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Hirschfeld, Philipp

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1860  16  2495 (43) 80 1861  14  2529 (49) 15 1862  15  2532 (52) 4 1863  11  2551 (52) 4 1864  12  2551 (48) 23 1865  14  2507 (58) 0 1866  24  2464 (63) 8 1867  28  2449 (73) 0 1868  35  2433 (81) 0 1869  39  2418 (87) 0 1870  46  2403 (91) 0 1871  54  2388 (95) 0 1872  63  2372 (97) 0 1873  65  2357 (99) 0 1874  72  2342 (100) 0 1875  86  2326 (101) 0 1876  96  2311 (100) 0 1877  96  2296 (99) 1 1878  99  2291 (99) 1 1879  101  2288 (100) 0 1880  109  2286 (101) 0 1881  124  2284 (100) 2 1882  137  2281 (103) 0 1883  151  2278 (104) 0 1884  163  2274 (106) 0 1885  169  2271 (106) 0 1886  176  2267 (106) 1 1887  190  2264 (108) 0 1888  205  2261 (110) 0 1889  199  2258 (111) 0 1890  215  2255 (111) 0 1891  211  2251 (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