Reshevsky, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1920  70  2386 (72) 3
1921  68  2396 (64) 5
1922  80  2391 (59) 5
1923  78  2397 (59) 0
1924  79  2402 (53) 16
1925  64  2412 (59) 0
1926  57  2422 (60) 0
1927  46  2433 (57) 9
1928  41  2445 (62) 0
1929  33  2457 (62) 0
1930  27  2470 (58) 0
1931  27  2482 (50) 8
1932  20  2493 (41) 29
1933  2546 (42) 13
1934  2592 (38) 32
1935  2599 (38) 21
1936  2596 (32) 36
1937  2595 (29) 55
1938  2613 (31) 41
1939  2600 (35) 34
1940  2582 (39) 17
1941  2567 (40) 26
1942  2580 (42) 26
1943  2572 (51) 0
1944  2563 (51) 16
1945  2573 (50) 14
1946  2577 (54) 20

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Reshevsky, Samuel Herman  
Born: 26 Nov. 1911
Died: 4 Apr. 1992
 
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
   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

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

Tournament data

New York 1922 (5)     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 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 (4)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Reshevsky, S.H. - Kevitz, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1936 (9)     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 (4)     6th U.S.A. Championship     16  /  18


Player information updated: 17 Dec. 2024