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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Salo Flohr
   Born:    1908-Nov
   Died:    1983-Jul
   Best World Rank:    #2 (10 different months between the March 1935 rating list and the May 1936 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2754 on the April 1936 rating list, #3 in world, age 27y5m
   Best Individual Performance:    2760 in Hastings, 1931, scoring 7/8 (88%) vs 2609-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Kautsky mem 4th Prague, 1927  not rated on January 1927 list   [2560]   +2 (3/4, 75%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2484-rated opposition   N/A 
    Kautsky mem5 Prague, 1928  not rated on January 1928 list   [2543]   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2458-rated opposition   N/A 
    Prague Evony, 1928  not rated on January 1928 list   [2429]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2430-rated opposition   N/A 
    Kautsky mem 6th Prague, 1929  2506 (#65 on January 1929 list)   [2429]   +2 (3/4, 75%)   +1 (2/3, 67%) vs 2362-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Rogaska Slatina, 1929  2506 (#65 on January 1929 list)   2536   +4 (7/10, 70%)   -1 (2/5, 40%) vs 2605-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Kautsky mem7 Prague, 1930  2546 (#44 on January 1930 list)   2517   +5 (6.5/8, 81%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2437-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Prague-ch, 1930  2546 (#44 on January 1930 list)   2585   +10 (12/14, 86%)   +5 (6/7, 86%) vs 2415-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Stubnanske Teplice, 1930  2546 (#44 on January 1930 list)   [2578]   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +2 (3/4, 75%) vs 2516-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Swinemuende, 1930  2546 (#44 on January 1930 list)   2590   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +2 (4.5/7, 64%) vs 2538-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Hamburg ol (Men), 1930  2579 (#28 on July 1930 list)   [2601]   +1 (3/5, 60%)   +1 (2/3, 67%) vs 2608-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Bled, 1931  2632 (#12 on January 1931 list)   2670   +1 (13.5/26, 52%)   = (12/24, 50%) vs 2662-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Brno, 1931  2632 (#12 on January 1931 list)   [2570]   +4 (6/8, 75%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2500-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Flohr-Stoltz Match (Gothenburg), 1931  2632 (#12 on January 1931 list)   2475   -1 (3.5/8, 44%)   -1 (3.5/8, 44%) vs 2501-rated opposition   -1.7 
    Kautsky mem 8th Prague, 1931  2632 (#12 on January 1931 list)   [2349]   = (2.5/5, 50%)   -2 (0.5/3, 17%) vs 2430-rated opposition   -1.7 
    Flohr-Stoltz Match (Prague), 1931  2632 (#12 on January 1931 list)   2589   +3 (5.5/8, 69%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2501-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Prague ol (Men), 1931  2655 (#11 on July 1931 list)   2629   +4 (11/18, 61%)   +1 (7.5/14, 54%) vs 2610-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Hastings, 1931  2662 (#10 on December 1931 list)   2760   +7 (8/9, 89%)   +6 (7/8, 88%) vs 2609-rated opposition   +2.5 
    Euwe-Flohr Match (Amsterdam/Karlsbad), 1932  2686 (#7 on January 1932 list)   2687   = (8/16, 50%)   = (8/16, 50%) vs 2695-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Antwerp, 1932  2686 (#7 on January 1932 list)   -   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Bad Sliac, 1932  2686 (#7 on January 1932 list)   2694   +6 (9.5/13, 73%)   +4 (6/8, 75%) vs 2597-rated opposition   +1.2 
    Bern, 1932  2686 (#7 on January 1932 list)   2597   +8 (11.5/15, 77%)   = (3/6, 50%) vs 2630-rated opposition   -0.4 
