Championship |
4 | / | 7 |
| | | |
| Minneapolis 1932 |
33rd Western Chess Association Championship |
9 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Pasadena 1932 (1) |
Pasadena Congress - International Tournament |
6 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Detroit 1933 |
34th Western Chess Association Championship |
11 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Chicago 1934 (1) |
35th Western Chess Association Championship - Preliminary Rounds |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Grigorieff, W.W. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Hahlbohm, H.H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| Chicago 1934 (3) |
35th Western Chess Association Championship - Preliminary B |
6.5 | / | 7 |
| | | |
| Chicago 1934 (6) |
35th Western Chess Association Championship - Final |
7.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Syracuse 1934 (1) |
Syracuse International Tournament |
12 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| New York 1935 (1) |
Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Horowitz, I.A. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| Margate 1935 (1) |
Margate Premier Tournament |
7.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Yarmouth 1935 (3) |
28th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open Tournament |
10 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| New York 1936 (3) |
Marshall Club - Empire City Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Moskowitz, J. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| New York 1936 (4) |
Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Kevitz, A. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| New York 1936 (12) |
U.S. Championship - Final |
11.5 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Nottingham 1936 (1) |
Nottingham Master Tournament |
9.5 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| New York 1937 (2) |
Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Simonson, A.C. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| Kemeri 1937 |
Kemeri Tournament |
12 | / | 17 |
| | | |
| Stockholm 1937 (2) |
Stockholm Tournament - Group 1 |
3 | / | 3 |
| | | |
| Stockholm 1937 (3) |
7th Olympiad |
9.5 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| Semmering 1937 |
Semmering-Baden Tournament |
7.5 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Hastings 1938 (1) |
18th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament |
7 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| New York 1938 (2) |
Manhattann Club - Marshall Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Horowitz, I.A. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| New York 1938 (3) |
2nd USA Championship - Final |
13 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| New York 1938 (8) |
Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Simonson, A.C. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| Netherlands 1938 |
AVRO Tournament |
7 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Moscow and Leningrad 1939 |
Moscow-Leningrad Training Tournament |
9.5 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| New York 1939 (3) |
Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Moskowitz, J. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| New York 1939 (4) |
40th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary Section 1 |
5.5 | / | 6 |
| | | |
| New York 1939 (8) |
40th American Chess Federation Congress - Final |
10 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| New York 1940 (4) |
Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Kupchik, A. |
0 - 1 |
| | | |
| New York 1940 (8) |
3rd U.S.A. Championship - Final |
13 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| Hamilton, New York 1941 (1) |
63rd New York State Chess Association Championship - Masters |
7 | / | 10 |
| | | |
| New York 1942 (4) |
4th USA Chammpionship - Final |
12.5 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Boston, Massachusetts 1944 |
45th U.S.A. Open Championship |
15.5 | / | 17 |
| | | |
| Hollywood 1945 |
Pan American Tournament |
10.5 | / | 12 |
| | | |
| Moscow and New York 1945 |
USSR - USA Radio Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Smyslov, Va.V. |
0 - 2 |
| | | |
| Moscow 1946 (3) |
U.S.S.R. - U.S.A. Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Botvinnik, M.M. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
| | | |
| New York 1946 (5) |
6th U.S.A. Championship |
16 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| La Plata and New York 1947 |
La Plata - New York Radiomatch |
| | | | | | |
|
Reshevsky, S.H. - Stahlberg, A.G.T. |
1 - 0 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025 |
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