| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1924 | 1110 | 2003 | (71) | 9 |  
  | 1925 | 1186 | 1999 | (68) | 0 |  
  | 1926 | 1255 | 1995 | (62) | 11 |  
  | 1927 | 1339 | 1970 | (64) | 8 |  
  | 1928 | 1352 | 1967 | (72) | 0 |  
  | 1929 | 1367 | 1963 | (78) | 0 |  
  | 1930 | 1404 | 1959 | (82) | 0 |  
  | 1931 | 1511 | 1955 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1932 | 1541 | 1951 | (86) | 0 |  
  | 1933 | 1546 | 1947 | (86) | 0 |  
  | 1934 | 1643 | 1944 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1935 | 1664 | 1940 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1936 | 1607 | 1936 | (79) | 0 |  
  | 1937 | 1513 | 1932 | (73) | 0 |  
  | 1938 | 1507 | 1928 | (65) | 11 |  
  | 1939 | 1344 | 1943 | (67) | 11 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Burghold, Curt |  
   | Born: 1889 |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Forster indicates that he was 42 years old in 1931, which suggests birth year 1888 or 1889. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 320 |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 349 |  
   | Forster, The Zurich Chess Club, page 61 |  
   | Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 155 |  
   | Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 40 |  |  |