Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  15  2516 (46) 39
1861  14  2535 (51) 15
1862  15  2532 (53) 4
1863  12  2554 (53) 4
1864  13  2556 (49) 23
1865  12  2518 (59) 0
1866  18  2481 (64) 8
1867  23  2466 (74) 0
1868  29  2451 (82) 0
1869  35  2436 (88) 0
1870  36  2421 (92) 0
1871  38  2406 (96) 0
1872  46  2391 (99) 0
1873  54  2375 (101) 0
1874  56  2360 (103) 0
1875  67  2345 (104) 0
1876  75  2330 (104) 0
1877  78  2315 (104) 0
1878  84  2300 (103) 1
1879  86  2297 (103) 0
1880  93  2293 (103) 0
1881  103  2289 (102) 2
1882  116  2284 (104) 0
1883  133  2279 (106) 0
1884  146  2274 (107) 0
1885  155  2269 (107) 0
1886  158  2264 (107) 1
1887  171  2261 (109) 0
1888  184  2257 (110) 0
1889  182  2254 (111) 0
1890  201  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
   [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         (f)     8   -   1
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: 8 Jan. 2024