Kling, Josef




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  53  2305 (146) 1
1848  52  2302 (145) 0
1849  63  2299 (144) 0
1850  69  2296 (143) 0
1851  70  2293 (142) 0
1852  67  2290 (140) 0
1853  74  2287 (139) 0
1854  74  2284 (137) 0
1855  75  2281 (135) 0
1856  80  2278 (132) 0
1857  88  2275 (130) 2
1858  93  2268 (132) 0
1859  100  2262 (134) 0
1860  107  2255 (135) 0
1861  119  2248 (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 1847     Café de la Régence - Cercle de Paris match    
  Kling, J. - Laroche, J.A.     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: 3 Jun. 2023