Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  15  2523 (46) 39
1861  13  2543 (51) 15
1862  14  2538 (54) 4
1863  12  2557 (53) 4
1864  13  2554 (50) 22
1865  14  2515 (59) 0
1866  18  2475 (64) 8
1867  23  2460 (74) 0
1868  32  2446 (82) 0
1869  35  2431 (88) 0
1870  38  2416 (93) 0
1871  43  2401 (96) 0
1872  49  2386 (99) 0
1873  56  2372 (102) 0
1874  61  2357 (103) 0
1875  68  2342 (104) 0
1876  74  2327 (104) 0
1877  81  2312 (104) 0
1878  86  2297 (103) 1
1879  89  2294 (103) 0
1880  94  2290 (103) 0
1881  106  2287 (102) 2
1882  118  2282 (105) 0
1883  135  2277 (106) 0
1884  149  2273 (107) 0
1885  157  2268 (107) 0
1886  161  2263 (107) 1
1887  173  2260 (109) 0
1888  183  2257 (110) 0
1889  182  2254 (111) 0
1890  201  2251 (112) 0
1891  203  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