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Hirschfeld, Philipp

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1860  17  2486 (43) 80 1861  16  2514 (50) 15 1862  16  2514 (52) 4 1863  13  2538 (52) 4 1864  12  2541 (48) 23 1865  14  2500 (58) 0 1866  25  2458 (63) 8 1867  28  2443 (73) 0 1868  35  2428 (81) 0 1869  42  2413 (87) 0 1870  47  2398 (91) 0 1871  54  2382 (95) 0 1872  62  2367 (97) 0 1873  65  2352 (99) 0 1874  74  2337 (100) 0 1875  87  2322 (101) 0 1876  96  2307 (100) 0 1877  96  2292 (99) 1 1878  98  2286 (100) 1 1879  100  2284 (100) 0 1880  109  2282 (101) 0 1881  123  2281 (100) 2 1882  135  2277 (103) 0 1883  150  2274 (104) 0 1884  162  2271 (106) 0 1885  169  2267 (106) 0 1886  172  2264 (106) 1 1887  185  2261 (108) 0 1888  198  2258 (110) 0 1889  197  2254 (111) 0 1890  212  2251 (111) 0 1891  209  2248 (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