Kleczyński, Jan (1)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1863  83  2324 (135) 1
1864  72  2339 (130) 0
1865  62  2353 (125) 0
1866  57  2367 (120) 0
1867  54  2382 (114) 0
1868  49  2396 (108) 6
1869  52  2393 (110) 0
1870  50  2390 (112) 0
1871  51  2386 (113) 0
1872  51  2383 (114) 0
1873  56  2380 (115) 0
1874  54  2376 (115) 0
1875  62  2373 (115) 0
1876  64  2370 (114) 0
1877  63  2367 (113) 0
1878  66  2363 (111) 0
1879  68  2360 (109) 0
1880  79  2357 (107) 0
1881  87  2354 (103) 0
1882  90  2350 (100) 0
1883  103  2347 (95) 0
1884  106  2344 (89) 16

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kleczyński, Jan (1)  
Born: 8 June 1837
Died: 15 Sep. 1895
 
Notes:
I am guessing that the Jan Kleczyński who played at Warsaw 1884 is the same as the player active in paris in the 1860s named 'Klezinsky' in Cornil and La Nouvelle Régence, and 'Klesinsky' in the Illustrated London News (23 May 1863, p.579), and 'Klezinski' in the Schachzeitung (Aug. 1865, p.247). The Illustrated London News of 5 Sept. 1868 (p.235) gives 'Kleczynski'. Also, a 'Kleerynski' or 'Klerynski' is listed among participants at a tournament in Warsaw in 1868 (Illustrated London News, 1 Aug. 1868, p.115; The Chess World, Aug. 1868, vol.4, p.178), who I am again guessing is the same person. The Chess World of Aug. 1865 (p.167) has 'Ktezinski'. La Stratégie of 15 May 1872 (p.142) has 'H. Klesczinky'; perhaps the 'H' is for 'Hans', a variant of 'Jan'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 117, 122
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 227
   Donaldson and Minev, Life and Games of Rubinstein, Vol. 1, page 211
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 215
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2642, 18 Feb. 1871, page 9
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1864, page 103
   [CW], vol. 1, no. 5, Aug. 1865, page 167
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 5, Aug. 1868, page 178, 188
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 6, Sep. 1868, page 223
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1760, 16 June 1872, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 42, no. 1205, 23 May 1863, page 579
   [ILN], vol. 45, no. 1322, 1 July 1865, page 643
   [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1495, 1 Aug. 1868, page 115
   [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1500, 5 Sep. 1868, page 235
   [KWa], no. 71b, 11 Mar. 1884, page 5
   [NR], vol. 3, no. 6, June 1862, page 174
   [NR], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 26
   [NYC], 30 Jan. 1869
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 5, Jan. 1865, page 213
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 8, Apr. 1865, page 355
   [PF], vol. 2, no. 14, Oct. 1865, page 53
   [Sis], vol. 8, 1864, page 176
   [Sis], vol. 9, 1865, page 58
   [Sis], vol. 10, 1866, page 71
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Oct. 1866, page 154
   [Str], vol. 5, no. 5, 15 May 1872, page 142
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 8, Aug. 1865, page 247
   [TI], vol. 3, no. 62, 8 Mar. 1884, page 154

Tournament data

Paris 1863     Café de la Régence Grand Tournoi    
  Kleczynski, J. (1) - Lindehn, H.A.W.     1 - 0          Lindehn, H.A.W. gave odds of pawn and move
Warsaw 1868     Warsaw National Tournament     38  /  44
Warsaw 1884     Warsaw Tournament     12  /  20


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025