    London, 1932  2686 (#7 on February 1932 list)   2694   +5 (8/11, 73%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2633-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Flohr-Sultan Khan Match (London), 1932  2686 (#7 on February 1932 list)   2658   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2667-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Flohr-van den Bosch Match (The Haag), 1932  2703 (#6 on April 1932 list)   2596   +4 (6/8, 75%)   +4 (6/8, 75%) vs 2475-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Hastings, 1932  2710 (#4 on December 1932 list)   2685   +5 (7/9, 78%)   +5 (7/9, 78%) vs 2558-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Flohr-Grob Match (Arosa), 1933  2714 (#4 on January 1933 list)   2561   +3 (4.5/6, 75%)   +3 (4.5/6, 75%) vs 2456-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Flohr-Naegeli Match (Bern), 1933  2714 (#4 on January 1933 list)   2514   +2 (4/6, 67%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2438-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Scheveningen, 1933  2714 (#4 on January 1933 list)   [2646]   +5 (6/7, 86%)   +2 (2.5/3, 83%) vs 2611-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Folkestone ol (Men), 1933  2720 (#3 on June 1933 list)   2642   +4 (9/14, 64%)   +3 (7/11, 64%) vs 2573-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Botvinnik-Flohr Match (Moscow/Leningrad), 1933  2720 (#3 on November 1933 list)   -   = (6/12, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Hastings, 1933  2716 (#3 on December 1933 list)   2682   +5 (7/9, 78%)   +5 (7/9, 78%) vs 2554-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Ujpest, 1934  2721 (#3 on January 1934 list)   2638   +3 (9/15, 60%)   +3 (9/15, 60%) vs 2575-rated opposition   -1.1 
    Zuerich, 1934  2721 (#3 on January 1934 list)   2747   +9 (12/15, 80%)   +8 (10.5/13, 81%) vs 2575-rated opposition   +1.8 
    Bad Liebenwerda, 1934  2729 (#3 on August 1934 list)   2692   +8 (9.5/11, 86%)   +6 (7/8, 88%) vs 2524-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Hastings, 1934  2737 (#3 on December 1934 list)   2651   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5/7, 71%) vs 2577-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Barcelona, 1935  2739 (#3 on January 1935 list)   2594   +7 (8/9, 89%)   +4 (5/6, 83%) vs 2457-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Moscow, 1935  2741 (#3 on February 1935 list)   2669   +7 (13/19, 68%)   +2 (5/8, 63%) vs 2636-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Warsaw ol (Men), 1935  2747 (#2 on August 1935 list)   2675   +7 (9.5/12, 79%)   +5 (7/9, 78%) vs 2545-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Hastings, 1935  2753 (#3 on December 1935 list)   2631   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2553-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Podebrady, 1936  2750 (#3 on January 1936 list)   2719   +9 (13/17, 76%)   +7 (11/15, 73%) vs 2579-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Margate, 1936  2754 (#3 on April 1936 list)   2661   +5 (6.5/8, 81%)   +5 (6.5/8, 81%) vs 2520-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Moscow, 1936  2751 (#2 on May 1936 list)   2662   +1 (9.5/18, 53%)   +1 (9.5/18, 53%) vs 2643-rated opposition   -1.8 
    Nottingham, 1936  2744 (#4 on August 1936 list)   2693   +3 (8.5/14, 61%)   +3 (8.5/14, 61%) vs 2637-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Kemeri, 1937  2738 (#6 on June 1937 list)   2677   +7 (12/17, 71%)   +4 (9/14, 64%) vs 2595-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Parnu, 1937  2742 (#5 on July 1937 list)   2596   +2 (4.5/7, 64%)   = (2.5/5, 50%) vs 2638-rated opposition   -0.6 
    Stockholm ol (Men), 1937  2742 (#5 on July 1937 list)   [2656]   +5 (5.5/6, 92%)   +3 (3.5/4, 88%) vs 2571-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Semmering/Baden, 1937  2743 (#4 on September 1937 list)   2674   = (7/14, 50%)   = (7/14, 50%) vs 2686-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Hastings, 1937  2737 (#5 on December 1937 list)   2590   +3 (6/9, 67%)   +1 (4/7, 57%) vs 2576-rated opposition   -0.8 
    AVRO, 1938  2727 (#6 on November 1938 list)   2617   -5 (4.5/14, 32%)   -5 (4.5/14, 32%) vs 2738-rated opposition   -2.3 
    Amsterdam, 1939  2704 (#8 on January 1939 list)   2613   +2 (3.5/5, 70%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2566-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Amsterdam, 1939  2704 (#8 on January 1939 list)   2578   +1 (3/5, 60%)   +1 (3/5, 60%) vs 2566-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Baarn I, 1939  2704 (#8 on January 1939 list)   [2562]   +2 (2.5/3, 83%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2651-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Kemeri, 1939  2704 (#8 on January 1939 list)   2677   +9 (12/15, 80%)   +5 (7.5/10, 75%) vs 2554-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Leningrad/Moscow, 1939  2704 (#8 on January 1939 list)   2733   +7 (12/17, 71%)   +7 (11.5/16, 72%) vs 2599-rated opposition   +1.5 
