Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  170  2116 (83) 2
1861  188  2117 (75) 13
1862  187  2116 (84) 0
1863  184  2114 (90) 0
1864  195  2113 (96) 0
1865  204  2111 (101) 0
1866  215  2110 (105) 0
1867  206  2108 (108) 0
1868  220  2107 (111) 0
1869  218  2105 (113) 0
1870  225  2104 (114) 0
1871  240  2103 (116) 0
1872  244  2101 (117) 0
1873  248  2100 (117) 0
1874  256  2098 (117) 0
1875  264  2097 (117) 0
1876  265  2095 (116) 0
1877  257  2094 (115) 0
1878  273  2092 (113) 0
1879  262  2091 (111) 0
1880  281  2089 (109) 0
1881  320  2088 (106) 0
1882  335  2087 (102) 0
1883  360  2085 (98) 0
1884  390  2084 (93) 0
1885  393  2082 (87) 2
1886  398  2074 (83) 1
1887  423  2064 (79) 0
1888  439  2053 (74) 5
1889  465  2029 (77) 0
1890  540  2005 (77) 0
1891  592  1981 (76) 1
1892  654  1962 (74) 1
1893  685  1947 (71) 3
1894  743  1915 (70) 2
1895  781  1887 (68) 7
1896  795  1871 (71) 3
1897  849  1849 (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'. 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
   [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
   [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 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: 6 Oct. 2024