Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  14  2532 (47) 39
1861  11  2556 (52) 15
1862  13  2554 (54) 4
1863  8  2576 (54) 4
1864  7  2578 (52) 22
1865  10  2550 (63) 0
1866  13  2522 (70) 5
1867  15  2505 (78) 0
1868  16  2489 (85) 0
1869  20  2472 (91) 0
1870  24  2455 (95) 0
1871  28  2438 (98) 0
1872  29  2421 (101) 0
1873  35  2404 (103) 0
1874  41  2388 (104) 0
1875  49  2371 (105) 0
1876  54  2354 (105) 0
1877  57  2337 (104) 0
1878  59  2320 (103) 1
1879  65  2315 (104) 0
1880  74  2310 (103) 0
1881  84  2305 (103) 2
1882  99  2298 (105) 0
1883  114  2292 (106) 0
1884  120  2286 (107) 0
1885  140  2280 (108) 0
1886  144  2274 (108) 1
1887  151  2269 (110) 0
1888  155  2263 (111) 0
1889  170  2257 (112) 0
1890  184  2251 (113) 0
1891  195  2245 (113) 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
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfled and Suhle, page 75
   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)

Suhle, C.F.B. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860         (f)     8   -   1
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860         (f)     16.5   -   12.5
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mayet, C. 1860         (c)     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. - 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
Urusov, S.S. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1866         (c)     3   -   2
Potter, W.N. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1878         (c)     1   -   0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Hoffer, L. 1891         (c)     1.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

London 1881 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mason, Ja.     0 - 1    
London 1881 (3)     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 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hirschfeld, P.M. - Lord, F.W.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 30 Sept. 2018