Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  18  2486 (43) 80
1861  16  2514 (50) 15
1862  16  2515 (52) 4
1863  13  2538 (52) 4
1864  12  2542 (48) 23
1865  14  2501 (58) 0
1866  24  2460 (63) 8
1867  27  2446 (73) 0
1868  33  2432 (81) 0
1869  36  2418 (87) 0
1870  42  2404 (92) 0
1871  51  2389 (96) 0
1872  55  2375 (99) 0
1873  59  2361 (101) 0
1874  63  2347 (103) 0
1875  76  2333 (104) 0
1876  84  2319 (104) 0
1877  89  2305 (104) 0
1878  92  2291 (103) 1
1879  95  2288 (103) 0
1880  105  2285 (103) 0
1881  119  2282 (102) 2
1882  130  2278 (105) 0
1883  147  2273 (106) 0
1884  162  2268 (107) 0
1885  166  2264 (107) 0
1886  177  2259 (107) 1
1887  183  2256 (109) 0
1888  196  2253 (110) 0
1889  194  2250 (111) 0
1890  214  2247 (112) 0
1891  210  2244 (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