Petrov, Alexander

Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1814 |
1 |
2216 | (197) | 7 |
| 1815 |
1 |
2226 | (195) | 0 |
| 1816 |
6 |
2236 | (193) | 0 |
| 1817 |
9 |
2246 | (192) | 0 |
| 1818 |
9 |
2256 | (190) | 0 |
| 1819 |
9 |
2266 | (188) | 0 |
| 1820 |
9 |
2276 | (186) | 0 |
| 1821 |
9 |
2286 | (184) | 3 |
| 1822 |
9 |
2301 | (181) | 0 |
| 1823 |
9 |
2317 | (179) | 0 |
| 1824 |
9 |
2333 | (177) | 0 |
| 1825 |
8 |
2348 | (174) | 0 |
| 1826 |
8 |
2364 | (172) | 0 |
| 1827 |
8 |
2380 | (169) | 0 |
| 1828 |
9 |
2396 | (166) | 0 |
| 1829 |
8 |
2411 | (163) | 0 |
| 1830 |
6 |
2427 | (160) | 0 |
| 1831 |
6 |
2443 | (157) | 0 |
| 1832 |
6 |
2458 | (153) | 0 |
| 1833 |
5 |
2474 | (150) | 0 |
| 1834 |
6 |
2490 | (146) | 0 |
| 1835 |
5 |
2506 | (142) | 0 |
| 1836 |
4 |
2521 | (137) | 0 |
| 1837 |
4 |
2537 | (133) | 0 |
| 1838 |
4 |
2553 | (128) | 0 |
| 1839 |
5 |
2568 | (122) | 0 |
| 1840 |
3 |
2584 | (116) | 0 |
| 1841 |
2 |
2600 | (110) | 0 |
| 1842 |
2 |
2616 | (103) | 0 |
| 1843 |
2 |
2631 | (95) | 4 |
| 1844 |
2 |
2655 | (90) | 14 |
| 1845 |
2 |
2641 | (92) | 1 |
| 1846 |
2 |
2640 | (93) | 0 |
| 1847 |
1 |
2638 | (93) | 0 |
| 1848 |
1 |
2637 | (93) | 0 |
| 1849 |
2 |
2636 | (91) | 2 |
| 1850 |
2 |
2637 | (89) | 0 |
| 1851 |
4 |
2638 | (86) | 3 |
| 1852 |
3 |
2637 | (85) | 0 |
| 1853 |
4 |
2635 | (82) | 6 |
| 1854 |
2 |
2631 | (84) | 0 |
| 1855 |
2 |
2627 | (85) | 0 |
| 1856 |
3 |
2623 | (84) | 0 |
| 1857 |
3 |
2619 | (81) | 0 |
| 1858 |
5 |
2615 | (76) | 0 |
| 1859 |
5 |
2611 | (69) | 21 |
| 1860 |
6 |
2596 | (73) | 0 |
| 1861 |
8 |
2582 | (75) | 0 |
| 1862 |
8 |
2568 | (74) | 6 |
| 1863 |
9 |
2558 | (78) | 17 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Petrov, Alexander Dmitrievich |
| Also known as: Petroff; Bendixen |
| Born: 13 Feb. 1799 |
| Died: 22 Apr. 1867 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
| [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 6, June 1873, page 161 |
| [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 |
| [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 10, Oct. 1867, page 319 |
| [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 11, Nov. 1867, page 321 |
| [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 |
| [Sis], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1867, page 222 |
| [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 |
| [SZ], vol. 22, no. 7, 1 July 1867, page 197 |
| [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)] |
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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. 1843 (1) |
(c) |
0 | - | 2 |
Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1843 (2) |
(s) |
2 | - | 0 |
Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1844 (1) |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Petrov, A.D. - Hoffman, F.A. 1844 |
(s) |
4 | - | 1 |
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| Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1844 (2) |
(c) |
7 | - | 1 |
Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1845 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Petrov, A.D. - Stern, D.S. 1849 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1851 |
(s) |
2.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, D.S. 1853 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, S.S. 1853 |
(c) |
3 | - | 1 |
|
| Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, S.S. 1859 |
(f) |
13.5 | - | 7.5 |
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| 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 |
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| Petrov, A.D. - Journoud, P. 1863 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: 17 Jul. 2025 |
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