Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  15  2524 (47) 39
1861  13  2544 (51) 15
1862  13  2538 (54) 4
1863  11  2556 (53) 4
1864  11  2553 (50) 22
1865  13  2514 (60) 0
1866  18  2475 (64) 8
1867  23  2461 (74) 0
1868  30  2447 (82) 0
1869  32  2433 (88) 0
1870  35  2418 (93) 0
1871  35  2404 (96) 0
1872  42  2390 (99) 0
1873  48  2376 (101) 0
1874  51  2361 (103) 0
1875  64  2347 (104) 0
1876  67  2333 (104) 0
1877  71  2318 (104) 0
1878  78  2304 (103) 1
1879  82  2301 (103) 0
1880  87  2298 (103) 0
1881  98  2296 (102) 2
1882  111  2292 (104) 0
1883  127  2289 (106) 0
1884  138  2285 (107) 0
1885  147  2281 (107) 0
1886  151  2278 (107) 1
1887  161  2274 (109) 0
1888  163  2271 (110) 0
1889  173  2268 (111) 0
1890  185  2265 (112) 0
1891  192  2261 (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
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
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: 30 Dec. 2020