Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  9  2571 (54) 29
1861  10  2567 (61) 0
1862  11  2563 (63) 0
1863  10  2559 (62) 0
1864  8  2555 (56) 13
1865  13  2525 (59) 13
1866  15  2503 (68) 5
1867  16  2488 (78) 0
1868  18  2473 (86) 0
1869  20  2458 (93) 0
1870  25  2443 (99) 0
1871  28  2428 (103) 0
1872  29  2413 (108) 0
1873  36  2398 (111) 0
1874  40  2383 (114) 0
1875  47  2367 (117) 0
1876  51  2352 (119) 0
1877  57  2337 (121) 0
1878  61  2322 (122) 0
1879  68  2307 (123) 0
1880  81  2292 (124) 0
1881  101  2277 (124) 1
1882  113  2270 (127) 0
1883  129  2262 (130) 0
1884  146  2255 (132) 0
1885  164  2248 (134) 0
1886  173  2240 (136) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hirschfeld, Philipp  
Born: 1 Oct. 1840
Died: 4 Oct. 1896
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper has year of death as 1886. Gaige has year of death as 1896. Bell's Life in London (21 Apr. 1861, p.7) has name as 'Hirschfield', but then 'Hirschfeld' on 23 Jun. 1861 (p.1).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 128
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 82
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 174
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 140
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 233
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 135, 195, 229
   Winter, Chess Explorations, page 28
Periodicals
   [BLL], 21 Apr. 1861, page 7
   [BLL], 23 June 1861, page 1
   [CPC], vol. 3, Sep. 1861, page 265
   [Era], vol. 23, 17 Feb. 1861, page 5
   [Era], vol. 26, 20 Dec. 1863, page 4
   [Era], vol. 26, 27 Dec. 1863, page 4
   [Era], vol. 27, 20 Nov. 1864, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 72, 6 Apr. 1878, page 327
   [NYC], 14 Jan. 1865
   [Str], vol. 2, 15 Oct. 1868, page 218
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4783. Tandem chess]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Anderssen, K.E.A. - Hirschfeld, P. 1860         (f)     16.5   -   12.5
Lowenthal, J.J. - Hirschfeld, P. 1864         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P. 1864 (1)         (f)     4   -   4
Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P. 1864 (2)         (f)     2   -   2
Suhle, B. - Hirschfeld, P. 1865         (f)     8   -   1
Hirschfeld, P. - Harrwitz, D. 1865         (c)     3   -   1
Urusov, S.S. - Hirschfeld, P. 1866         (f)     3   -   2

Tournament data

London 1881 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hirschfeld, P. - Mason, Ja.     0 - 1    
London 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hirschfeld, P. - Lord, F.W.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 21 Sept. 2017