Macht, Aleksander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1918  262  2261 (89) 19
1919  243  2269 (92) 0
1920  234  2277 (93) 0
1921  240  2285 (94) 0
1922  225  2293 (94) 0
1923  220  2301 (93) 0
1924  214  2309 (90) 0
1925  206  2317 (87) 0
1926  192  2325 (83) 0
1927  191  2333 (77) 0
1928  199  2341 (69) 0
1929  189  2349 (58) 2
1930  148  2369 (45) 12
1931  130  2387 (37) 34
1932  123  2383 (40) 15
1933  182  2352 (41) 12
1934  226  2334 (41) 14
1935  362  2289 (44) 14
1936  500  2253 (53) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Macht, Aleksander Zisel  
   Also known as: Aleksandras Machtas; Alexander Sissel Macht; Sasha Maht; A. Machts
Born: 18 Oct. 1892
Died: 14 Jan. 1973
 
Notes:
Gaige and Di Felice have 'Macht, Alexander Sissel'; Olimpbase has 'Aleksandras Machtas'; chessgames.com has 'Aleksander Zisel (Sasha) Macht'; Voronkov has 'A.F. Macht' ('А.Ф.Махт'). The Deutsche Schachzeitung of 1931 (p.171) has 'S. Macht'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 293
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 393
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 61
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 261
   Voronkov, Fedor Bogatyrchuk, Vol. 1, page 88
Periodicals
   [DSZ], no. 3, 1931, page 171
   [MZ], no. 1, 1 Jan. 1930, page 68
Web
   Bartelski, Wojciech.  [3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930 - Lithuania]
   [Aleksander Macht]
   [Aleksander Macht]
   [Aleksandras Machtas]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Soultanbeieff, V.I. - Macht, A.Z. 1918         (f)     10.5   -   8.5
Petrovs, V. - Macht, A.Z. 1931         (f)     2   -   0
Macht, A.Z. - Mikenas, V.I. 1932         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Mikenas, V.I. - Macht, A.Z. 1933         (f)     6.5   -   3.5
Spielmann, R. - Macht, A.Z. 1934         (c)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Riga 1929 (2)     Riga - Kaunas Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Matisons, H.     0.5 - 1.5    
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     6  /  12
Kaunas 1931 (1)     Lithuanian Championship     11.5  /  14
Memel 1931 (1)     Baltic Championship     2.5  /  7
Kaunas 1931 (3)     Lithuanian Championship Candidates Tournament     9.5  /  11
Kaunas 1932 (1)     Riga - Kaunas Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Apsenieks, F.     0.5 - 1.5    
Riga 1933 (1)     Riga - Kaunas Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Apsenieks, F.     1 - 1    
Kaunas 1934 (1)     Lithuanian Championship Candidates Tournament     6  /  10
Kaunas 1934 (2)     Latvia - Lithuania Match    
  Macht, A.Z. - Feigins, M.     1 - 1    
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     4.5  /  14
Tel Aviv 1936     1st Palestine Championship     4.5  /  10

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026