Anderssen, Adolf (offhand)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1849  15  2512 (61) 3
1850  2537 (44) 58
1851  17  2488 (35) 110
1852  16  2473 (48) 0
1853  20  2457 (49) 12
1854  19  2445 (54) 0
1855  26  2434 (52) 22
1856  22  2444 (52) 0
1857  24  2455 (43) 39
1858  13  2521 (46) 6
1859  2598 (43) 49
1860  11  2577 (43) 10
1861  11  2558 (41) 29
1862  13  2547 (37) 31
1863  13  2543 (41) 7
1864  12  2562 (33) 183
1865  11  2558 (35) 137
1866  11  2584 (38) 67
1867  12  2553 (51) 0
1868  16  2523 (55) 8
1869  18  2505 (61) 0
1870  21  2487 (62) 3
1871  20  2483 (65) 7
1872  22  2484 (74) 0
1873  21  2484 (81) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Anderssen, Karl Ernst Adolf (offhand)  
Born: 6 July 1818
Died: 13 Mar. 1879
 
Notes:
This is, of course, the Adolf Anderssen, but (following Spinrad) for rating purposes I have considered Anderssen the offhand player as a separate person from Anderssen the formal match and tournament player. Spinrad argued (in postings about his attempts at historical ratings in the Avler Chess Forum) that, more than other players apparently, Anderssen played differently in offhand and formal events, being more experimental in the former. It is often difficult to ascertain, however, whether an event was considered formal or not, and I have in many cases had to just make a judgement based on the information available to me.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 9

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Anderssen (offhand) - von Salpius 1849         (c)     2   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - Mayet, C. 1850         (c)     16   -   7
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1850         (c)     15   -   5
Anderssen (offhand) - Eliason, C. 1850         (c)     10   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Nathan, N.D. 1850         (c)     2   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Franz, R. 1850         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Laroche, J.A. 1851         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Lowenthal, J.J. 1851 (1)         (c)     2   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - Perigal, G. 1851         (c)     3   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Michaels, P. 1851         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Bourdillon 1851         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Jenay, E. 1851         (c)     4.5   -   3.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Medley, G.W. 1851         (c)     4.5   -   1.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Lowenthal, J.J. 1851 (2)         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Slous, F.L. 1851         (c)     1   -   0
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Anderssen (offhand) 1851         (c)     10   -   6
von Schaper - Anderssen (offhand) 1851         (c)     1   -   0
Buckle, H.T. - Anderssen (offhand) 1851         (c)     8   -   7
Anderssen (offhand) - Bird, H.E. 1851         (c)     9   -   9
Anderssen (offhand) - Mongredien, A. (1) 1851         (c)     20   -   15
Anderssen (offhand) - Mayet, C. 1853         (s)     7   -   5
Anderssen (offhand) - Pollmacher, H. 1855         (c)     7.5   -   2.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Schurig, B.E.R. 1855         (c)     8   -   4
Harrwitz, D. - Anderssen (offhand) 1857         (c)     3   -   0
Kipping, J.S. - Anderssen (offhand) 1857         (c)     7.5   -   8.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Pindar, E.D. 1857 (1)         (c)     0   -   1      Anderssen (offhand) gave odds of pawn and two moves
Anderssen (offhand) - Pindar, E.D. 1857 (2)         (c)     4.5   -   3.5      Anderssen (offhand) gave odds of pawn and move
Anderssen (offhand) - Pindar, E.D. 1857 (3)         (c)     1   -   6      Anderssen (offhand) gave odds of the exchange
Anderssen (offhand) - Pindar, E.D. 1857 (4)         (c)     3   -   1
Morphy, P.C. - Anderssen (offhand) 1858         (c)     5   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - Suhle, C.F.B. 1859 (1)         (c)     7   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1859         (c)     4   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Suhle, C.F.B. 1859 (2)         (c)     12.5   -   9.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Suhle, C.F.B. 1859 (3)         (c)     11.5   -   2.5
Kolisch, I. - Anderssen (offhand) 1860         (c)     4   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Neumann, G.R.L. 1860 (1)         (c)     2   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - Neumann, G.R.L. 1860 (2)         (s)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - van 't Kruijs, M. 1861         (c)     6   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Kolisch, I. 1861         (c)     2   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, G. 1861         (c)     4   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - Dupre, C.E.A. 1861         (c)     2.5   -   0.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Raland, F. 1861         (c)     4   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Messemaker, C. 1861         (c)     3   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - Lowenthal, J.J. 1861         (c)     2   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - Campbell, Jos.G. 1861         (c)     0.5   -   1.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Dubois, S. 1862         (c)     5   -   3
Anderssen (offhand) - Blackburne, J.H. 1862         (c)     1   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Lowenthal, J.J. 1862         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Anderssen (offhand) - de Riviere, J.A. 1862         (s)     1   -   1
Anderssen (offhand) - MacDonnell, G.A. 1862         (c)     2   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Steinitz, W. 1862         (s)     4   -   2
Paulsen, L. - Anderssen (offhand) 1862         (c)     4.5   -   0.5
Kolisch, I. - Anderssen (offhand) 1862         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Donaldson, Jo. 1862         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Paulsen, L. - Anderssen (offhand) 1863         (c)     3   -   2
Paulsen, W. - Anderssen (offhand) 1863         (c)     2   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Neumann, G.R.L. 1864 (1)         (s)     41.5   -   36.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Neumann, G.R.L. 1864 (2)         (c)     28   -   28
Anderssen (offhand) - Schallopp, E. 1864         (c)     20   -   20
Anderssen (offhand) - Zukertort, J.H. 1864         (c)     5.5   -   3.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Anderssen (offhand) 1865         (s)     52   -   48
Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1865 (1)         (c)     15   -   8
Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1865 (2)         (c)     10   -   4
Anderssen (offhand) - Bird, H.E. 1866         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Minckwitz, J. 1866         (c)     8.5   -   3.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Anderssen (offhand) 1866         (s)     25   -   25
Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1866         (c)     2.5   -   1.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Schulten, J.W. 1868         (c)     4.5   -   3.5
Paulsen, L. - Anderssen (offhand) 1870         (c)     2.5   -   0.5
Zukertort, J.H. - Anderssen (offhand) 1871         (c)     5   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Riemann, F. 1873 (1)         (c)     1.5   -   0.5      Anderssen (offhand) gave odds of rook and move
Anderssen (offhand) - Riemann, F. 1873 (2)         (c)     0   -   2      Anderssen (offhand) gave odds of a rook
Anderssen (offhand) - Riemann, F. 1873 (3)         (c)     0   -   3      Anderssen (offhand) gave odds of a knight


Player information updated: 8 Dec. 2023