Tarrasch, Siegbert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1881  13  2541 (64) 11
1882  10  2549 (61) 0
1883  12  2557 (54) 11
1884  8  2577 (53) 0
1885  3  2598 (45) 17
1886  3  2604 (47) 0
1887  3  2610 (38) 31
1888  3  2593 (39) 17
1889  2  2653 (38) 34
1890  1  2665 (40) 19
1891  1  2673 (43) 12
1892  2  2681 (39) 24
1893  2  2671 (39) 22
1894  2  2683 (37) 25
1895  2  2653 (37) 21
1896  2  2644 (36) 30
1897  2  2666 (43) 0
1898  2  2688 (37) 41
1899  2  2668 (49) 0
1900  2  2647 (53) 0
1901  4  2627 (50) 0
1902  4  2606 (39) 24
1903  2  2622 (36) 33
1904  3  2631 (42) 0
1905  3  2639 (33) 43
1906  5  2583 (37) 16
1907  7  2591 (37) 20
1908  9  2584 (42) 16
1909  9  2576 (46) 0
1910  12  2569 (39) 16
1911  7  2593 (34) 30
1912  4  2601 (33) 36
1913  8  2582 (43) 0
1914  10  2564 (38) 29
1915  15  2534 (47) 0
1916  19  2505 (46) 21
1917  20  2493 (52) 0
1918  29  2482 (50) 6
1919  22  2493 (49) 0
1920  16  2504 (40) 22
1921  18  2500 (42) 0
1922  22  2496 (28) 64
1923  37  2463 (30) 44
1924  56  2426 (36) 12
1925  57  2421 (34) 31
1926  38  2450 (37) 17
1927  53  2429 (40) 15
1928  78  2410 (45) 14
1929  86  2406 (57) 0
1930  96  2401 (63) 0
1931  104  2397 (66) 0
1932  99  2392 (66) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Tarrasch, Siegbert  
   Also known as: Altmann
Born: 5 Mar. 1862
Died: 17 Feb. 1934
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 318
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 339
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 405
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 291, 305
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 97
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 349, 970
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 112, 258
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 419
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 318
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 222, 303, 332, 581
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 344
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 114
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 142, 485, 522
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 268, 269
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 183
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 234
Web
   Alberti, Marco A.  [Siegbert Tarrasch]
   Balló, Harald E.  [Siegbert Tarrasch: Chessplayer, Doctor, German, Jew - Part 1]
   Balló, Harald E.  [Siegbert Tarrasch: Chessplayer, Doctor, German, Jew - Part 2]
   Diggle, G.H.  [Towering Tarrasch]
   Giffen, Glen.  [Tarrasch, Siegbert]
   Sarah.  [Monte Carlo 1902 - The Players]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Tarrasch, S. - Lasker, Em. 1887 (1)         (c)     1.5   -   0.5      Tarrasch, S. gave odds of a knight
Tarrasch, S. - Lasker, Em. 1887 (2)         (c)     1   -   1
Tarrasch, S. - Kurschner, M.O.A. 1887         (f)     7   -   0
Tarrasch, S. - Eckart, K. 1889         (f)     6   -   0
Tarrasch, S. - Kurschner, M.O.A. 1889         (f)     11   -   0
Tarrasch, S. - Taubenhaus, J. 1891         (f)     6.5   -   1.5
Tarrasch, S. - Kurschner, M.O.A. 1891         (f)     4   -   0
Tarrasch, S. - Hollander, K. 1892         (f)     4   -   0
Tarrasch, S. - Kurschner, M.O.A. 1892         (f)     3   -   0
Chigorin, M.I. - Tarrasch, S. 1893         (f)     11   -   11
Tarrasch, S. - Walbrodt, C.A. 1894         (f)     7.5   -   0.5
Alapin, S.Z. - Tarrasch, S. 1903         (c)     5   -   4
Tarrasch, S. - Marshall, F.J. 1905         (f)     12   -   5
Lasker, Em. - Tarrasch, S. 1908         (f)     10.5   -   5.5
Schlechter, C.A.H. - Tarrasch, S. 1911         (f)     8   -   8
Mieses, J. - Tarrasch, S. 1916 (1)         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Mieses, J. - Tarrasch, S. 1916 (2)         (f)     4   -   9
Lasker, Em. - Tarrasch, S. 1916         (f)     5.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1881 (2)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Free Tourney     6  /  7
