Chekhover, Vitaly




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  390  2250 (50) 14
1928  273  2296 (44) 16
1929  237  2312 (45) 9
1930  230  2320 (45) 2
1931  176  2349 (37) 26
1932  80  2406 (33) 34
1933  53  2440 (31) 39
1934  64  2430 (29) 48
1935  56  2443 (29) 53
1936  46  2464 (28) 61
1937  51  2442 (30) 48
1938  40  2458 (31) 38
1939  42  2454 (35) 17
1940  77  2407 (32) 43
1941  83  2399 (42) 8
1942  65  2417 (48) 6
1943  53  2422 (49) 0
1944  56  2427 (42) 11
1945  40  2448 (34) 34
1946  65  2412 (31) 48
1947  105  2377 (37) 32

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Chekhover, Vitaly Alexandrovich  
Born: 22 Dec. 1908
Died: 11 Feb. 1965
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 320
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 378
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 349
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 336
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 455
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 69
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 31, 50, 142
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 46

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Kasparian, G.M. - Chekhover, V.A. 1936         (f)     9.5   -   7.5
Chekhover, V.A. - Ovechkin, N.D. 1942         (f)     5.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Moscow 1927 (7)     Moscow Tournament     4.5  /  14
Leningrad 1928 (3)     Sovtorgsluzhashchie Club Championship     7  /  14
Leningrad 1928 (4)     Leningrad - Rostov Team Match    
  Chekhover, V.A. - Nevsky, V.P.     2 - 0    
Leningrad 1929 (3)     7th Leningrad City Championship - Preliminary Section A     5  /  9
Leningrad 1930 (2)     6th Leningrad - Moscow Team Match    
  Chekhover, V.A. - Belavenets, S.V.     0 - 2    
Leningrad 1931 (1)     8th Leningrad Championship     5.5  /  16
Leningrad 1931 (2)     Press House Championship     6  /  10
Kiev 1932 (1)     Kiev Tournament     4  /  9
Leningrad 1932 (1)     Leningrad - Kiev Match    
  Chekhover, V.A. - Konstantinopolsky, A.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1932 (2)     9th Leningrad Championship     6  /  11
Leningrad 1932 (3)     9th Leningrad Championship Semi-Finals - Group 1     6.5  /  10
Leningrad 1932 (5)     Leningrad Tournament     1  /  3
Leningrad 1933 (2)     Leningrad Masters Tournament     8.5  /  13
Leningrad 1933 (3)     8th U.S.S.R. Championship     11  /  19
Leningrad 1933 (5)     Leningrad National Tournament     2  /  7
Leningrad 1934 (1)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match    
  Chekhover, V.A. - Riumin, N.N.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1934 (2)     Leningrad Tournament     8  /  13
Leningrad 1934 (3)     Leningrad International Tournament     3.5  /  11
Leningrad 1934 (5)     10th Leningrad Championship     7  /  15
Leningrad 1934 (6)     Leningrad Tournament     2  /  7
Leningrad 1935 (1)     9th U.S.S.R. Championship     10.5  /  19
Moscow 1935 (1)     Moscow International Tournament     5.5  /  19
Leningrad 1935 (4)     Trade Unions Championship Semi-Finals - Group 1     11.5  /  15
Moscow 1936 (1)     4th Trade Unions Championship     12  /  18
  Chekhover, V.A. - Lisitsin, G.M.     6 - 6    
Leningrad 1936 (5)     All-Union Young Masters Tournament     8.5  /  14
Tbilisi 1937 (1)     10th U.S.S.R. Championship     7.5  /  19
Leningrad 1937 (2)     Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Chekhover, V.A. - Panov, V.N.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leningrad 1937 (3)     12th Leningrad Championship     10  /  15
U.S.S.R. 1937     Metallist Club Championship     9.5  /  12
Leningrad 1938 (3)     5th Trade Unions Championship     12.5  /  21
Leningrad 1938 (4)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     9.5  /  17
Leningrad 1939 (1)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship     10.5  /  17
Kiev 1940 (1)     12th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     6  /  16
Leningrad 1940 (1)     15th Leningrad Championship     8.5  /  16
Moscow 1940 (4)     All-Union Candidate Masters Tournament - Group 2     6.5  /  11
Rostov-on-Don 1941 (3)     13th USSR Championship Semi-Final - Group 2     3  /  6
Leningrad 1941     16th Leningrad Championship     1  /  3
Baku 1944     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final     5  /  11
Baku 1945     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     9.5  /  15
Moscow 1945 (3)     14th USSR Championship     8.5  /  17
Moscow 1945 (4)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit    
  Chekhover, V.A. - Averbakh, Y.L.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1946 (1)     20th Leningrad Championship     10  /  17
Leningrad 1946 (3)     Leningrad International Tournament     7  /  11
Leningrad 1946 (4)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     7  /  18
Leningrad 1946 (6)     Leningrad - Prague and Bratislava Match    
  Chekhover, V.A. - Zita, F.     1 - 1    
Leningrad 1947 (2)     16th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-final     8  /  15
Leningrad 1947 (3)     21st Leningrad Championship     6.5  /  17


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025