Selezniev, Alexey




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1908  141  2337 (52) 14
1909  133  2348 (45) 18
1910  121  2360 (44) 12
1911  95  2385 (42) 14
1912  120  2360 (38) 20
1913  116  2358 (35) 34
1914  86  2382 (35) 24
1915  49  2423 (35) 35
1916  40  2443 (38) 28
1917  30  2478 (40) 24
1918  30  2481 (45) 0
1919  25  2485 (38) 24
1920  30  2462 (34) 29
1921  40  2452 (34) 31
1922  38  2451 (36) 18
1923  30  2476 (37) 13
1924  32  2468 (33) 30
1925  52  2430 (31) 46
1926  74  2412 (41) 0
1927  94  2393 (34) 35
1928  115  2382 (35) 32
1929  156  2367 (37) 23
1930  156  2361 (39) 15
1931  194  2345 (37) 41
1932  218  2332 (44) 12
1933  240  2324 (43) 12
1934  304  2304 (42) 19
1935  411  2273 (46) 0
1936  534  2243 (38) 34
1937  565  2231 (47) 7
1938  593  2222 (54) 8
1939  532  2225 (64) 0
1940  473  2228 (71) 0
1941  443  2232 (76) 0
1942  394  2235 (78) 0
1943  382  2238 (79) 0
1944  367  2242 (78) 0
1945  372  2245 (75) 0
1946  357  2248 (70) 0
1947  296  2251 (63) 15

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Selezniev, Alexey Sergeevich  
   Also known as: A. Seleznev
Born: 1888
Died: June 1967
 
Notes:
Golombek gives date of death as 1965; Hooper and Whyld give 1967; Gaige gives 06-1967.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 316
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 337
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 402
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 372
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 477
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 384
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 291
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 17
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 222
   Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 22
   Soltis, Mikhail Botvinnik, page 36
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 9, 28, 145
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 244
Web
   Popovsky, Alexey.  [Championship of Donbass- 1930]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Alekhine, A.A. - Selezniev, A.S. 1914         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Fahrni, H. - Selezniev, A.S. 1916         (f)     3   -   3
Bogoljubow, E.D. - Selezniev, A.S. 1917         (f)     4.5   -   3.5
Selezniev, A.S. - Tenner, O. 1919         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Selezniev, A.S. - Shories, G.F.W. 1919         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Selezniev, A.S. - von Bardeleben, C.C.A. 1920         (f)     4   -   2
Selezniev, A.S. - Teichmann, R. 1921         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Bohatirchuk, F.P. - Selezniev, A.S. 1928         (f)     1.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Moscow 1908 (1)     Moscow Club Autumn Tournament     8.5  /  14
Moscow 1909 (1)     Moscow Club Autumn Tournament     4.5  /  9
Moscow 1909 (2)     Moscow Club Spring Tournament     7  /  10
Moscow 1910 (2)     Moscow National Tournament     3.5  /  8
Moscow 1910 (3)     Moscow Autumn Tournament     9  /  12
Moscow 1911     Moscow City Championship     11.5  /  13
Saint Petersburg 1911 (1)     Saint Petersburg - Moscow Match    
  Selezniev, A.S. - Levenfish, G.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
Moscow 1912     Moscow - Saint Petersburg Team Match    
  Selezniev, A.S. - Romanovsky, A.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Vilnius 1912 (2)     Russian National Tournament - Hauptturnier     10.5  /  19
Moscow 1913 (1)     Moscow 1st Category Tournament     5.5  /  9
Moscow 1913 (2)     Moscow Tournament     1.5  /  5
Moscow 1913 (3)     Moscow Championship     6  /  11
Moscow 1913 (4)     Moscow Tournament     7.5  /  9
Mannheim 1914 (2)     19th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     5.5  /  11
Baden-Baden 1914     1st Tournament of Interned Russian Players     5.5  /  12
Triberg 1915 (1)     2nd Tournament of Interned Russian Players     3.5  /  10
Triberg 1915 (2)     3rd Tournament of Interned Russian Players     2  /  5
Triberg 1915 (3)     4th Tournament of Interned Russian Players     7  /  10
Triberg 1915 (4)     5th Tournament of Interned Russian Players     6  /  10
Triberg 1916 (1)     6th Tournament of Interned Russian Players     4.5  /  12
Triberg 1916 (2)     7th Tournament of Interned Russian Players     5.5  /  10
Triberg 1917     8th Tournament of Interned Russian Players     10  /  16
Berlin 1919 (1)     Berlin Tournament     3  /  6
Berlin 1919 (2)     Café Kerkau Tournament     4  /  6
Berlin 1920 (1)     Berlin Friedensturnier     8  /  10
Goteborg 1920 (1)     Göteborg Tournament - Section A     4  /  13
Goteborg 1921     Goteborg Winter Tournament     7.5  /  10
Triberg 1921 (1)     Triberg Tournament     3  /  8
Triberg 1921 (2)     Triberg Tournament     4  /  12
Pistyan 1922 (1)     Breyer Memorial Master Tournament     7  /  18
Moravska Ostrava 1923     Mahrisch Ostrau Master Tournament     7.5  /  13
Merano 1924 (1)     Merano Congress - Master Tournament     7.5  /  13
Moscow 1924 (1)     3rd Soviet Congress - Championship     9.5  /  17
Leningrad 1925 (2)     4th Soviet Union Championship     9  /  19
Moscow 1925 (2)     Moscow Tournament     3.5  /  8
Moscow 1925 (4)     6th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  16
Moscow 1925 (5)     Transport Club Tournament     10  /  14
Poltava 1927     4th Ukrainian Championship     11.5  /  15
Moscow 1927 (4)     5th Soviet Union Congress - Championship     8  /  20
Odessa 1928     5th Ukrainian Championship     9.5  /  15
Rostov-on-Don 1928 (2)     North Caucasian Region Championship     9.5  /  14
Odessa 1929 (4)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 4     3  /  8
Rostov-on-Don 1929     Rostov-on-Don National Tournament     2.5  /  3
Krasnodar 1929     Krasnodar Tournament     4.5  /  6
Kharkov 1929 (2)     Kharkov 1st Category Tournament     4.5  /  7
Tiflis 1930 (1)     Tournament of Caucasian Republics, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan     4.5  /  10
Donbas 1930     Donbas Championship     5  /  5
Stalino 1931 (1)     Ukrainian Championship Preliminary Tournament     6.5  /  10
Kharkov 1931 (1)     6th Ukrainian Championship     6  /  11
Moscow 1931 (6)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 6     5  /  9
Stalino 1931 (2)     Stalino Championship     10  /  11
Stalino 1932     Stalino Championship     10.5  /  12
Kharkov 1933 (1)     Ukrainian Team Championship - Board 1     2  /  4
Kharkov 1933 (6)     7th Ukrainian Championship     3.5  /  8
Stalino 1934     Donetsk Region Championship     9  /  11
Tiflis 1934 (1)     Tiflis International Tournament     6  /  13
Kiev 1936 (1)     8th Ukrainian Championship     7.5  /  17
Leningrad 1936 (3)     Leningrad Master Tournament     2.5  /  17
Kiev 1937 (1)     Moscow - Ukraine Match    
  Selezniev, A.S. - Riumin, N.N.     0.5 - 1.5    
Donbas 1937     Donbas Championship     8.5  /  11
Donbas 1938     Donbas Championship     7  /  11
Stalino 1938     Stalino Championship     7  /  11
Hanau 1947     Hermanis Matisons Memorial Tournament     8  /  15

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025