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Kahn, Victor

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1911  887  2002 (98) 5 1912  818  2023 (97) 0 1913  776  2044 (94) 0 1914  710  2066 (90) 0 1915  630  2087 (85) 0 1916  582  2108 (79) 0 1917  534  2129 (71) 0 1918  498  2150 (60) 11 1919  462  2166 (60) 0 1920  452  2183 (56) 8 1921  387  2211 (57) 0 1922  328  2240 (53) 0 1923  286  2269 (41) 26 1924  368  2237 (42) 9 1925  353  2249 (35) 31 1926  324  2267 (35) 35 1927  422  2242 (40) 20 1928  429  2243 (49) 0 1929  430  2244 (50) 0 1930  435  2245 (43) 17 1931  634  2202 (41) 13 1932  736  2179 (39) 18 1933  612  2209 (38) 20 1934  596  2214 (39) 15 1935  709  2198 (36) 29 1936  827  2165 (39) 22 1937  893  2140 (44) 10 1938  949  2126 (46) 11 1939  869  2123 (49) 18 1940  788  2115 (64) 0 1941  760  2106 (75) 0 1942  711  2097 (84) 0 1943  658  2088 (92) 0 1944  644  2079 (98) 0 1945  665  2070 (103) 0 1946  615  2062 (108) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Kahn, Victor G.      Also known as: Viktor G. Kahn Born: 18 Jan. 1889 Died: 6 Oct. 1971   Notes: Gaige gives name in Chess Personalia as 'Kahn, Victor', but in earlier references he was 'Viktor'.   References Books    Berdichevsky, Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia, page 107    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 308    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 327    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 388    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 359    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 346    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 200    Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 154, 196, 489, 621    Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 126    Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351 Web    Thimognier, Dominique.  [KAHN Victor]    [Victor Kahn]

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

Rey Ardid, R. - Kahn, V.G. 1935	(f)	4	-	2
Grob, H. - Kahn, V.G. 1936	(f)	2.5	-	1.5
Kahn, V.G. - Rometti, N.B. 1936	(f)	5	-	5

Tournament data

Davos 1911	21st Swiss Championship		1	/	5
Copenhagen 1918	Copenhagen City Championship		5	/	11
Paris 1920	Paris Tournament		4	/	8
Paris 1923 (1)	Cercle Philidor Tournament		7	/	8
Portsmouth 1923 (3)	16th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open Tournament		7	/	11
Paris 1923 (3)	Palais Royal Winter Tournament		5	/	7
Paris 1924 (15)	Palais Royal Winter Tournament		4.5	/	9
Paris 1925 (2)	Palais Royale Winter Tournament		8.5	/	16
Scarborough 1925 (2)	Scarborough Tournament - Section 2		3.5	/	5
Scarborough 1925 (3)	Scarborough Tournament Play-Offs
	Kahn, V.G. - Conde, A.G.	0 - 1
Paris 1925 (3)	Paris Championship		4.5	/	9
Scarborough 1926 (1)	Scarborough Tournament - Section 1		3.5	/	6
Paris 1926 (1)	Paris Championship		10	/	15
Paris 1926 (2)	Palais Royal Winter Tournament		6	/	7
Paris 1926 (3)	Cercle Philidor Tournament		4	/	7
Paris 1927 (1)	Palais Royal Winter Tournament		4.5	/	7
Paris 1927 (2)	Paris City Championship		6	/	13
Paris 1930 (2)	Paris City Championship		12	/	17
Prague 1931 (5)	4th Olympiad		3.5	/	13
Paris 1932 (2)	Caissa Tournament		2	/	5
La Baule 1932	10th French Championship		6	/	13
Folkestone 1933 (2)	5th Olympiad		6	/	12
Sarreguemines 1933	11th French Championship		4	/	8
Paris 1934 (2)	12th French Championship		7	/	9
Nice 1934	Nice Tournament		4.5	/	7
Mollet 1935	Mollet Tournament		5.5	/	7
Warsaw 1935 (2)	6th Olympiad		3	/	9
Saint-Alban-Les-Eaux 1935	13th French Championship		5	/	8
Paris 1936	14th French Championship		5.5	/	8
Nice 1937	Nice Tournament		1	/	3
Toulouse 1937	15th French Championship		4	/	7
Nice 1938 (1)	16th French Championship		5.5	/	11
Buenos Aires 1939 (2)	8th Olympiad - Qualifying Group 2		3	/	6
Buenos Aires 1939 (6)	8th Olympiad - Final A		3.5	/	12
Sydney and Melbourne and Paris and Marseille 1946	Australia - France Radio and Cable Match
	Kahn, V.G. - Crowl, F.A.	0.5 - 0.5

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025