Macht, Aleksander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1918  261  2262 (89) 19
1919  245  2270 (92) 0
1920  232  2278 (93) 0
1921  239  2285 (94) 0
1922  225  2293 (94) 0
1923  222  2301 (93) 0
1924  213  2309 (90) 0
1925  207  2317 (87) 0
1926  190  2325 (83) 0
1927  191  2333 (77) 0
1928  197  2340 (69) 0
1929  187  2348 (58) 2
1930  147  2369 (45) 12
1931  129  2386 (37) 34
1932  125  2382 (40) 15
1933  185  2351 (41) 12
1934  229  2333 (41) 14
1935  364  2288 (44) 14
1936  497  2252 (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     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