May, Desider




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1919  589  2102 (71) 7
1920  531  2145 (67) 0
1921  455  2187 (60) 0
1922  347  2230 (47) 12
1923  309  2254 (37) 41
1924  317  2254 (38) 18
1925  275  2275 (35) 28
1926  195  2315 (32) 49
1927  157  2346 (30) 63
1928  160  2353 (38) 23
1929  155  2363 (43) 11
1930  152  2362 (40) 12
1931  173  2351 (36) 26
1932  222  2322 (33) 42
1933  293  2293 (36) 21
1934  350  2279 (37) 19
1935  348  2285 (37) 20
1936  337  2285 (32) 48
1937  344  2276 (37) 22
1938  382  2268 (43) 22

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: May, Desider  
Born: 17 Mar. 1900
Died: 5 Aug. 1942
 
Notes:
Gaige gives date of death as 'c1940'. Yad Vashem gives date of death as 5 Aug. 1942. Gaige and Di Felice have 'O. May' where it should be Desider May at Moravska Ostrava 1926. Gaige has 'A. May' and Di Felice has 'May, Anton' where it should be Desider May at Stubnanske Teplice 1930. Di Felice has both 'May, Desider' and 'May, Deszo' in Chess Results 1936-1940, but 'Dezső' and 'Desider' are variants of the same name, so I presume these refer to the same person.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 146, 186, 331
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 394
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 364
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 274
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 171
Web
   Kalendovský, Jan.  [May Desider]

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

May, D. - Walter, M. 1927         (f)     5   -   3

Tournament data

Bratislava 1919     Bratislava Winter Tournament     4  /  10
Bratislava 1922 (2)     Bratislava Championship - Elimination Group II     4  /  6
Bratislava 1922 (4)     Bratislava Championship - Final Group     7.5  /  9
Bratislava 1923 (1)     Bratislava Club Main Winter Tournament     12.5  /  17
Bratislava 1923 (2)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Vanek, K.     0 - 1    
Bratislava 1923 (3)     Bratislava Summer Tournament     7.5  /  10
Brno 1923 (2)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Haida, A.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
Brno 1923 (3)     Bratislava Club - Dobrusky Club Match    
  May, D. - Dobias, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1923 (4)     Bratislava Club Winter Tournament     6.5  /  11
Bratislava 1924 (1)     Bratislava Club - Schlechter Club Match    
  May, D. - Braun, G.     0 - 1    
Trencianske Teplice 1924 (1)     Slovakia - Austria Match    
  May, D. - Kleemann     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1924 (2)     Breyer Memorial Tournament     10  /  16
Bratislava 1925 (1)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Pokorny, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1925 (2)     Breyer Memorial Tournament     12  /  16
Bratislava 1925 (4)     9th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament A     6  /  11
Bratislava 1926 (1)     Bratislava Club Championship     6  /  8
Brno 1926     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Berger, Vl.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1926 (2)     Breyer Memorial Tournament     11  /  13
Moravska Ostrava 1926     Moravska Ostrava Tournament     4.5  /  10
Trencianske Teplice 1926 (2)     Slovak Championship     9  /  12
Bratislava 1926 (3)     Bratislava Quadrangular Tournament     3.5  /  6
Bratislava 1927 (1)     Bratislava - Nitra Match    
  May, D. - Gubics, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1927 (2)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Teller, A. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1927 (3)     Breyer Memorial Tournament     10.5  /  14
Znojmo 1927     Znojmo Tournament     6.5  /  11
Ceske Budejovice 1927 (4)     10th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament D     6.5  /  8
Ceske Budejovice 1927 (8)     10th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament Final     6.5  /  9
Bratislava 1927 (4)     Bratislava Championship     8  /  11
Brno 1928 (1)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Vanek, K.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bratislava 1928 (1)     Breyer Memorial Tournament     9.5  /  13
Bratislava 1928 (2)     Bratislava Championship     7  /  9
Bratislava 1929     Breyer Memorial Tournament     10  /  11
Stubnanske Teplice 1930     Stubnanske Teplice Tournament     6.5  /  12
Bratislava 1931 (1)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Berger, Vl.     0 - 1    
Prague 1931 (4)     12th Czech Chess Association Congress - Championship     6.5  /  11
Bratislava 1931 (2)     Breyer Memorial Tournament     13  /  14
Bratislava 1932 (1)     Breyer Memorial Tournament     10  /  13
Bad Sliac 1932     Bad Sliac Major Tournament     3.5  /  13
Kosice 1932     Kosice Tournament     6.5  /  10
Bratislava 1932 (4)     Bratislava Tournament     3.5  /  6
Mnichovo Hradiste 1933 (1)     13th Czechoslovakia Championship     4.5  /  11
Brno 1933 (1)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Zinner, E.     0 - 1    
Bratislava 1933     Bratislava Championship     5.5  /  9
Bratislava 1934 (1)     Bratislava Tournament     2.5  /  5
Bratislava 1934 (3)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  May, D. - Zinner, E.     0 - 1    
Bratislava 1934 (4)     Bratislava Championship     9  /  13
Zilina 1935     Slovak Championship     4  /  9
Vienna 1935 (2)     Bratislava - Vienna Match    
  May, D. - Fuss, I.     1 - 0    
Bratislava 1935 (2)     Bratislava Championship     8  /  10
Budapest 1936 (2)     14th Hungarian National Tournament     6  /  15
Podebrady 1936 (1)     Czech National Tournament     7.5  /  13
Bratislava 1936 (1)     Bratislava Chmapionship     8  /  11
Bratislava 1936 (2)     Bratislava Championship     6.5  /  9
Brno 1937     Brno Tournament     5.5  /  11
Bratislava 1937     Bratislava Championship     8.5  /  11
Bratislava 1938 (1)     Bratislava - Vienna Match    
  May, D. - Rubinstein, Si.     0 - 1    
Bratislava 1938 (2)     Bratislava Jubilee Tournament     4  /  8
Prague 1938 (8)     15th Czechoslovakia Championship     7  /  13


Player information updated: 13 Feb. 2024