Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1843 |
49 |
2000 | (201) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Silberschmidt, Hirsch Hermann |
| Born: 15 May 1801 |
| Died: 9 May 1866 |
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| Notes: |
| The Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin of 14 May 1864 has a game by an 'H. Silberschmidt' against G. Hammond in Boston. Is this the German player of many years earlier? |
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| References |
| Books |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 40 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 391 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 311 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 373 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 24 May 1835, page 2 |
| [BLL], 28 Aug. 1842, page 2 |
| [BLL], 16 Oct. 1842, page 2 |
| [BLL], 19 Nov. 1843, page 2 |
| [BLL], 16 June 1844, page 2 |
| [BLL], 22 June 1845, page 2 |
| [CMNY], vol. 3, Sep. 1859, page 271 |
| [CPC], vol. 5, June 1844, page 178 |
| [CPC], vol. 8, 19 June 1847, page 192 |
| [ILN], vol. 17, 21 Sep. 1850, page 252 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, 15 Mar. 1836, page 10 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, 15 Sep. 1836, page 233 |
| [Pal], vol. 3, 15 Oct. 1843, page 473 |
| [Pal], vol. 4, 15 June 1844, page 280 |
| [PDEB], 14 May 1864 |
| [PDEB], 29 Mar. 1867 |
| [PDEB], 12 Apr. 1867 |
| [PDEB], 19 Apr. 1867 |
| [Phil], vol. 1, Feb. 1838, page 118 |
| [Reg], 15 Dec. 1856, page 363 |
| Web |
| Sarah. [State of Chess in 1838] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863] |
| Walker, G. [Deschapelles the Chess-King (from Chess and Chess-Players)] |
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