  Tarrasch, S. - Lasker, B.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1881 (6)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier IV     1  /  3
Nuremberg 1883 (3)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier C     5  /  7
Nuremberg 1883 (7)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Siegergruppe     3.5  /  5
Hamburg 1885 (6)     4th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     11.5  /  17
Frankfurt 1887 (4)     5th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     12  /  20
Nuremberg 1888 (1)     2nd Bavarian Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     6  /  10
Leipzig 1888     Augustea 40th Jubilee Tournament     2  /  7
Breslau 1889 (3)     6th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     13  /  17
Manchester 1890 (1)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     15.5  /  19
Dresden 1892 (1)     7th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     12.5  /  17
Leipzig 1894 (1)     9th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     13.5  /  17
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     14  /  21
Nuremberg 1896     Nuremberg Tournament     12  /  18
Budapest 1896     Budapest Tournament     6  /  12
Vienna 1898 (3)     Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier     28.5  /  37
  Tarrasch, S. - Pillsbury, H.N.     2.5 - 1.5    
Monte Carlo 1902     Monte Carlo International Tournament     15  /  24
Monte Carlo 1903     Monte Carlo Tournament     20  /  26
Ostend 1905 (1)     Ostend Tournament     18  /  26
Nuremberg 1906 (1)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     7.5  /  16
Ostend 1907 (2)     Ostend Grandmaster Tournament     12.5  /  20
Hamburg 1910 (1)     17th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8  /  16
San Sebastian 1911 (1)     San Sebastian Master Tournament     7.5  /  14
San Sebastian 1912 (1)     San Sebastian Tournament     11.5  /  19
Breslau 1912 (1)     18th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     11  /  17
Saint Petersburg 1914 (2)     Saint Petersburg Tournament - Preliminary     6.5  /  10
Saint Petersburg 1914 (3)     Saint Petersburg Tournament - Final     2  /  8
Mannheim 1914 (1)     19th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     5.5  /  11
Berlin 1918 (2)     Berlin Tournament     1.5  /  6
Goteborg 1920 (1)     Göteborg Tournament - Section A     7.5  /  13
Berlin 1920 (13)     Berlin Tournament     4.5  /  9
Pistyan 1922 (1)     Breyer Memorial Master Tournament     8.5  /  18
Mannheim 1922     Saragosa Opening Tournament     3.5  /  4
Hastings 1922     Hastings Tournament     4  /  10
Teplitz-Schönau 1922 (1)     1st Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia - Master Tournament     5  /  13
Vienna 1922 (1)     Austrian Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     9  /  14
The Hague 1922 (1)     The Hague Tournament     3.5  /  5
Amsterdam 1923     United Amsterdam Club Tournament     0.5  /  3
Carlsbad 1923     Carlsbad Tournament     8  /  17
Moravska Ostrava 1923     Mahrisch Ostrau Master Tournament     6.5  /  13
Trieste 1923 (1)     Trieste Master Tournament     7  /  11
Merano 1924 (1)     Merano Congress - Master Tournament     5  /  12
Baden-Baden 1925     Baden-Baden Tournament     7.5  /  20
Breslau 1925 (1)     24th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     3.5  /  11
Semmering 1926     Semmering Tournament     10  /  17
London, England 1927 (3)     1st Olympiad     8.5  /  15
Bad Kissingen 1928 (1)     11th Bavarian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     4  /  11
Berlin 1928 (9)     Berlin Tournament     0  /  3
Bad Nenndorf 1932     8th Lower Saxony Chess Federation Tournament - Group 2     4.5  /  5
Munich 1932 (1)     13th Bavarian Chess Federation Tournament     7  /  9

Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025