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Hirschfeld, Philipp

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1860  16  2493 (43) 80 1861  14  2526 (49) 15 1862  15  2529 (52) 4 1863  11  2548 (52) 4 1864  12  2548 (48) 23 1865  14  2505 (58) 0 1866  24  2461 (63) 8 1867  27  2446 (73) 0 1868  35  2431 (81) 0 1869  40  2415 (87) 0 1870  46  2400 (91) 0 1871  54  2385 (95) 0 1872  63  2370 (97) 0 1873  65  2354 (99) 0 1874  72  2339 (100) 0 1875  86  2324 (101) 0 1876  95  2309 (100) 0 1877  96  2293 (99) 1 1878  99  2288 (99) 1 1879  101  2286 (100) 0 1880  110  2284 (101) 0 1881  124  2282 (100) 2 1882  136  2278 (103) 0 1883  150  2275 (104) 0 1884  163  2272 (106) 0 1885  167  2268 (106) 0 1886  171  2265 (106) 1 1887  185  2262 (108) 0 1888  198  2259 (110) 0 1889  197  2255 (111) 0 1890  211  2252 (111) 0 1891  209  2249 (111) 3 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Hirschfeld, Philipp Martin   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    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 50, 82    Harding, Steinitz in London, page 96, 306    Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 75    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 135, 195, 229    Winter, Chess Explorations, page 28    Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 212 Periodicals    [BLL], 21 Apr. 1861, page 7    [BLL], 23 June 1861, page 1    [CPC], vol. 3, no. 33, Sep. 1861, page 265    [Era], vol. 23, no. 1169, 17 Feb. 1861, page 5    [Era], vol. 26, no. 1317, 20 Dec. 1863, page 4    [Era], vol. 26, no. 1318, 27 Dec. 1863, page 4    [Era], vol. 27, no. 1365, 20 Nov. 1864, page 6    [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2023, 6 Apr. 1878, page 327    [NYC], 14 Jan. 1865    [Str], vol. 2, no. 10, 15 Oct. 1868, page 218    [SZ], vol. 14, no. 12, Dec. 1859, page 407    [SZ], vol. 15, no. 3, Mar. 1860, page 113    [SZ], vol. 16, no. 1, Jan. 1861, page 31    [SZ], vol. 16, no. 8, Aug. 1861, page 261 Web    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]    Winter, Edward.  [CN 4783. Tandem chess]

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

Suhle, C.F.B. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860 (1)	(f)	8	-	1
Suhle, C.F.B. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860 (2)	(c)	32	-	9
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860	(f)	16.5	-	12.5
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mayet, C. 1860	(s)	1	-	0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - von der Lasa, T. 1861	(c)	1	-	0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Gartner, E. 1861	(c)	9.5	-	0.5
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Weile, O. 1861	(c)	3	-	0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Hoffmann, F.A. 1861	(c)	1	-	0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mayet, C. 1861	(s)	1	-	0	Hirschfeld, P.M. gave odds of the move
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Amelung, F.L. 1862	(c)	2	-	2
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Harrwitz, D. 1863	(c)	3	-	1
Lowenthal, J.J. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864	(c)	0.5	-	0.5
Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (1)	(f)	4	-	4
Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (2)	(c)	2	-	2
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mayet, C. 1864	(c)	7	-	2
Steinitz, W. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864	(c)	0.5	-	0.5
Urusov, S.S. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1866	(c)	3	-	2
Drozdov, A.D. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1866	(f)	2	-	1
Potter, W.N. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1878	(c)	1	-	0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Hoffer, L. 1891	(c)	1.5	-	1.5

Tournament data

London, England 1877 (5)	City of London Club Handicap
	Hirschfeld, P.M. - Potter, W.N.	0 - 1
London, England 1881 (1)	City of London - Saint George's Club Match
	Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mason, Ja.	0 - 1
London, England 1881 (4)	City of London Club First Class - Fourth Class Match
	Hirschfeld, P.M. - Scargill, J.J.	1 - 0				Hirschfeld, P.M. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1886 (1)	City of London - Saint George's Club Match
	Hirschfeld, P.M. - Lord, F.W.	0.5 - 0.5

Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025