Kostić, Boris
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1909 |
77 |
2381 | (55) | 10 |
| 1910 |
48 |
2436 | (49) | 0 |
| 1911 |
24 |
2491 | (33) | 51 |
| 1912 |
19 |
2517 | (44) | 0 |
| 1913 |
17 |
2542 | (41) | 30 |
| 1914 |
15 |
2539 | (44) | 14 |
| 1915 |
11 |
2548 | (43) | 15 |
| 1916 |
8 |
2558 | (41) | 21 |
| 1917 |
5 |
2579 | (46) | 0 |
| 1918 |
5 |
2599 | (41) | 23 |
| 1919 |
5 |
2586 | (40) | 16 |
| 1920 |
7 |
2569 | (36) | 22 |
| 1921 |
6 |
2572 | (33) | 45 |
| 1922 |
16 |
2521 | (35) | 30 |
| 1923 |
21 |
2501 | (43) | 0 |
| 1924 |
26 |
2481 | (39) | 111 |
| 1925 |
32 |
2460 | (38) | 95 |
| 1926 |
31 |
2459 | (32) | 38 |
| 1927 |
36 |
2446 | (34) | 22 |
| 1928 |
33 |
2455 | (34) | 31 |
| 1929 |
37 |
2453 | (44) | 0 |
| 1930 |
40 |
2450 | (41) | 11 |
| 1931 |
35 |
2464 | (34) | 41 |
| 1932 |
36 |
2457 | (48) | 0 |
| 1933 |
41 |
2451 | (52) | 0 |
| 1934 |
54 |
2444 | (48) | 0 |
| 1935 |
58 |
2437 | (36) | 31 |
| 1936 |
61 |
2432 | (32) | 47 |
| 1937 |
70 |
2423 | (33) | 32 |
| 1938 |
56 |
2433 | (39) | 15 |
| 1939 |
88 |
2402 | (45) | 15 |
| 1940 |
100 |
2386 | (56) | 0 |
| 1941 |
132 |
2369 | (62) | 0 |
| 1942 |
135 |
2353 | (63) | 0 |
| 1943 |
151 |
2336 | (61) | 0 |
| 1944 |
184 |
2320 | (55) | 0 |
| 1945 |
224 |
2303 | (42) | 23 |
| 1946 |
204 |
2313 | (40) | 20 |
| 1947 |
193 |
2299 | (40) | 38 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Kostić, Boris |
| Also known as: Borislav Kostic; Boris Kostics |
| Born: 24 Feb. 1887 |
| Died: 3 Nov. 1963 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 309 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 328 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 390 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 361 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 347 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 465 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 224 |
| McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 363 |
| Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 49 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 138 |
| Periodicals |
| [ACB], vol. 12, no. 4, May 1915, page 108 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Kostic, B. - Wiarda, G. 1911 |
(f) |
6.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Marshall, F.J. 1911 |
(f) |
2 | - | 1 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Leonhardt, P.S. 1911 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Nyholm, G. 1913 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Moller, Jor. 1913 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Villegas, B.H. 1913 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Illa, Ro. 1913 |
(f) |
6 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Gelly, A. 1913 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Girondo, R.M. 1913 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Ruiz, E.G. 1913 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Ellerman, A. 1913 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1915 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Showalter, J.W. 1915 |
(f) |
9.5 | - | 4.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Kostic, B. 1919 |
(f) |
5 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Vidmar, M. 1921 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 3.5 |
|
| Maroczy, G.J. - Kostic, B. 1922 |
(f) |
4 | - | 4 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Watson, C.G.M. 1924 |
(f) |
3 | - | 1 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Viner, W.S. 1924 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Wallace, A.E.N. 1924 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Crakanthorp, S. 1924 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Cameron, A.J.A. 1924 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Blieden, M. 1924 |
(c) |
73 | - | 27 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Blieden, M. 1925 |
(c) |
19 | - | 10 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Meijer, H. (1) 1925 |
(c) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Narsar, S. 1925 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Kostic, B. - Kishan Lal 1925 |
(f) |
28 | - | 12 |
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Tournament data
| Budapest 1909 |
Winter Tournament |
2.5 | / | 10 |
| | | |
| San Remo 1911 (1) |
San Remo Tournament |
6 | / | 10 |
| | | |
| Carlsbad 1911 |
Carlsbad Tournament |
10.5 | / | 25 |
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| Stockholm 1913 |
Stockholm Tournament |
9.5 | / | 10 |
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| Buenos Aires 1914 |
Club Argentino Championship - First Category |
12 | / | 14 |
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| New York 1916 (1) |
Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Kostic, B. - Black, R.T. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1916 (2) |
Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Kostic, B. - Marshall, F.J. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| New York 1916 (3) |
New York Tournament - Preliminary Section |
8.5 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| New York 1916 (4) |
New York Tournament - Final Section |
1.5 | / | 4 |
| | | |
| New York 1916 (10) |
Rice Progressive Club Championship |
| | | | | | |
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Kostic, B. - Kupchik, A. |
1.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| Chicago 1918 |
19th Western Chess Association Tournament |
9.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| New York 1918 (8) |
New York Tournament |
9 | / | 12 |
| | | |
| Hastings 1919 (1) |
British Chess Federation Special Victory Congress - Chief Tournament |
9.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Bromley 1920 (2) |
17th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Preliminary Section B |
3.5 | / | 4 |
| | | |
| Bromley 1920 (7) |
17th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Final Section A |
3.5 | / | 5 |
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| Goteborg 1920 (1) |
Göteborg Tournament - Section A |
7.5 | / | 13 |
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| Gyula 1921 |
Erkel Memorial Tournament |
10 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1921 (2) |
Budepest Tournament |
7.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| The Hague 1921 (1) |
The Hague Tournament |
5.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Hastings 1921 (3) |
2nd Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament |
7 | / | 7 |
| | | |
| Weston-Super-Mare 1922 |
West of England Chess Festival |
5.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Teplitz-Schönau 1922 (1) |
1st Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia - Master Tournament |
6.5 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Bombay 1925 |
Bombay Tournament |
7.5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Chail 1925 |
All-India Championship |
10 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Budapest 1926 (5) |
Budapest Team Tournament |
| | | | | | |
|
Kostic, B. - Balogh, J. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
|
Kostic, B. - Moritz, B. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
|
Kostic, B. - Steiner, E. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| Bardejov 1926 |
Bardejov Tournament |
8 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Trencianske Teplice 1926 (1) |
Trencianske Teplice International Tournament |
6.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Merano 1926 |
Merano Tournament |
8 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| London, England 1927 (3) |
1st Olympiad |
8.5 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Niendorf 1927 |
Niendorf Tournament |
3.5 | / | 7 |
| | | |
| Trencianske Teplice 1928 (1) |
Trancianske Teplice International Tournament |
8 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Brno 1928 (2) |
Brno Tournament |
3 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Berlin 1928 (8) |
Berlin Tournament |
6.5 | / | 11 |
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| Nice 1930 (1) |
Nice Master Tournament |
7 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Prague 1931 (5) |
4th Olympiad |
9 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Bled 1931 |
Bled Tournament |
12.5 | / | 26 |
| | | |
| Belgrade 1935 |
1st Yugoslav Master Championship |
11.5 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Warsaw 1935 (2) |
6th Olympiad |
8.5 | / | 16 |
| | | |
| Novi Sad 1936 |
2nd Yugoslav Master Championship |
6 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Bucharest 1936 |
8th Romanian Championship |
13 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Munich 1936 |
Unofficial Olympiad |
16 | / | 19 |
| | | |
| Stockholm 1937 (3) |
7th Olympiad |
11.5 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| Rogaska Slatina 1937 |
3rd Yugoslav Master Championship |
7.5 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Ljubljana 1938 |
Ljubljana Tournament |
10.5 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Zagreb 1939 |
4th Yugoslav Master Championship |
9.5 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Novi Sad 1945 |
1st Yugoslav Championship |
11.5 | / | 23 |
| | | |
| Belgrade 1946 (2) |
1st Balkaniad |
3 | / | 3 |
| | | |
| Zagreb 1946 |
2nd Yugoslav Championship |
9 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| Skopje 1947 |
3rd Yugoslav Championship - Semi-final |
11.5 | / | 17 |
| | | |
| Ljubljana 1947 |
3rd Yugoslav Championship |
6 | / | 17 |
| | | |
| Sofia 1947 |
2nd Balkaniad |
1.5 | / | 2 |
| | | |
| Zagreb 1947 |
Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia Match |
| | | | | | |
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Kostic, B. - Florian, J. |
1.5 - 0.5 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025 |
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