Limburg, Herbert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  763  1916 (100) 3
1898  740  1938 (98) 0
1899  733  1959 (95) 0
1900  720  1980 (91) 0
1901  683  2001 (86) 0
1902  652  2022 (80) 0
1903  617  2044 (72) 0
1904  615  2065 (62) 11
1905  599  2077 (63) 11

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


Player information updated: 12 Nov. 2024