Kling, Josef




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  65  2252 (152) 1
1847  66  2252 (151) 0
1848  65  2251 (149) 0
1849  79  2251 (148) 0
1850  84  2251 (147) 0
1851  85  2251 (145) 0
1852  79  2251 (143) 0
1853  85  2251 (141) 0
1854  83  2251 (139) 0
1855  88  2251 (136) 0
1856  99  2250 (134) 0
1857  105  2250 (131) 2
1858  114  2245 (133) 0
1859  124  2239 (134) 0
1860  132  2234 (136) 0
1861  143  2228 (137) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kling, Josef  
   Also known as: K-g
Born: 19 Mar. 1811
Died: 1 Dec. 1876
 
Notes:
Gaige gives date of death as 1 Dec. 1876. The Illustrated London News of 6 Jan. 1877 (p.23) gives date of death as 9 Dec. 1876.
 
References
Books
   Bird, Chess History and Reminiscences
   Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 9
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 216
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 10, 576
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 41
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 167
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 91, 171
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 69
Periodicals
   [BLL], 12 Apr. 1846, page 6
   [BLL], 12 Dec. 1847, page 5
   [DSZ], vol. 2, 1847, page 39
   [Fld], 30 Dec. 1876
   [ILN], vol. 37, no. 1044, 11 Aug. 1860, page 140
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1956, 6 Jan. 1877, page 23
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 185
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1845, page 185
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1846, page 209
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]

Tournament data

Paris 1846     Café de la Régence - Cercle de Paris match    
  Kling, J. - Laroche, P.F.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1857 (2)     1st British Chess Association Congress Minor Section    
  Kling, J. - Rogers, H.H.     1 - 0    
  Kling, J. - Hughes, H.     1 - 0    
  Kling, J. - Owen, J.     0 - 1    
Bristol and London, England 1861     Bristol - London telegraph match    
  Kling, J. - Burden, F.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026