Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  18  2488 (43) 80
1861  17  2517 (50) 15
1862  16  2517 (52) 4
1863  12  2540 (52) 4
1864  12  2544 (48) 23
1865  14  2503 (58) 0
1866  24  2462 (63) 8
1867  28  2448 (73) 0
1868  34  2434 (81) 0
1869  37  2420 (87) 0
1870  41  2405 (92) 0
1871  51  2391 (96) 0
1872  52  2377 (99) 0
1873  57  2363 (101) 0
1874  60  2349 (103) 0
1875  73  2335 (104) 0
1876  80  2321 (104) 0
1877  85  2307 (104) 0
1878  90  2292 (103) 1
1879  93  2289 (103) 0
1880  102  2286 (103) 0
1881  117  2283 (102) 2
1882  130  2279 (105) 0
1883  147  2274 (106) 0
1884  162  2269 (107) 0
1885  167  2265 (107) 0
1886  177  2260 (107) 1
1887  185  2257 (109) 0
1888  197  2254 (110) 0
1889  195  2251 (111) 0
1890  213  2248 (112) 0
1891  210  2245 (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
   [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]

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 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: 13 Jun. 2024