Blass, Abram




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1925  117  2361 (51) 10
1926  96  2384 (40) 29
1927  93  2390 (37) 25
1928  69  2415 (38) 23
1929  82  2406 (44) 14
1930  112  2389 (51) 7
1931  126  2383 (60) 0
1932  128  2377 (65) 0
1933  133  2371 (66) 0
1934  150  2365 (65) 0
1935  166  2358 (60) 8
1936  199  2342 (63) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Blass, Abram  
   Also known as: Moshe Aba Blass; Abel Blass
Born: 1896
Died: 7 Mar. 1971
 
Notes:
Gaige gives 'Blass, Abram' and 'Blass, Moshe' as distinct players, but Pilpel shows that they were the same person: Moshe Aba Blass. The Wiener Schachzeitung of May 1935 (p.155) has 'Abel Blass'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 61
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 41
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 343
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 31
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 32, no. 10, May 1935, page 155
Web
   Lissowski, Tomasz.  [Czempionat Stolicy Wiele Lat Temu (Warszawa 1926-27)]
   Pilpel, Avital.  [Chess in the 1935 Maccabiah -- two 'Mystery Players'?]
   Pilpel, Avital.  [Graves of Chessmasters -- Moshe Blass]
   Pilpel, Avital.  [Why Did Abram Blass Change his Name to Moshe Blass]

Tournament data

Warsaw 1925 (1)     Warsaw Tournament     6  /  10
Warsaw 1926 (1)     Polish Championship Qualification Tournament     9.5  /  13
Warsaw 1926 (2)     1st Polish Championship     11  /  17
Lodz 1927     2nd Polish Championship     7.5  /  14
Warsaw 1927 (1)     Warsaw City Championship     6.5  /  11
The Hague 1928 (2)     2nd Olympiad     6.5  /  12
Lodz 1928 (1)     Warsaw - Lodz Match    
  Blass, A. - Rozenbaum, S.     2 - 0    
Warsaw 1928     Warsaw City Championship     7.5  /  9
Krolewska Huta 1929     1st Polish Team Championship     4  /  4
Warsaw 1929     Warsaw City Championship     6  /  10
Warsaw 1930 (1)     Warsaw City Championship     4.5  /  7
Tel Aviv 1935     Maccabiah Tournament     7.5  /  10
Tel Aviv 1936     1st Palestine Championship     6.5  /  10


Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025