Poliak, Abram




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1924  196  2314 (47) 16
1925  141  2346 (41) 17
1926  147  2349 (39) 19
1927  117  2368 (39) 17
1928  126  2380 (39) 17
1929  109  2390 (42) 8
1930  150  2367 (41) 16
1931  170  2358 (43) 11
1932  139  2373 (43) 9
1933  143  2374 (41) 11
1934  189  2349 (36) 27
1935  242  2330 (39) 17
1936  262  2322 (44) 9
1937  266  2324 (47) 2
1938  229  2339 (44) 17
1939  201  2347 (51) 0
1940  172  2355 (50) 11
1941  159  2356 (58) 0
1942  138  2358 (60) 0
1943  132  2360 (59) 0
1944  134  2361 (52) 0
1945  141  2363 (38) 33
1946  255  2303 (42) 17
1947  291  2272 (54) 0
1948  306  2240 (59) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Poliak, Abram Borisovich  
Born: 27 June 1902
Died:
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 334
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 398
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 368
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 355
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 473
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 335
   Soltis, Mikhail Botvinnik, page 39
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 59, 84
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 206

Tournament data

Moscow 1924 (3)     5th Soviet Moscow Championship     7  /  16
Moscow 1925 (4)     6th Moscow Championship     9.5  /  17
Moscow 1926 (1)     4th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Poliak, A.B. - Shebarshin, M.N.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1926 (2)     7th Moscow City Championship     8.5  /  17
Moscow 1927 (1)     8th Moscow City Championship     9  /  15
Leningrad 1927 (1)     5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Poliak, A.B. - Ostrovsky, P.B.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1928 (1)     9th Moscow City Championship     9  /  17
Odessa 1929 (2)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 2     5.5  /  8
Moscow 1930 (2)     11th Moscow City Championship     7.5  /  16
Moscow 1931 (19)     12th Moscow Championship Semi-finals - Group 3     5.5  /  11
Moscow 1932 (4)     13th Moscow Championship Semi-Finals - Group 3     7  /  9
Moscow 1933 (2)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Team Match    
  Poliak, A.B. - Ravinsky, G.I.     1.5 - 0.5    
Moscow 1933 (6)     Moscow Tournament     5.5  /  9
Leningrad 1934 (1)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match    
  Poliak, A.B. - Miasoedov, G.A.     0.5 - 1.5    
Moscow 1934 (2)     14th Moscow Championship     9  /  18
Moscow 1934 (3)     Moscow Master Tournament     2.5  /  7
Moscow 1935 (7)     15th Moscow Championship     7.5  /  17
Moscow 1936 (5)     16th Moscow Championship Semi-Finals - Group 2     4.5  /  9
Leningrad 1937 (2)     Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Poliak, A.B. - Stepanov, G.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leningrad 1938 (4)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     6.5  /  17
Moscow 1940 (4)     All-Union Candidate Masters Tournament - Group 2     6.5  /  11
Moscow 1945 (1)     24th Moscow Championship     8.5  /  17
Moscow 1945 (2)     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     7  /  15
Moscow 1945 (5)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Nauka - Stroitel    
  Poliak, A.B. - Rovner, D.O.     1 - 0    
Moscow 1946 (4)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     5.5  /  17
Moscow 1948 (1)     Riumin Memorial Tournament     2  /  9


Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026