Winawer, Szymon




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1867  8  2592 (54) 25
1868  9  2581 (58) 0
1869  9  2569 (58) 0
1870  10  2557 (52) 16
1871  10  2558 (61) 0
1872  9  2558 (66) 0
1873  9  2559 (67) 0
1874  11  2560 (66) 0
1875  9  2560 (61) 7
1876  8  2578 (57) 0
1877  6  2596 (48) 11
1878  4  2617 (41) 26
1879  5  2592 (47) 0
1880  6  2566 (41) 19
1881  5  2591 (39) 17
1882  3  2621 (34) 34
1883  5  2595 (32) 57
1884  5  2591 (51) 0
1885  5  2587 (61) 0
1886  7  2583 (67) 0
1887  9  2579 (71) 0
1888  10  2575 (71) 0
1889  9  2571 (70) 0
1890  10  2567 (66) 0
1891  9  2563 (58) 0
1892  8  2559 (45) 24
1893  12  2543 (53) 0
1894  20  2528 (54) 0
1895  28  2513 (49) 0
1896  30  2497 (35) 42
1897  37  2469 (40) 18
1898  42  2452 (52) 0
1899  46  2436 (57) 0
1900  58  2419 (56) 0
1901  64  2402 (50) 23

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Winawer, Szymon Abramowicz  
   Also known as: Simon Winawer
Born: 5 Mar. 1838
Died: 29 Nov. 1919
 
Notes:
Wade says died 1919; Gaige and Harding have death date 12-01-1920; in Kingston's review of Lissowski's book on Winawer, the date of death is corrected to 29-11-1919. Harding has birth date 6-03-1838. Gaige has birth date 5-03-1838.
 
References
Books
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page lxii
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 296
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 99, 122
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 571, 971
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 466
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 343
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 378
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 448
   Wade, Soviet Chess, page 18
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 72
Periodicals
   [CW], vol. 4, Aug. 1868, page 178, 188
   [ILN], vol. 53, 1 Aug. 1868, page 115
   [Str], vol. 1, 15 July 1867, page 148
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Who Was Winawer?]
   Kingston, Taylor.  [Don't Bet the Farm or Scholar's Concern Tempers Stat-Freak's Delight], page 4
   Kingston, Taylor.  [A Famous Unknown]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Neumann, G.R.L. - Winawer, S.A. 1867         (f)     3   -   0
Winawer, S.A. - Shumov, I.S. 1875         (f)     5   -   2
Schwarz, A. - Winawer, S.A. 1880         (f)     3   -   1
Winawer, S.A. - Caro, H. 1892         (f)     4   -   3
Janowsky, D.M. - Winawer, S.A. 1896         (f)     5   -   2
Bernstein, O.S. - Winawer, S.A. 1901         (f)     3.5   -   2.5

Tournament data

Paris 1867 (1)     International Chess Congress - Grand Tournament     17.5  /  22
Baden-Baden 1870     Baden-Baden Tournament     6.5  /  16
Leipzig 1877     Leipzig Tournament     7.5  /  11
Paris 1878     Paris International Chess Congress     16.5  /  22
  Winawer, S.A. - Zukertort, J.H.     1 - 3    
Wiesbaden 1880 (1)     Wiesbaden Meisterturnier     9  /  15
Berlin 1881 (1)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     11.5  /  17
Vienna 1882 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     22  /  32
  Winawer, S.A. - Steinitz, W.     1 - 1    
London, England 1883 (5)     London Tournament     19.5  /  40
Nuremberg 1883 (5)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     13  /  17
Dresden 1892 (1)     7th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     10.5  /  17
Nuremberg 1896     Nuremberg Tournament     6.5  /  18
Budapest 1896     Budapest Tournament     6.5  /  12
Vienna 1896 (3)     Vienna Tournament     2.5  /  5
Berlin 1897 (7)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     7.5  /  18
Monte Carlo 1901     Monte Carlo Tournament     6  /  17

Player information updated: 21 Sept. 2017