Zytogórski, Adolf




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1854  40  2406 (55) 12
1855  24  2438 (45) 26
1856  31  2415 (46) 26
1857  35  2418 (51) 0
1858  39  2421 (47) 23
1859  45  2406 (55) 8
1860  54  2380 (65) 1
1861  64  2361 (73) 0
1862  73  2342 (79) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Zytogórski, Adolf  
   Also known as: J. Adolphus Hanstein; John Hanstein
Born: 1807
Died: 28 Feb. 1882
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 28-02-1806 and 27-02-1807. Hooper and Whyld give birth year 1807 and death year 1872. Gaige gives death date 27-02-1882, as do Umiastowski and Lissowski, quoting the British Chess Magazine (1882, pp.141-142). Harding gives birth date as '1807 or 1812?', and date of death as 28-02-1882, from his death certificate. Zavatarelli also gives 1808 'or 1812, according to his death certificate'.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 482
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 41, 356
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 51, 582
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 24
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 91, 185
   Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 51
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 97
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1882, page 141
   [BLL], 3 July 1842, page 2
   [BLL], 15 June 1845, page 2
   [BLL], 11 July 1847, page 8
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 17, 21 Aug. 1841, page 268
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1855, page 363
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 1856, page 30
   [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 3, Mar. 1871, page 96
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 6, 15 May 1842, page 253
Web
   Sericano, C.  [London, Kling's Coffee House Tournament, 1855]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Umiastowski, Adam and Lissowski, Tomasz.  [The Greatest One Before Winawer]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lowenthal, J.J. - Zytogorski, A. 1854         (s)     2   -   0      Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Zytogorski, A. - Janssens, F.G. 1854         (f)     6   -   4
Wayte, W. - Zytogorski, A. 1855         (c)     2   -   2
Falkbeer, E.K. - Zytogorski, A. 1855         (f)     2   -   1
Green, V. - Zytogorski, A. 1856         (f)     8   -   7      Zytogorski, A. gave odds of pawn and move
Campbell, Jos.G. - Zytogorski, A. 1858         (f)     3   -   2
Zytogorski, A. - Wormald, R.B. 1859         (f)     4   -   4
Dubois, S. - Zytogorski, A. 1862         (c)     3.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

London, England 1855     Kling's Coffee House Tournament    
  Zytogorski, A. - Brien, R.B.     5 - 4    
  Zytogorski, A. - Barnes, T.W.     4 - 1    
  Zytogorski, A. - Green, V.     4 - 1    
London, England 1856 (1)     McDonnell Chess Club Tournament    
  Zytogorski, A. - Muller (1)     5 - 2    
  Zytogorski, A. - de Szabo, E.     2 - 2    
London, England 1858     Philidorian Chess Rooms Pools     9  /  18
Cambridge 1860     3rd British Chess Association Tournament    
  Zytogorski, A. - Bateman, J.F.     2 - 0    
  Zytogorski, A. - Kolisch, I.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 6 Oct. 2024