    Margate, 1939  2719 (#6 on April 1939 list)   2616   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2535-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Bournemouth, 1939  2719 (#6 on August 1939 list)   2543   +6 (8.5/11, 77%)   +1 (3/5, 60%) vs 2519-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Flohr-Makogonov Match (Baku), 1942  not rated on January 1942 list   [2484]   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2653-rated opposition   N/A 
    Kiev, 1944  not rated on January 1944 list   [2597]   +2 (4.5/7, 64%)   = (1.5/3, 50%) vs 2662-rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-ch sf Moscow, 1944  not rated on January 1944 list   [2539]   +3 (5.5/8, 69%)   = (1.5/3, 50%) vs 2580-rated opposition   N/A 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1944  not rated on January 1944 list   2626   +3 (9.5/16, 59%)   = (6/12, 50%) vs 2636-rated opposition   N/A 
    Tallinn (Open EST Championship), 1945  2677 (#9 on January 1945 list)   [2626]   = (0.5/1, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2754-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Moscow (Championship), 1945  2677 (#9 on January 1945 list)   2524   +3 (9.5/16, 59%)   -2 (2/6, 33%) vs 2621-rated opposition   -1.4 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1945  2678 (#9 on June 1945 list)   [2578]   -1 (1/3, 33%)   -1 (1/3, 33%) vs 2697-rated opposition   -0.4 
    USA-URS radio m URS, 1945  2678 (#11 on September 1945 list)   [2560]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2626-rated opposition   -0.1 
    ENG-URS radio corr, 1946  2676 (#12 on January 1946 list)   -   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-USA Moscow, 1946  2676 (#12 on January 1946 list)   [2577]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2580-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946  2677 (#13 on August 1946 list)   2676   +3 (11/19, 58%)   +2 (9/16, 56%) vs 2640-rated opposition   +0.3 
    ENG-URS London, 1947  2681 (#15 on January 1947 list)   [2402]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2389-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Parnu, 1947  2681 (#15 on January 1947 list)   2644   +1 (7/13, 54%)   = (5.5/11, 50%) vs 2661-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Leningrad (URS Championship), 1947  2679 (#16 on February 1947 list)   2608   +2 (10.5/19, 55%)   -1 (6.5/14, 46%) vs 2633-rated opposition   -1.3 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1948  2668 (#18 on January 1948 list)   2693   +3 (10.5/18, 58%)   +3 (10/17, 59%) vs 2639-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Saltsjobaden (Interzonal), 1948  2667 (#18 on July 1948 list)   2693   +2 (10.5/19, 55%)   +2 (10.5/19, 55%) vs 2659-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Budapest-Moscow, 1949  2676 (#15 on January 1949 list)   2689   +3 (9.5/16, 59%)   +5 (9/13, 69%) vs 2582-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1949  2676 (#15 on January 1949 list)   2613   -1 (9/19, 47%)   = (9/18, 50%) vs 2607-rated opposition   -1.5 
    Tartu, 1950  2660 (#21 on January 1950 list)   2642   +4 (5/6, 83%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2557-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1950  2660 (#21 on January 1950 list)   2608   +1 (9/17, 53%)   -1 (6.5/14, 46%) vs 2633-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Budapest (Candidates), 1950  2659 (#20 on April 1950 list)   2652   -4 (7/18, 39%)   -4 (7/18, 39%) vs 2728-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Lvov, 1951  2664 (#19 on January 1951 list)   2599   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2547-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1951  2664 (#19 on January 1951 list)   2664   +1 (9/17, 53%)   +1 (8.5/16, 53%) vs 2648-rated opposition   +0.2 
    URS-chT Tbilisi, 1951  2664 (#19 on January 1951 list)   [2473]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2423-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Moscow, 1952  2665 (#24 on January 1952 list)   2598   +2 (8.5/15, 57%)   +1 (5/9, 56%) vs 2581-rated opposition   -0.4 
