Appel, Isaak




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1926  304  2279 (53) 16
1927  223  2318 (54) 0
1928  161  2356 (47) 14
1929  150  2369 (48) 5
1930  123  2388 (44) 19
1931  84  2411 (47) 0
1932  59  2434 (41) 19
1933  78  2416 (35) 37
1934  85  2407 (37) 21
1935  98  2401 (32) 44
1936  72  2425 (37) 13
1937  51  2447 (30) 64
1938  71  2426 (37) 15
1939  82  2410 (41) 11
1940  116  2382 (41) 32

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Appel, Isaak  
Born: Jan. 1905
Died: Dec. 1941
 
Notes:
Gaige has date of birth as 'c1905' and date of death as 'c1941'. Jan Kersten sends birth and death dates of 01-1905 and 12-1941 from Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia (p.255).
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 317
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 374
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 346
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 12
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 587
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 13
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 347

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

Appel, I. - Frydman, P. 1932         (f)     4.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

Warsaw 1926 (2)     1st Polish Championship     7  /  17
Lodz 1928 (1)     Warsaw - Lodz Match    
  Appel, I. - Pogoriely, H.     1 - 1    
Lodz 1928 (2)     Lodz Championship     9  /  12
Krolewska Huta 1929     1st Polish Team Championship     3.5  /  5
Zoppot 1930     Zoppot Tournament     3  /  7
Lodz 1930     Lodz Championship     9.5  /  12
Lodz 1932     Lodz Championship     10  /  11
Lodz 1933 (1)     Lodz Championship     11.5  /  15
Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     6  /  10
Warsaw 1933 (1)     Olympiad Selection Tournament     7.5  /  12
Katowice 1934     2nd Polish Team Championship     5  /  7
Lodz 1934     Lodz Championship     11  /  14
Lodz 1935 (1)     Warsaw - Lodz Match    
  Appel, I. - Lowcki, M.L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Lodz 1935 (3)     Łódź Quadrangular Tournament     4  /  6
Warsaw 1935 (1)     3rd Polish Championship     7.5  /  16
Lodz 1935 (4)     Lodz International Tournament     3  /  9
Lodz 1935 (5)     Łódź Quadrangular Tournament     3  /  6
Lodz 1935 (6)     Łódź Quadrangular Tournament     3.5  /  6
Lodz 1936     ŁTZGSz Championship     10  /  13
Lodz 1937 (1)     Lodz Tournament     5  /  7
Margate 1937 (2)     Margate Premier Reserves - Section A     6  /  9
Lodz 1937 (2)     Lodz Championship     10.5  /  13
Jurata 1937     4th Polish Championship     14  /  21
Stockholm 1937 (3)     7th Olympiad     9  /  14
Lodz 1938     Lodz Tournament     7.5  /  15
Lodz 1939     Lodz Championship     9  /  11
Lvov 1940     Lvov Exhibition Tournament     9  /  15
Kiev 1940 (2)     12th Ukraine Championship     8  /  17


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026