Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  172  2113 (83) 2
1861  192  2114 (75) 13
1862  195  2112 (84) 0
1863  192  2110 (91) 0
1864  201  2109 (96) 0
1865  208  2107 (101) 0
1866  222  2105 (105) 0
1867  212  2103 (108) 0
1868  227  2102 (111) 0
1869  228  2100 (113) 0
1870  239  2098 (114) 0
1871  255  2096 (116) 0
1872  264  2095 (117) 0
1873  264  2093 (117) 0
1874  272  2091 (117) 0
1875  276  2089 (117) 0
1876  277  2088 (116) 0
1877  268  2086 (115) 0
1878  284  2084 (113) 0
1879  279  2082 (111) 0
1880  298  2081 (109) 0
1881  339  2079 (106) 0
1882  349  2077 (102) 0
1883  382  2075 (98) 0
1884  414  2074 (93) 0
1885  420  2072 (87) 2
1886  435  2062 (82) 1
1887  452  2051 (79) 0
1888  470  2040 (74) 5
1889  511  2015 (77) 0
1890  583  1989 (77) 0
1891  636  1964 (75) 1
1892  711  1944 (73) 1
1893  751  1927 (69) 4
1894  804  1898 (69) 2
1895  839  1873 (68) 7
1896  863  1859 (71) 3
1897  901  1838 (77) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert  
   Also known as: Albert Pieczonka; Albert Kempa; Prof. Kempa-Pieczonka
Born: 10 Feb. 1828
Died: 12 Apr. 1912
 
Notes:
Name given variously as 'Pieczonka', 'Piectzouka', 'Pleczonka', 'Prieckzonska', 'Puyzonka'. The 8 July 1860 issue of the Era (p.14) has 'Piechonka'. The New York Recorder of 23 Feb. 1894 lists the player at the New York State Chess Association general tournament of 1894 as 'Kempa' instead of Pieczonka. Reichhelm has 'Prieckzonska' playing for the Wilmington Club against the Germantown Club in one 1885 match and then 'Kempa' playing for the Wilmington Club against the Germantown Club in another 1885 match. These two matches were played on 17 Nov. 1885 and 10 Dec. 1885, according to Hilbert in his biography of Shipley (p.32). Confusingly, Hilbert lists 'J.K. Pieconka' as a member of the Wilmington Club team against Germantown in the 17 Nov. match, quoting Steinitz's International Chess Magazine of Dec. 1885 (p.365). This must be an error for Prof. A. Kempa-Pieczonka, as listed in the Columbia Chess Chronicle of 16 June 1888 (p.12), also referred to as Pieconzka-Campa in the New York Recorder of 13 Jan. 1895. The New York Daily Tribune of 21 Jul. 1895 makes it clear that the player in American events from 1885 onwards is indeed Albert Pieczonka from Königsberg, born 1828, who had played with many of the great European players.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 296
   Hilbert, Napier, page 9
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 32
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 46
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 137
Periodicals
   [BSU], 23 Feb. 1894
   [BSU], 24 Feb. 1894
   [CCC], vol. 2, no. 8, 25 Feb. 1888, page 71
   [CCC], vol. 2, no. 21, 26 May 1888, page 158
   [CCC], vol. 2, no. 24, 16 June 1888, page 186, 187
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 32, Aug. 1861, page 225
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 12, Dec. 1872, page 340
   [Era], vol. 22, no. 1137, 8 July 1860, page 14
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1174, 24 Mar. 1861, page 6
   [ICM], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1885, page 365
   [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1866, page 213
   [NSC], 4 Mar. 1888
   [NYC], 22 June 1861
   [NYC], 31 Aug. 1861
   [NYEP], 16 Nov. 1896
   [NYR], 23 Feb. 1894
   [NYR], 13 Jan. 1895
   [NYS], 23 Feb. 1894
   [NYTi], vol. 42, no. 12978, 29 Mar. 1893, page 3
   [NYTr], 28 Apr. 1894
   [NYTr], 21 July 1895
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 5, May 1867, page 142
Web
   Erickson, Stephen.  [Albert Pieczonka]
   [Albert Pieczonka]

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

Lowenthal, J.J. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A. 1861 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5      Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of a knight
Lowenthal, J.J. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A. 1861 (2)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5      Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of a knight
Kolisch, I. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A. 1861         (f)     1   -   0      Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

London, England 1860 (3)     St. James's Club Handicap Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - MacDonnell, G.A.     1 - 0          MacDonnell, G.A. gave odds of pawn and move
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Deacon, F.H.     0 - 1          Deacon, F.H. gave odds of pawn and move
Philadelphia 1885 (1)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Young, J.W. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1885 (2)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (3)    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Coleman (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1886 (1)     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Schultz, W.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Rutherford 1888     3rd New Jersey State Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Vorrath, A.     0 - 1    
Newark 1888 (1)     Columbia Club - Newark Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Devide, C.     1 - 0    
New York 1888 (2)     Columbia Club - Newark Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Halpern, J.C.     0 - 1    
Plainfield 1888     Newark - Plainfield Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Keyes, R.B.     1 - 0    
Newark 1888 (2)     Newark - Plainfield Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Keyes, R.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1891 (5)     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Ascher, J.G.     0 - 1    
Newark 1892     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Ascher, J.G.     0 - 1    
New York 1893 (2)     New York State Chess Association Free-for-all Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Otten, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Wilcox, B.F.     1 - 0    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Reitzer, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1893 (3)     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Reitzer, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Barth, G.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Roething, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (3)     Metropolitan Club - Staten Island Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Litzenberger, W.L.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (5)     Metropolitan Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Devide, C.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (9)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament     0.5  /  3
New York 1895 (13)     Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Bradford, R.F.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (14)     Manhattan - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Vorrath, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1896 (1)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     1  /  3
New York 1897 (1)     Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - McDonald, J. (2)     0 - 1    
New York 1897 (5)     Metropolitan Club Handicap     1  /  6
Paterson 1897     Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - McFadyen, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (9)     Metropolitan Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Hernandez (1)     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025