Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  174  2109 (83) 2
1861  193  2110 (75) 13
1862  196  2109 (84) 0
1863  192  2107 (90) 0
1864  202  2105 (96) 0
1865  210  2104 (101) 0
1866  226  2102 (105) 0
1867  218  2100 (108) 0
1868  228  2099 (111) 0
1869  229  2097 (113) 0
1870  242  2095 (114) 0
1871  257  2094 (116) 0
1872  266  2092 (117) 0
1873  264  2090 (117) 0
1874  272  2089 (117) 0
1875  282  2087 (117) 0
1876  282  2085 (116) 0
1877  273  2084 (115) 0
1878  290  2082 (113) 0
1879  282  2080 (111) 0
1880  300  2079 (109) 0
1881  340  2077 (106) 0
1882  353  2076 (102) 0
1883  384  2074 (98) 0
1884  418  2072 (93) 0
1885  430  2071 (87) 2
1886  438  2061 (82) 1
1887  455  2050 (79) 0
1888  474  2039 (74) 5
1889  514  2014 (77) 0
1890  585  1988 (77) 0
1891  636  1963 (75) 1
1892  712  1943 (73) 1
1893  753  1927 (69) 4
1894  803  1898 (69) 2
1895  843  1873 (68) 7
1896  866  1858 (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.J.     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