Verlinsky, Boris




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1907  103  2362 (60) 8
1908  81  2382 (50) 7
1909  94  2374 (42) 17
1910  66  2413 (40) 16
1911  72  2419 (41) 21
1912  62  2426 (52) 0
1913  53  2434 (55) 6
1914  53  2425 (62) 0
1915  54  2415 (65) 0
1916  59  2405 (64) 1
1917  53  2413 (62) 0
1918  50  2420 (56) 19
1919  45  2438 (61) 0
1920  37  2455 (63) 0
1921  30  2472 (61) 0
1922  28  2490 (54) 2
1923  22  2507 (44) 17
1924  22  2517 (35) 33
1925  22  2515 (30) 56
1926  26  2477 (36) 27
1927  24  2481 (44) 2
1928  17  2516 (41) 17
1929  13  2521 (40) 17
1930  25  2476 (42) 7
1931  30  2477 (38) 26
1932  39  2459 (44) 0
1933  56  2442 (36) 25
1934  113  2390 (35) 40
1935  132  2380 (47) 0
1936  148  2371 (49) 0
1937  174  2361 (42) 16
1938  188  2352 (42) 17
1939  211  2342 (50) 0
1940  212  2332 (49) 13
1941  229  2320 (57) 0
1942  237  2307 (60) 0
1943  249  2294 (59) 0
1944  282  2282 (53) 0
1945  315  2269 (41) 31
1946  347  2253 (46) 17
1947  314  2243 (63) 24

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Verlinsky, Boris Markovich  
Born: 8 Jan. 1888
Died: 30 Oct. 1950
 
Notes:
Gaige has 'Verlinski' in Chess Tournament Crosstables but 'Verlinsky' in Chess Personalia.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 340
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 407
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 377
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 364
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 482
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 444
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 291
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 117, 118
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 15, 33, 41
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 284
   Tkachenko, First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 14, no. 21, Nov. 1911, page 347
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Verlinsky, B.M. - Loran, M.E. 1907         (f)     4   -   4
Salwe, G.H.S. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1908 (1)         (f)     1   -   3      Salwe, G.H.S. gave odds of pawn and move
Salwe, G.H.S. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1908 (2)         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Salwe, G.H.S. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1910         (f)     5   -   4
Alekhine, A.A. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1916         (f)     1   -   0      Alekhine, A.A. gave odds of pawn and move
Alekhine, A.A. - Verlinsky, B.M. 1918         (c)     6   -   0
Verlinsky, B.M. - Karakhan, Y.I. 1947         (f)     14   -   10

Tournament data

Saint Petersburg 1909 (2)     All-Russian Amateur Tournament     7.5  /  17
Odessa 1910     South Russian Tournament     6.5  /  8
Saint Petersburg 1911 (3)     All-Russian Hauptturnier     12.5  /  21
Saint Petersburg 1913 (2)     Saint Petersburg Tournament     4.5  /  6
Odessa 1918     Odessa Championship     10  /  13
Petrograd 1922 (2)     Petrograd - Moscow Match    
  Verlinsky, B.M. - Kubbel, L.I.     2 - 0    
Petrograd 1923 (3)     2nd Soviet Union Congress - Hauptturnier B     9  /  11
Petrograd 1923 (5)     Tournament of Cities - Final     4.5  /  6
Moscow 1924 (1)     3rd Soviet Congress - Championship     8.5  /  17
Moscow 1924 (3)     5th Soviet Moscow Championship     13.5  /  16
Leningrad 1925 (2)     4th Soviet Union Championship     12  /  19
Moscow 1925 (3)     Moscow Tournament     9.5  /  20
Moscow 1925 (4)     6th Moscow Championship     12  /  17
Odessa 1926 (1)     3rd Ukrainian Championship     8  /  11
Moscow 1926 (2)     7th Moscow City Championship     9.5  /  16
Leningrad 1927 (1)     5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Verlinsky, B.M. - Rabinovich, I.L.     0 - 2    
Moscow 1928 (1)     9th Moscow City Championship     13.5  /  17
Odessa 1929 (3)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 3     5.5  /  8
Odessa 1929 (6)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Semi-Finals, Section 2     4  /  5
Odessa 1929 (7)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Final     3.5  /  4
Moscow 1930 (1)     Moscow Tournament     2.5  /  7
Moscow 1931 (8)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 8     6  /  9
Moscow 1931 (10)     7th USSR Championship     10  /  17
Moscow 1933 (1)     Moscow Tournament     4  /  6
Leningrad 1933 (3)     8th U.S.S.R. Championship     9  /  19
Tashkent 1934 (1)     4th Uzbekistan Championship     10  /  14
Moscow 1934 (2)     14th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  19
Moscow 1934 (3)     Moscow Master Tournament     2.5  /  7
Moscow 1937 (2)     17th Moscow Championship     8  /  16
Kiev 1938 (2)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     7  /  17
Moscow 1940 (1)     19th Moscow Championship     6  /  13
Moscow 1945 (1)     24th Moscow Championship     5  /  16
Moscow 1945 (2)     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     4.5  /  15
Moscow 1946 (4)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     5  /  17

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026