List, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1908  127  2347 (61) 18
1909  117  2360 (56) 0
1910  101  2373 (45) 16
1911  143  2349 (40) 21
1912  123  2357 (44) 19
1913  115  2361 (59) 0
1914  100  2365 (69) 0
1915  88  2369 (76) 0
1916  80  2373 (81) 0
1917  79  2377 (84) 0
1918  78  2381 (86) 0
1919  73  2385 (87) 0
1920  69  2389 (86) 0
1921  74  2393 (85) 0
1922  75  2398 (82) 0
1923  77  2402 (77) 0
1924  81  2406 (71) 0
1925  70  2410 (62) 0
1926  71  2414 (49) 9
1927  52  2430 (40) 22
1928  63  2424 (40) 18
1929  58  2431 (47) 0
1930  54  2438 (45) 11
1931  71  2420 (47) 0
1932  91  2402 (40) 30
1933  98  2396 (51) 0
1934  114  2390 (54) 0
1935  123  2384 (51) 0
1936  135  2378 (41) 17
1937  133  2376 (35) 28
1938  226  2339 (33) 36
1939  299  2307 (31) 51
1940  217  2329 (41) 19
1941  224  2321 (53) 0
1942  224  2314 (58) 0
1943  233  2306 (58) 2
1944  225  2303 (57) 0
1945  240  2301 (51) 10
1946  248  2295 (47) 24

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: List, Paul Mikhailovich  
   Also known as: Dr. Paul M. List; Peisakh Odes
Born: 9 Sep. 1887
Died: 9 Sep. 1954
 
Notes:
P.P. Saburov, in his article in the Weiner Schachzeitung of Nov.-Dec. 1911 (p.348) says that 'P.M. List' was a pseudonym.
 
References
Books
   Berdichevsky, Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia, page 154
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 310
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 330
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 392
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 363
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 349
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 12
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 252
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 363
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 155
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 352
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 14, no. 21, Nov. 1911, page 348
Web
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: Margate Premier 1939]

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

Levenfish, G.Y. - List, P.M. 1910         (f)     4.5   -   4.5

Tournament data

Odessa 1908     Odessa Tournament     10.5  /  18
Odessa 1910     South Russian Tournament     5  /  8
Saint Petersburg 1911 (3)     All-Russian Hauptturnier     9  /  21
Vilnius 1912 (2)     Russian National Tournament - Hauptturnier     12  /  19
Berlin 1926 (1)     Berlin Tournament     3.5  /  9
Berlin 1927 (7)     Berlin Tournament     4.5  /  9
Magdeburg 1927 (2)     25th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     8.5  /  13
Berlin 1928 (6)     Freie Schachvereinigung Tournament     2.5  /  5
Berlin 1928 (7)     Berlin - Stockholm Match    
  List, P.M. - Jacobson, Er.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1928 (8)     Berlin Tournament     5.5  /  11
Frankfurt 1930 (1)     Anderssen Chess Club Jubilee - Meisterturnier     7  /  11
Swinemunde 1932 (1)     10th Brandenberg Chess Union Congress - Master Tournament     3.5  /  9
Berlin 1932 (6)     Berliner Schachgesellschaft Championship - Preliminary Group 2     5.5  /  7
Berlin 1932 (7)     Berlin Tournament     9  /  14
Nottingham 1936 (2)     Nottingham Major Open A     6.5  /  10
Riga 1936 (2)     Olympiad Preparation Tournament     5  /  7
Margate 1937 (2)     Margate Premier Reserves - Section A     6.5  /  9
Ostend 1937     Ostend Master Tournament     5  /  9
Riga 1937 (4)     Riga Tournament     4  /  6
Riga 1937 (5)     Latvia - Lithuania Match    
  List, P.M. - Apsenieks, F.     0.5 - 1.5    
Tallinn 1937 (3)     Estonia - Lithuania Match    
  List, P.M. - Schmidt, P.F.     0.5 - 1.5    
Hastings 1938 (3)     18th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves B     7  /  9
Margate 1938 (2)     Margate Premier Reserves A     4.5  /  9
Brighton 1938 (2)     31st British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open A     9  /  11
Plymouth 1938     Plymouth Jubilee Congress - Premier Tournament     3.5  /  7
Hastings 1939 (2)     19th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves A     4  /  9
Birmingham 1939     Birmingham Tournament     5.5  /  9
Margate 1939 (3)     Margate Premier Reserves B     6.5  /  11
Bournemouth 1939 (2)     32nd British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open A     6  /  11
London, England 1939 (1)     Hampstead Invitational Tournament     6.5  /  11
London, England 1940 (1)     London Easter Congress     7.5  /  9
London, England 1940 (2)     National Centre Club Championship - Preliminary Section A     7  /  10
London, England 1943 (2)     West London Summer Tournament     7.5  /  9
London, England 1945     London Championship     7.5  /  10
London, England 1946 (1)     London International Tournament - Section A     4.5  /  11
Zaandam 1946 (1)     Zaandam Major Tournament     5.5  /  11
Moscow and London, England 1946     U.S.S.R. - Great Britain Radio Match    
  List, P.M. - Kotov, A.A.     0 - 2    


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026