Petrov, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1814  2216 (197) 7
1815  2226 (195) 0
1816  2236 (193) 0
1817  2246 (192) 0
1818  2256 (190) 0
1819  2266 (188) 0
1820  2276 (186) 0
1821  2286 (184) 3
1822  2301 (181) 0
1823  2317 (179) 0
1824  2333 (177) 0
1825  2348 (174) 0
1826  2364 (172) 0
1827  2380 (169) 0
1828  2396 (166) 0
1829  2411 (163) 0
1830  2427 (160) 0
1831  2443 (157) 0
1832  2458 (153) 0
1833  2474 (150) 0
1834  2490 (146) 0
1835  2506 (142) 0
1836  2521 (137) 0
1837  2537 (133) 0
1838  2553 (128) 0
1839  2568 (122) 0
1840  2584 (116) 0
1841  2600 (110) 0
1842  2616 (103) 0
1843  2631 (95) 4
1844  2655 (90) 14
1845  2641 (92) 1
1846  2640 (93) 0
1847  2638 (93) 0
1848  2637 (93) 0
1849  2636 (91) 2
1850  2637 (89) 0
1851  2638 (86) 3
1852  2637 (85) 0
1853  2635 (82) 6
1854  2631 (84) 0
1855  2627 (85) 0
1856  2623 (84) 0
1857  2619 (81) 0
1858  2615 (76) 0
1859  2611 (69) 21
1860  2596 (73) 0
1861  2582 (75) 0
1862  2568 (74) 6
1863  2558 (78) 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
   [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)]

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
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
Petrov, A.D. - Stern, D.S. 1849         (c)     2   -   0
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1851         (s)     2.5   -   0.5
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: 17 Jul. 2025