    URS-ch sf Minsk, 1952  2665 (#24 on January 1952 list)   [2598]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2612-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Moscow (URS Training), 1952  2660 (#24 on July 1952 list)   [2571]   -1 (0/1, 0%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2751-rated opposition   -0.4 
    AUT-URS m Vienna, 1953  2647 (#23 on January 1953 list)   [2392]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2303-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Moscow, 1953  2647 (#23 on January 1953 list)   [2582]   = (1.5/3, 50%)   = (1.5/3, 50%) vs 2641-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Kiev (URS Championship), 1954  2630 (#35 on January 1954 list)   2547   -2 (8.5/19, 45%)   -3 (7/17, 41%) vs 2593-rated opposition   -2.2 
    URU-URS Montevideo, 1954  2617 (#43 on April 1954 list)   [2430]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2355-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Moscow, 1955  2585 (#65 on January 1955 list)   2537   +3 (9/15, 60%)   = (6/12, 50%) vs 2531-rated opposition   -0.8 
    Parnu, 1955  2585 (#65 on January 1955 list)   [2634]   = (0.5/1, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2766-rated opposition   +0.2 
    POL-URS Lodz, 1955  2585 (#65 on January 1955 list)   [2385]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2293-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Yerevan (URS Championship), 1955  2585 (#65 on January 1955 list)   2591   +3 (6/9, 67%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2536-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1955  2584 (#65 on February 1955 list)   2642   -1 (9/19, 47%)   -1 (9/19, 47%) vs 2657-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Marianske Lazne/Praha, 1956  2611 (#53 on January 1956 list)   2621   +5 (12/19, 63%)   +5 (11.5/18, 64%) vs 2519-rated opposition   +0.6 
    UKR-ch Kiev, 1957  2618 (#44 on January 1957 list)   [2535]   +3 (4/5, 80%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2587-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Gothenburg 5758, 1957  2620 (#41 on December 1957 list)   [2537]   +4 (5.5/7, 79%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2591-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Wageningen, 1958  2604 (#56 on November 1958 list)   2578   +1 (3/5, 60%)   +1 (3/5, 60%) vs 2567-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Leningrad-Moscow, 1959  2595 (#56 on May 1959 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Asztalos mem Balatonfured, 1960  2568 (#80 on January 1960 list)   2544   = (5.5/11, 50%)   +1 (4.5/8, 56%) vs 2515-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Beverwijk (Hoogovens), 1960  2568 (#80 on January 1960 list)   2572   +1 (5/9, 56%)   = (4/8, 50%) vs 2586-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Moscow-Leningrad m, 1960  2568 (#80 on January 1960 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Vilnius, 1960  2568 (#80 on January 1960 list)   2545   +1 (9/17, 53%)   -1 (5.5/12, 46%) vs 2566-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Hastings, 1961  2541 (#113 on December 1961 list)   2604   +2 (5.5/9, 61%)   +2 (5.5/9, 61%) vs 2555-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Stockholm, 1962  2563 (#83 on January 1962 list)   2492   +2 (5.5/9, 61%)   = (2.5/5, 50%) vs 2498-rated opposition   -0.4 
    URS-chT Leningrad, 1962  2549 (#98 on October 1962 list)   [2472]   -1 (0/1, 0%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2591-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Amsterdam, 1963  2530 (#136 on December 1963 list)   2615   +2 (3.5/5, 70%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2568-rated opposition   +1.2 
    Sochi (Chigorin Memorial), 1965  2543 (#117 on January 1965 list)   2597   +1 (8/15, 53%)   +1 (8/15, 53%) vs 2572-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Noordwijk, 1965  2543 (#117 on January 1965 list)   2612   +1 (4/7, 57%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2607-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Amsterdam (IBM), 1966  2600 (#59 on January 1966 list)   2559   +1 (5/9, 56%)   +1 (5/9, 56%) vs 2534-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Rubinstein mem Polanica Zdroj, 1967  2591 (#70 on January 1967 list)   2566   +3 (9/15, 60%)   +3 (9/15, 60%) vs 2491-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Reti mem Bladel, 1969  2542 (#125 on June 1969 list)   -   = (0.5/1, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A