Limburg, Herbert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  779  1925 (100) 3
1898  761  1948 (98) 0
1899  744  1970 (95) 0
1900  721  1993 (91) 0
1901  688  2015 (86) 0
1902  666  2038 (79) 0
1903  635  2060 (71) 0
1904  608  2083 (60) 11
1905  585  2100 (61) 11
1906  579  2100 (73) 0
1907  592  2099 (83) 0
1908  604  2099 (91) 0
1909  656  2098 (98) 0
1910  655  2097 (104) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Limburg, Herbert Richard  
Born: 13 Jan. 1876
Died: 15 Aug. 1932
 
Notes:
Name given as 'Limberger' in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 23 Feb. 1897 (p.5), 'Herbert R. Limburger' in 'The Successful American' of July 1900 (p.52), and 'H.R. Limburger' in the New York Times of 9 Nov. 1903 (p.12). Later consistently given as 'Herbert R. Limburg'.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 180
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 250
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 352
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 242, 242, 279
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 206
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 221
Periodicals
   [NYTi], vol. 53, no. 16800, 9 Nov. 1903, page 12
   [SuA], vol. 2, no. 1, July 1900, page 52
Web
   da Nóbrega, Adaucto Wanderley.  [Frank Marshall's Chess Career]

Tournament data

New York 1897 (4)     19th New York State Chess Association Meeting - General Tournament     0.5  /  3
New York 1904 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     3.5  /  11
New York 1905 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     4  /  11
New York 1910 (3)     Manhattan Club - New Jersey Match    
  Limburg, H.R. - Vorrath, A.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2026