Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  15  2523 (46) 39
1861  13  2543 (51) 15
1862  14  2537 (54) 4
1863  12  2556 (53) 4
1864  13  2553 (50) 22
1865  14  2514 (59) 0
1866  18  2475 (64) 8
1867  24  2460 (74) 0
1868  31  2446 (82) 0
1869  33  2432 (88) 0
1870  36  2417 (93) 0
1871  37  2403 (96) 0
1872  43  2388 (99) 0
1873  49  2374 (101) 0
1874  52  2360 (103) 0
1875  64  2345 (104) 0
1876  67  2331 (104) 0
1877  71  2316 (104) 0
1878  79  2302 (103) 1
1879  83  2299 (103) 0
1880  88  2296 (103) 0
1881  98  2293 (102) 2
1882  111  2290 (104) 0
1883  129  2286 (106) 0
1884  138  2282 (107) 0
1885  148  2278 (107) 0
1886  151  2275 (107) 1
1887  162  2271 (109) 0
1888  165  2268 (110) 0
1889  173  2264 (111) 0
1890  186  2261 (112) 0
1891  194  2257 (112) 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
   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
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
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 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: 6 Mar. 2021