Paulsen, L. – Anderssen, K.E.A. 1876




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Paulsen, Louis    2612 (48) 5.5/10 
Anderssen, Adolf    2594 (47) 4.5/10 
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Leipzig
Start date: 14 July 1876
End date: 19 July 1876
 
Notes:
Elo gives 11.5-9.5 for Paulsen in 1876 and 1877 combined. Other sources give +5-4=1 in 1876 and +5-3=1 in 1877, which totals +10-7=2, or 11-8 for Paulsen. Could Elo have included a couple of offhand games?
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 66
   Elo, Rating of Chessplayers, page 90
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 20
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 14
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 240
   Sunnucks, Encyclopaedia of Chess, page 27
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 43
Periodicals
   [Fld], 5 Aug. 1876
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 6, 2 Oct. 1876, page 102
Web
   Alberti, Marco A.  [Ludwig Paulsen]
   Sericano, C.  [I matches 1865/79]

Match information updated: 5 Jan. 2023