Knorre, Victor




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1863  56  2360 (74) 1
1864  45  2387 (62) 3
1865  33  2421 (49) 24
1866  27  2453 (52) 20
1867  30  2436 (62) 2
1868  41  2415 (72) 0
1869  48  2395 (79) 0
1870  57  2375 (84) 0
1871  69  2355 (87) 0
1872  77  2335 (90) 0
1873  87  2314 (91) 0
1874  98  2294 (92) 0
1875  116  2274 (91) 0
1876  126  2254 (89) 0
1877  127  2234 (86) 0
1878  144  2214 (82) 0
1879  166  2193 (77) 0
1880  208  2173 (69) 15
1881  237  2168 (77) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Knorre, Victor  
Born: 4 Oct. 1840
Died: 25 Aug. 1919
 
Notes:
Bell's Life in London (10 June 1865, p.8) has 'Von Knorre'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 218
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 153, 576
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 169
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 204
   Minckwitz, Neunte Rheinische Schachcongress, page 4
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 262, 373
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2251, 10 June 1865, page 8
   [BLL], no. 2384, 28 Dec. 1867, page 10
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 4, Oct. 1863, page 102, 104
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1865, page 199
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1869, page 289
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1872, page 87
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 6, June 1872, page 179
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 3, Mar. 1873, page 88
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1402, 6 Aug. 1865, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1346, 9 Dec. 1865, page 571
   [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 27
   [NBSZ], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 51
   [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1866, page 43
   [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 7, July 1867, page 220
   [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 2, Feb. 1871, page 46
   [NR], vol. 4, no. 9, Sep. 1863, page 284
   [SZ], vol. 15, no. 11, Nov. 1860, page 390
   [SZ], vol. 15, no. 12, Dec. 1860, page 415
   [SZ], vol. 18, no. 10, Oct. 1863, page 291, 295
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 3, Mar. 1865, page 83
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 11, Nov. 1865, page 321
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 5, May 1866, page 140
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 325
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 6, June 1867, page 175
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 12, 15 Sep. 1867, page cover
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 7, July 1871, page 218
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

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

Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1864 (1)         (f)     1   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1864 (2)         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1865 (1)         (c)     1   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1865 (2)         (c)     2   -   2
Knorre, V. - Silva (1) 1865         (c)     3   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1865 (3)         (f)     4   -   2
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Knorre, V. 1865         (f)     3   -   1
Knorre, V. - Zukertort, J.H. 1866         (f)     8.5   -   11.5
Knorre, V. - Amelung, F.L. 1867         (c)     2   -   0

Tournament data

Dusseldorf 1863     3rd West German Chess Congress    
  Knorre, V. - Schwengers, P.J.A.     0 - 1    
Berlin 1865     Berliner Schachgesellschaft Tournament    
  Knorre, V. - Neumann, G.R.L.     0 - 2    
  Knorre, V. - Schulten, J.W.     0 - 1    
  Knorre, V. - Schallopp, E.     1 - 1    
Elberfeld 1865 (1)     5th West German Chess Congress     2  /  4
Wiesbaden 1880 (1)     Wiesbaden Meisterturnier     2  /  15
Berlin 1881 (5)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier III     1.5  /  3


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025