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Hirschfeld, Philipp

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1860  17  2482 (43) 80 1861  16  2511 (50) 15 1862  16  2511 (52) 4 1863  13  2534 (52) 4 1864  12  2538 (48) 23 1865  14  2497 (58) 0 1866  25  2455 (63) 8 1867  28  2440 (73) 0 1868  35  2425 (81) 0 1869  41  2410 (87) 0 1870  47  2395 (91) 0 1871  53  2380 (95) 0 1872  62  2365 (97) 0 1873  64  2349 (99) 0 1874  71  2334 (100) 0 1875  88  2319 (101) 0 1876  95  2304 (101) 0 1877  96  2289 (100) 1 1878  99  2284 (100) 1 1879  100  2282 (101) 0 1880  108  2280 (101) 0 1881  121  2278 (100) 2 1882  135  2275 (103) 0 1883  150  2271 (105) 0 1884  164  2268 (106) 0 1885  167  2265 (106) 0 1886  172  2261 (106) 1 1887  183  2258 (108) 0 1888  197  2255 (110) 0 1889  195  2252 (111) 0 1890  211  2249 (111) 0 1891  209  2246 (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