Falk, Rafail




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1881  185  2217 (99) 7
1882  178  2226 (97) 0
1883  189  2234 (94) 0
1884  191  2243 (90) 0
1885  187  2252 (85) 5
1886  196  2251 (87) 0
1887  200  2251 (87) 0
1888  212  2250 (86) 0
1889  205  2249 (83) 0
1890  218  2249 (79) 0
1891  209  2248 (74) 7
1892  194  2262 (71) 9
1893  176  2281 (71) 0
1894  155  2299 (69) 4
1895  176  2283 (72) 0
1896  189  2268 (72) 0
1897  211  2252 (70) 0
1898  251  2236 (65) 0
1899  275  2221 (58) 11
1900  230  2253 (60) 0
1901  182  2285 (59) 10
1902  198  2277 (65) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Falk, Rafail Alexandrovich  
   Also known as: Raphael Alexandrovich Falk
Born: July 1856
Died: 27 Apr. 1913
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 224
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 304
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 114
Web
   Grekov, N.I.  [Old Moscow Chess] (broken)
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Chardin, A.N. - Falk, R.A. 1881         (f)     5   -   2
Chigorin, M.I. - Falk, R.A. 1885         (c)     1   -   1
Asharin, A.A. - Falk, R.A. 1885 (1)         (c)     1   -   0
Asharin, A.A. - Falk, R.A. 1885 (2)         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Solovtsov, A.V. - Falk, R.A. 1892         (f)     7   -   2
Falk, R.A. - von Scheve, T. 1894         (c)     1   -   0
Falk, R.A. - Mieses, J. 1894         (f)     2   -   1
von Scheve, T. - Falk, R.A. 1901         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Falk, R.A. - Yurevich, V.N. 1902         (f)     1.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Moscow 1891     Moscow National Tournament    
  Falk, R.A. - Solovtsov, A.V.     1 - 6    
Moscow 1899 (1)     1st All-Russian Championship - Major Section     1.5  /  11
Moscow 1901 (2)     Moscow Chess Club Championship     7  /  9
Moscow 1902     Moscow City Championship     1.5  /  3

Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026