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Ascher, Jacob

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1865  198  2080 (119) 3 1866  211  2089 (117) 0 1867  193  2099 (114) 0 1868  200  2109 (111) 0 1869  195  2119 (107) 0 1870  201  2129 (103) 0 1871  197  2139 (97) 3 1872  186  2153 (96) 0 1873  178  2167 (93) 0 1874  171  2181 (89) 3 1875  163  2193 (88) 0 1876  150  2206 (87) 0 1877  125  2219 (84) 0 1878  121  2232 (79) 0 1879  119  2244 (72) 10 1880  120  2248 (73) 0 1881  133  2251 (72) 0 1882  135  2254 (68) 0 1883  149  2257 (61) 5 1884  162  2259 (55) 13 1885  183  2244 (58) 10 1886  175  2255 (64) 0 1887  169  2266 (67) 0 1888  165  2277 (68) 0 1889  151  2288 (65) 0 1890  140  2299 (59) 14 1891  161  2287 (66) 1 1892  180  2275 (71) 5 1893  186  2266 (82) 0 1894  203  2256 (90) 0 1895  218  2246 (97) 1 1896  223  2237 (104) 0 1897  234  2229 (111) 0 1898  257  2220 (116) 0 1899  278  2211 (121) 0 1900  283  2202 (126) 0 1901  305  2193 (130) 0 1902  336  2185 (134) 0 1903  361  2176 (138) 0 1904  398  2167 (141) 0 1905  424  2158 (144) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Ascher, Jacob Gottschalk   Born: 18 Feb. 1841 Died: 12 Oct. 1912   Notes: Name sometimes appears as 'J.G. Archer', as in the History and Report of the New York State Chess Association.   References Books    Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 275    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 14    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 285    Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 46, 338    Rogers, New York State Chess Association, page 50    Yanofsky, 100 Years of Chess in Canada, page 27 Periodicals    [CIN], vol. 7, no. 11, 15 Mar. 1873, page 175    [CW], vol. 1, no. 11, Jan. 1866, page 346    [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 65, July 1875, page 347    [Era], vol. 26, no. 1346, 10 July 1864, page 14    [Era], vol. 33, no. 1701, 30 Apr. 1871, page 7    [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1356, 10 Feb. 1866, page 147    [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1755, 19 Apr. 1873, page 379    [MDR], 9 July 1875    [NYC], 4 June 1864    [PDEB], 4 June 1864    [WP], vol. 5, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1873, page 189 Web    Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Champions - Closed]    Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Jacob G. Ascher]    Hilbert, John S.  [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']    Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Anti-Semitism in Chess], page 3    Wright, Stephen.  [Early Canadian Championships]

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

Zukertort, J.H. - Ascher, J.G. 1884 (1)	(c)	3	-	0	Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move
Zukertort, J.H. - Ascher, J.G. 1884 (2)	(s)	3.5	-	1.5
Zukertort, J.H. - Ascher, J.G. 1884 (3)	(c)	3	-	2	Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Ascher, J.G. - Phillips, C.W. 1885	(c)	4	-	1
Boultbee, W.H. - Ascher, J.G. 1885	(c)	3.5	-	1.5
Judd, Max - Ascher, J.G. 1890	(c)	1.5	-	1.5
Delmar, E. (1) - Ascher, J.G. 1890	(c)	5	-	3
Ascher, J.G. - Richardson, H. 1890	(c)	2.5	-	0.5

Tournament data

Montreal and Quebec 1865	Montréal - Québec Telegraphic Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Sanderson, E.	1 - 2
Montreal and Quebec 1871	Montréal - Québec Telegraphic Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Champion, C.P.	1.5 - 1.5
Montreal and Quebec 1874	Montreal - Quebec Telegraphic Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Andrews, F.H.	2 - 1
Montreal 1879	7th Canadian Chess Championship Tournament		10	/	12
Montreal 1883	11th Canadian Championship		4	/	5
	Ascher, J.G. - Howe, H.A.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1891 (4)	New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A.	1 - 0
Newark 1892	New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A.	1 - 0
New York 1892 (4)	14th New York State Championship
	Ascher, J.G. - Otten, H.	0 - 1
	Ascher, J.G. - Fitch, J.H.A.	1 - 0
	Ascher, J.G. - Broughton, L.D.	1 - 0
	Ascher, J.G. - Simonson, G.	0 - 1
New York 1895 (4)	Manhattan - Staten Island Club Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Kuhn, L.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (6)	Manhattan Team Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Dalton, W.R.I.	1 - 0
New York 1905	Manhattan Club - All New Jersey Match
	Ascher, J.G. - Doyle, P.J.	1 - 0

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022