Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  14  2530 (47) 39
1861  10  2554 (52) 15
1862  13  2552 (54) 4
1863  8  2574 (54) 4
1864  7  2576 (52) 22
1865  10  2548 (63) 0
1866  13  2521 (70) 5
1867  15  2504 (78) 0
1868  16  2487 (85) 0
1869  20  2470 (91) 0
1870  24  2454 (95) 0
1871  28  2437 (98) 0
1872  29  2420 (101) 0
1873  36  2403 (103) 0
1874  41  2387 (104) 0
1875  49  2370 (105) 0
1876  54  2353 (105) 0
1877  58  2336 (104) 0
1878  60  2320 (103) 1
1879  65  2314 (104) 0
1880  74  2309 (103) 0
1881  85  2304 (103) 2
1882  99  2298 (105) 0
1883  114  2292 (106) 0
1884  122  2286 (107) 0
1885  140  2280 (108) 0
1886  144  2274 (108) 1
1887  151  2268 (110) 0
1888  156  2262 (111) 0
1889  172  2256 (112) 0
1890  185  2250 (113) 0
1891  193  2244 (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