Macht, Aleksander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1918  263  2266 (89) 19
1919  245  2274 (92) 0
1920  233  2282 (93) 0
1921  243  2289 (94) 0
1922  227  2297 (94) 0
1923  223  2305 (93) 0
1924  216  2313 (90) 0
1925  206  2321 (87) 0
1926  190  2329 (83) 0
1927  191  2337 (77) 0
1928  200  2345 (69) 0
1929  187  2353 (58) 2
1930  148  2374 (45) 12
1931  128  2392 (37) 34
1932  123  2388 (40) 15
1933  185  2356 (41) 12
1934  227  2338 (41) 14
1935  365  2293 (44) 14
1936  498  2257 (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