Limburg, Herbert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  776  1930 (100) 3
1898  755  1953 (98) 0
1899  740  1976 (95) 0
1900  717  1998 (91) 0
1901  681  2021 (86) 0
1902  658  2043 (79) 0
1903  626  2066 (71) 0
1904  599  2089 (60) 11
1905  581  2106 (61) 11
1906  576  2106 (73) 0
1907  588  2105 (83) 0
1908  603  2104 (91) 0
1909  651  2103 (98) 0
1910  651  2103 (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