Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  15  2522 (46) 39
1861  13  2542 (51) 15
1862  14  2536 (54) 4
1863  12  2555 (53) 4
1864  13  2553 (50) 22
1865  14  2514 (59) 0
1866  19  2474 (64) 8
1867  24  2460 (74) 0
1868  33  2445 (82) 0
1869  36  2430 (88) 0
1870  39  2415 (93) 0
1871  44  2401 (96) 0
1872  49  2386 (99) 0
1873  56  2371 (102) 0
1874  61  2356 (103) 0
1875  68  2341 (104) 0
1876  74  2327 (104) 0
1877  81  2312 (104) 0
1878  87  2297 (103) 1
1879  90  2294 (103) 0
1880  94  2290 (103) 0
1881  108  2287 (102) 2
1882  120  2282 (105) 0
1883  135  2277 (106) 0
1884  150  2272 (107) 0
1885  159  2268 (107) 0
1886  162  2263 (107) 1
1887  173  2260 (109) 0
1888  186  2257 (110) 0
1889  182  2254 (111) 0
1890  202  2251 (112) 0
1891  205  2248 (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
   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
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: 3 Apr. 2022