Petrov, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1814  2193 (206) 7
1815  2202 (205) 0
1816  2210 (203) 0
1817  2219 (202) 0
1818  2228 (200) 0
1819  2237 (199) 0
1820  2246 (197) 0
1821  2255 (195) 3
1822  2269 (194) 0
1823  2282 (192) 0
1824  2296 (190) 0
1825  2309 (188) 0
1826  2323 (186) 0
1827  2336 (184) 0
1828  10  2350 (182) 0
1829  10  2364 (180) 0
1830  11  2377 (177) 0
1831  12  2391 (175) 0
1832  12  2404 (172) 0
1833  12  2418 (170) 0
1834  12  2432 (167) 0
1835  12  2445 (164) 0
1836  11  2459 (161) 0
1837  10  2472 (158) 0
1838  11  2486 (154) 0
1839  11  2500 (151) 0
1840  2513 (147) 0
1841  2527 (143) 0
1842  2540 (139) 0
1843  2554 (134) 0
1844  2568 (129) 6
1845  2576 (126) 0
1846  2584 (123) 0
1847  2592 (119) 0
1848  2600 (115) 0
1849  2609 (111) 2
1850  2615 (107) 0
1851  2622 (102) 0
1852  2629 (97) 0
1853  2636 (91) 6
1854  2634 (91) 0
1855  2632 (90) 0
1856  2630 (87) 0
1857  2628 (84) 0
1858  2626 (78) 0
1859  2624 (70) 21
1860  2609 (74) 0
1861  2593 (76) 0
1862  2578 (75) 6
1863  10  2566 (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
   [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: 22 Aug. 2023