Kling, Josef




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  125  2149 (141) 2
1858  135  2147 (142) 0
1859  146  2146 (143) 0
1860  150  2145 (144) 0
1861  159  2143 (145) 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
   [Fld], 30 Dec. 1876
   [ILN], vol. 37, no. 1044, 11 Aug. 1860, page 140
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1956, 6 Jan. 1877, page 23
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1845, page 185
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]

Tournament data

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: 5 Jan. 2023