Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1925 |
99 |
2375 | (52) | 10 |
1926 |
87 |
2389 | (40) | 29 |
1927 |
92 |
2388 | (38) | 25 |
1928 |
78 |
2405 | (39) | 21 |
1929 |
93 |
2399 | (44) | 14 |
1930 |
116 |
2385 | (52) | 7 |
1931 |
131 |
2379 | (61) | 0 |
1932 |
127 |
2373 | (65) | 0 |
1933 |
132 |
2368 | (67) | 0 |
1934 |
150 |
2362 | (65) | 0 |
1935 |
161 |
2356 | (60) | 8 |
1936 |
193 |
2340 | (63) | 10 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: Blass, Abram |
Also known as: Moshe Aba Blass; Abel Blass |
Born: 1896 |
Died: 7 Mar. 1971 |
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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'. |
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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] |
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