Bodenstein, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  291  2197 (76) 5
1895  267  2213 (72) 0
1896  238  2229 (66) 0
1897  219  2246 (56) 0
1898  217  2262 (41) 30
1899  247  2241 (44) 16
1900  269  2231 (52) 6
1901  271  2231 (61) 0
1902  275  2232 (65) 0
1903  289  2232 (67) 0
1904  299  2232 (65) 0
1905  302  2232 (61) 0
1906  308  2233 (52) 18
1907  316  2237 (59) 0
1908  319  2241 (62) 0
1909  321  2245 (62) 0
1910  298  2249 (57) 14
1911  347  2237 (67) 0
1912  370  2225 (73) 0
1913  397  2213 (77) 0
1914  398  2201 (79) 0
1915  404  2190 (79) 0
1916  431  2178 (78) 0
1917  475  2166 (75) 0
1918  515  2154 (69) 0
1919  546  2142 (61) 0
1920  612  2130 (49) 10
1921  715  2109 (41) 27
1922  851  2066 (46) 10
1923  1040  2032 (51) 8
1924  1109  2018 (59) 0
1925  1221  2003 (61) 0
1926  1326  1988 (60) 0
1927  1400  1974 (54) 10
1928  1459  1957 (52) 13
1929  1519  1935 (58) 0
1930  1572  1914 (59) 9
1931  1668  1903 (63) 0
1932  1724  1893 (64) 14
1933  1751  1874 (70) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bodenstein, Paul  
Born: 12 May 1864
Died: 28 Aug. 1934
 
Notes:
Alan McGowan makes a good case (at the chessgames.com pages for Hugo Bodenstein and Paul Bodenstein) that Hugo did not exist, and that all references to him were actually for Hauptmann Paul Bodenstein, despite occurrences of the name 'Hugo' in a few places.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 222
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 376
   Fiala, Cologne 1898, page 240
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 44
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 359, 359
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 33
Periodicals
   [DSB], 1934, page 299
Web
   [Hugo Bodenstein]
   [Paul Bodenstein]

Tournament data

Leipzig 1894 (2)     9th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     2.5  /  5
Berlin 1898     Berlin Winter Tourney - First Class     6.5  /  12
Cologne 1898 (1)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     9.5  /  18
Berlin 1899 (1)     Berlin Winter Tournament     6  /  16
Berlin 1900 (1)     Berlin Chess Club Winter Tournament - 1st Class     5.5  /  12
Nuremberg 1906 (3)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier, Section 2     6.5  /  9
Nuremberg 1906 (7)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier Final     1.5  /  9
Hamburg 1910 (7)     17th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B, Section 5     7  /  9
Hamburg 1910 (9)     17th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B, Siegergruppe 1     2  /  5
Berlin 1920 (4)     20th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier 1     4  /  10
Berlin 1921 (2)     Berlin Chess Society Championship     1.5  /  10
Berlin 1921 (4)     Berlin Championship (for 1922)     10  /  17
Berlin 1922 (2)     Berlin Chess Society Championship     2  /  10
Berlin 1923 (1)     Berlin Chess Society Winter Tournament     2  /  8
Stockholm 1927 (1)     Sallskapet Club - Berlin Schachgesellschaft Match    
  Bodenstein, P. - Andersson, K.W.     0 - 2    
Berlin 1927 (8)     2nd German Chess Association Congress     3.5  /  8
Berlin 1928 (3)     Berlin Championship - Preliminary Group B     2  /  7
Berlin 1928 (12)     German Chess Association Congress - Gruppenturnier, Group B     3  /  6
Berlin 1930 (3)     Berlin City Championship     1  /  9
Berlin 1932 (7)     Berlin Tournament     1.5  /  14
Berlin 1933 (1)     Berlin Chess Association Tournament     0.5  /  9

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025