Petrov, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1814  2194 (206) 7
1815  2203 (205) 0
1816  2211 (203) 0
1817  2220 (202) 0
1818  2229 (200) 0
1819  2238 (199) 0
1820  2247 (197) 0
1821  2256 (195) 3
1822  2270 (194) 0
1823  2283 (192) 0
1824  2297 (190) 0
1825  2310 (188) 0
1826  2324 (186) 0
1827  2338 (184) 0
1828  10  2351 (182) 0
1829  10  2365 (180) 0
1830  10  2379 (177) 0
1831  11  2392 (175) 0
1832  12  2406 (172) 0
1833  11  2419 (170) 0
1834  12  2433 (167) 0
1835  12  2447 (164) 0
1836  11  2460 (161) 0
1837  10  2474 (158) 0
1838  11  2488 (154) 0
1839  11  2501 (151) 0
1840  2515 (147) 0
1841  2528 (143) 0
1842  2542 (139) 0
1843  2556 (134) 0
1844  2569 (129) 6
1845  2577 (126) 0
1846  2585 (123) 0
1847  2593 (119) 0
1848  2602 (115) 0
1849  2610 (111) 2
1850  2616 (107) 0
1851  2623 (102) 0
1852  2630 (97) 0
1853  2637 (91) 6
1854  2635 (91) 0
1855  2633 (90) 0
1856  2631 (87) 0
1857  2629 (84) 0
1858  2628 (78) 0
1859  2626 (70) 21
1860  2611 (74) 0
1861  2596 (76) 0
1862  2581 (75) 6
1863  10  2570 (79) 17

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Petrov, Alexander Dmitrievich  
   Also known as: Petroff; Bendixen
Born: 13 Feb. 1799
Died: 22 Apr. 1867
 
Notes:
Most sources give his year of birth as 1794. An exception is the book by Kogan, which gives his birth date as 1 Feb. 1799. Recent evidence from church records show that his date of birth was actually 2 Feb. 1799 (see the Russian wikipedia page for Petrov), which in the Gregorian calendar is 13 Feb. 1799. Thanks to Geert van der Wulp for pointing this out to me.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 116, 247
   Cornil, Historique des revues francophones, page 31
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 134
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 327
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 235
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 95
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 246
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 298
   Murray, History of Chess, page 884
   Wade, Soviet Chess, page 15
Periodicals
   [Alb], 13 July 1867
   [BLL], 8 July 1838, page 4
   [BLL], 20 Oct. 1839, page 4
   [BLL], 13 Nov. 1842, page 4
   [BLL], 17 Mar. 1844, page 2
   [CP], vol. 4, no. 2, Aug. 1853, page 64
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 4, Oct. 1863, page 125
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1863, page 187
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 227
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 4, July 1867, page 146
   [Era], vol. 29, no. 1502, 7 July 1867, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 43, no. 1230, 7 Nov. 1863, page 483
   [ILN], vol. 44, no. 1245, 13 Feb. 1864, page 171
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 187
   [NR], vol. 4, no. 7, July 1863, page 217
   [NYC], 17 Aug. 1867
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 Sep. 1836, page 234
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 3, 15 May 1838, page 117
   [PDEB], 19 July 1867
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 3, Nov. 1864, page 126
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 118
   [Reg], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1849, page 164
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 17, 15 Jan. 1867, page 269
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 6, 15 June 1867, page 138
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1850, page 49
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45
   [SZ], vol. 8, no. 6, June 1853, page 179
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 11, Nov. 1864, page 379
   [TFF], 24 Aug. 1867
Web
   Sarah.  [The Denoument - Morphy Retires]
   Sarah.  [State of Chess in 1838]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   [Петров, Александр Дмитриевич (шахматист)]

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

Petrov, A.D. - Kopiev, A.D. 1814         (f)     4.5   -   2.5
Petrov, A.D. - Tundutov 1821         (c)     2   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1844         (s)     1   -   0      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and move
Petrov, A.D. - Hoffman, F.A. 1844         (s)     4   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - Stern, D.S. 1849         (c)     2   -   0
Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, D.S. 1853         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, S.S. 1853         (c)     3   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, S.S. 1859         (f)     13.5   -   7.5
Petrov, A.D. - Shumov, I.S. 1862         (f)     4   -   2
Petrov, A.D. - Golitsin, S.V. 1863         (f)     1.5   -   0.5      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and three moves
Petrov, A.D. - Hardmuth 1863         (f)     3   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - Journoud, P. 1863         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Petrov, A.D. - Salter, D.M. 1863         (c)     5   -   1      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and move
Petrov, A.D. - Mikhailov, V.M. 1863         (f)     2   -   0
Petrov, A.D. - Achsharumov, N.D. 1863         (f)     1.5   -   0.5      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves


Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024