Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  18  2489 (43) 80
1861  16  2518 (50) 15
1862  16  2519 (52) 4
1863  13  2543 (52) 4
1864  13  2546 (48) 23
1865  14  2504 (58) 0
1866  24  2463 (63) 8
1867  28  2449 (73) 0
1868  34  2435 (81) 0
1869  37  2421 (87) 0
1870  40  2406 (92) 0
1871  50  2392 (96) 0
1872  52  2378 (99) 0
1873  57  2364 (101) 0
1874  59  2350 (103) 0
1875  73  2335 (104) 0
1876  80  2321 (104) 0
1877  83  2307 (104) 0
1878  89  2293 (103) 1
1879  91  2290 (103) 0
1880  100  2287 (103) 0
1881  116  2284 (102) 2
1882  128  2279 (105) 0
1883  146  2274 (106) 0
1884  160  2270 (107) 0
1885  166  2265 (107) 0
1886  177  2260 (107) 1
1887  183  2257 (109) 0
1888  193  2254 (110) 0
1889  195  2251 (111) 0
1890  213  2248 (112) 0
1891  211  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