Devos, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1933  689  2203 (49) 21
1934  765  2191 (51) 0
1935  836  2178 (46) 8
1936  622  2221 (41) 21
1937  483  2252 (38) 27
1938  506  2244 (46) 9
1939  506  2234 (53) 2
1940  467  2232 (57) 0
1941  459  2231 (55) 9
1942  491  2209 (58) 0
1943  554  2188 (56) 2
1944  530  2190 (51) 9
1945  503  2206 (47) 0
1946  473  2221 (34) 48
1947  390  2236 (36) 32
1948  309  2239 (46) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Devos, Paul  
Born: 10 Mar. 1911
Died: 14 June 1981
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 380
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 351
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 338
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 456
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 91
Web
   Bartelski, Wojciech.  [5th Chess Olympiad: Folkestone 1933 - Belgium]

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

Devos, P. - Soultanbeieff, V.I. 1946         (f)     3.5   -   2.5

Tournament data

Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     4.5  /  14
Brussels 1933     Belgian Championship     5  /  7
Antwerp 1935     Belgian Championship     1.5  /  8
Brussels 1936 (1)     Ascension Day Tournament     1.5  /  5
Brussels 1936 (2)     Groupement des Joueurs d'Échecs Belges International Championship     7  /  8
Brussels 1936 (3)     Groupement des Joueurs d'Échecs Belges National Championship     4.5  /  8
Hastings 1937 (3)     17th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves, Section 2     5.5  /  9
Brussels 1937 (1)     L’Échiquier International Tournament     2  /  6
Brussels 1937 (2)     17th Belgian Championship     7.5  /  10
  Devos, P. - O'Kelly de Galway, A.     1 - 1    
Namur 1938     18th Belgian Championship     5.5  /  9
Brussels 1939     Belgium - Holland Team Match    
  Devos, P. - Spanjaard, E.     1 - 1    
Brussels 1941     Belgian Championship     7  /  9
Brussels 1943     Belgian Championship     0.5  /  2
Antwerp and Brussels 1944     Raymond Soly Tournament     5.5  /  9
Hastings 1946 (1)     21st Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     2.5  /  11
London, England 1946 (2)     London International Tournament - Section B     3.5  /  11
Maastricht 1946     Maastricht Masters Tournament     5.5  /  9
Breda 1946     Netherlands - Belgium Match    
  Devos, P. - Euwe, M.     0.5 - 1.5    
Antwerp 1946     24th Belgian Championship     4  /  9
Brussels 1947 (1)     Brussels Easter Tournament     1.5  /  5
Baarn 1947 (1)     Baarn Tournament - Group A     3  /  7
Antwerp 1947     Belgium - Netherlands Match    
  Devos, P. - Kramer, H. (2)     1.5 - 0.5    
Brussels 1947 (2)     Belgium - France Match    
  Devos, P. - Betbeder, L.     1.5 - 0.5    
Ostend 1947     25th Belgian Championship     5.5  /  9
Leeuwarden 1947 (2)     Philidor 1847 Club Jubilee Tournament - Group B     4.5  /  7
Paris 1948 (1)     France - Belgium Match    
  Devos, P. - Muffang, A.L.R.     0.5 - 1.5    
Baarn 1948     Baarn Tournament - Major Section     5  /  9
Brussels 1948     Brussels Tournament     1.5  /  3


Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026