von Schmidt, Evgeny




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1853  91  2237 (130) 17
1854  84  2251 (127) 0
1855  84  2266 (125) 0
1856  84  2280 (122) 0
1857  80  2294 (119) 0
1858  76  2309 (115) 0
1859  72  2323 (111) 0
1860  75  2337 (106) 0
1861  71  2352 (101) 0
1862  55  2366 (95) 0
1863  45  2380 (87) 0
1864  41  2394 (79) 0
1865  37  2409 (68) 5
1866  28  2446 (62) 21
1867  23  2460 (69) 0
1868  22  2473 (72) 0
1869  19  2487 (71) 8
1870  23  2472 (76) 0
1871  26  2457 (79) 0
1872  31  2443 (80) 0
1873  32  2428 (80) 0
1874  38  2413 (77) 2
1875  44  2408 (77) 0
1876  46  2403 (74) 0
1877  47  2399 (70) 0
1878  51  2394 (62) 6
1879  55  2381 (56) 37

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: von Schmidt, Evgeny Alexandrovich  
   Also known as: Eugen von Schmidt; Dr. E. von Schmidt; E. Schmidt; de Schmidt
Born: 18 July 1821
Died: 30 Nov. 1905
 
Notes:
Bell's Life in London of 18 Sep. 1869 (p.3) has 'E.V. Schmidt', who I presume to be E.A. von Schmidt. Is this the E.A. Schmitt, who moved from the Hague to Saint Petersburg in 1851? I am guessing that this is the E. Schmidt who played in Estonia in 1853, since E.A. von Schmidt was a native of Estonia.
 
References
Books
   Adams, Mikhail Chigorin, page 56, 377
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 232
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 377, 451
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 298
Periodicals
   [BLL], 22 Feb. 1863, page supp.2
   [BLL], no. 2512, 18 Sep. 1869, page 3
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1864, page 211
   [CW], vol. 1, no. 11, Jan. 1866, page 336
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 1, Mar. 1866, page 16
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1337, 8 May 1864, page 14
   [PDEB], 4 June 1864
   [SZ], vol. 8, no. 9, Sep. 1853, page 279
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 2, Feb. 1859, page 55
   [SZ], vol. 17, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 6
   [SZ], vol. 18, no. 3, Mar. 1863, page 81
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 2, Feb. 1864, page 52
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 6, June 1864, page 203
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Tolstoy and his Biographer], page 6
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

von Schmidt, E.A. - Nathanson 1853         (c)     9.5   -   7.5
Rosenthal, S. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1865         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
von Schmidt, E.A. - Minckwitz, J. 1866         (f)     5.5   -   2.5
Drozdov, A.D. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1866         (f)     7   -   6
von Schmidt, E.A. - Amelung, F.L. 1869         (f)     2   -   1
von Schmidt, E.A. - Drozdov, A.D. 1869         (f)     5   -   0
Shumov, I.S. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1874         (f)     1   -   1
Schiffers, E.S. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879         (f)     5   -   4
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (1)         (f)     7   -   1
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (2)         (f)     4   -   2
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (3)         (f)     3.5   -   0.5
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (4)         (c)     3   -   3

Tournament data

Moscow 1878     Moscow Tournament     17.5  /  20
  von Schmidt, E.A. - Solovtsov, A.V.     1 - 1    
Saint Petersburg 1879     Saint Petersburg Tournament     0  /  4


Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024