Selezniev, Alexey




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1908  139  2343 (52) 14
1909  132  2353 (45) 18
1910  119  2366 (44) 12
1911  95  2391 (42) 14
1912  119  2366 (38) 20
1913  115  2364 (35) 34
1914  85  2388 (35) 24
1915  49  2429 (35) 35
1916  40  2449 (38) 28
1917  29  2484 (40) 24
1918  30  2487 (45) 0
1919  25  2491 (38) 24
1920  32  2468 (34) 29
1921  40  2458 (34) 31
1922  38  2457 (36) 18
1923  30  2482 (37) 13
1924  32  2474 (33) 30
1925  52  2437 (31) 46
1926  74  2418 (41) 0
1927  94  2400 (34) 35
1928  114  2389 (35) 32
1929  152  2374 (37) 23
1930  154  2369 (39) 15
1931  190  2352 (36) 41
1932  216  2339 (44) 12
1933  239  2331 (42) 12
1934  297  2311 (42) 19
1935  407  2280 (46) 0
1936  531  2250 (38) 34
1937  564  2237 (47) 7
1938  601  2227 (54) 8
1939  539  2230 (64) 0
1940  483  2232 (70) 0
1941  463  2235 (74) 0
1942  414  2238 (76) 0
1943  411  2241 (76) 0
1944  394  2243 (74) 0
1945  407  2246 (70) 0
1946  397  2249 (63) 0
1947  361  2252 (52) 15
1948  325  2236 (54) 16

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
Bad Nauheim 1948 (2)     Germany - Refugee Players Match    
  Selezniev, A.S. - Czaya, R.     0 - 1    
Oldenburg 1948     Oldenburg Tournament     9.5  /  15


Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026