Albin, Adolf




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1883  125  2296 (67) 14
1884  131  2303 (71) 0
1885  124  2311 (73) 0
1886  122  2318 (73) 0
1887  116  2326 (71) 0
1888  109  2334 (66) 0
1889  101  2341 (58) 0
1890  91  2349 (44) 21
1891  70  2400 (38) 32
1892  41  2444 (32) 46
1893  27  2479 (29) 62
1894  40  2452 (27) 125
1895  49  2420 (28) 76
1896  62  2393 (28) 71
1897  105  2331 (36) 19
1898  103  2331 (38) 32
1899  92  2353 (45) 0
1900  77  2375 (39) 16
1901  62  2394 (34) 31
1902  68  2395 (33) 38
1903  94  2359 (37) 24
1904  96  2361 (44) 0
1905  90  2363 (37) 33
1906  116  2343 (47) 0
1907  144  2322 (46) 13
1908  144  2324 (52) 0
1909  155  2326 (51) 10
1910  139  2336 (55) 0
1911  124  2347 (54) 0
1912  109  2357 (46) 10
1913  96  2373 (42) 29
1914  88  2372 (48) 14
1915  84  2364 (62) 0
1916  90  2355 (72) 0
1917  97  2347 (80) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Albin, Adolf  
   Also known as: Adolph Albin
Born: 14 Sep. 1848
Died: 22 Mar. 1920
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper has birth year 1847. Other sources have 1848. Most sources give date of death as 01-02-1920, but information given in Chess Note 11752 makes it clear that it was 22-03-1920. Travesset, at the ajedrez365 web site, has 'Max Adolf Albin'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 241
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 299
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 245
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 73
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 619, 953
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 5
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 523
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 9
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 319
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 131
   Hilbert, Napier, page 130
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 138
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 4
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 6
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 20
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 9
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America
   Urcan, Chess Fathering a Nation, page 109
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 392
Web
   Lissowski, Tomasz.  [Adolf Albin: The Teacher of Nimzovich?]
   Sarah.  [Monte Carlo 1902 - The Players]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   Travesset, Joaquim.  [El Café de la Sala Imperio y José María Baquero Vidal]
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Adolf Albin and the Genesis of the Albin Counter Gambit: Part I]
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Adolf Albin and the Genesis of the Albin Counter Gambit: Part II]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 11752. The death of Adolf Albin]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Albin, A. - Hruby, V. 1891         (f)     3.5   -   5.5
Bauer, J.H. - Albin, A. 1891         (f)     4   -   0
Albin, A. - Exner, G.R. 1892         (f)     4.5   -   4.5
Albin, A. - Hodges, A.B. 1893         (f)     4   -   4
Albin, A. - Schottlander, A. 1893         (c)     2   -   2
Albin, A. - Delmar, E. (1) 1893 (1)         (c)     6.5   -   1.5
Albin, A. - Jasnogrodsky, N. 1893         (c)     4   -   0
Albin, A. - Delmar, E. (1) 1893 (2)         (c)     12   -   4
Albin, A. - Shipley, W.P. 1894         (c)     2.5   -   0.5
Albin, A. - Delmar, E. (1) 1894         (f)     5   -   2
Albin, A. - Mortimer, J. 1894         (c)     54   -   20
Showalter, J.W. - Albin, A. 1894         (f)     14   -   11
Albin, A. - Martinez, D.M. 1895         (c)     1   -   1
Albin, A. - Morgan, J.P. 1895         (c)     1   -   1
Albin, A. - Morgan, M. 1895         (c)     2   -   0
Albin, A. - Robinson, D.S. 1895         (c)     0   -   2
Albin, A. - Shipley, W.P. 1895         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Albin, A. - Voigt, H.G. 1895         (c)     2   -   4
Albin, A. - Farrar, E.H. 1895         (f)     2   -   0
Albin, A. - Wilcox, C.O. 1895         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
Albin, A. - Labatt, L.L. 1895 (1)         (f)     2   -   0
Albin, A. - Carborne, F. 1895         (f)     2   -   0
Albin, A. - Tennison, O.M. 1895         (f)     4   -   0
Albin, A. - Labatt, L.L. 1895 (2)         (f)     19   -   6
Schwarz, A. - Albin, A. 1897         (f)     2.5   -   1.5
Albin, A. - te Kolste, J.W. 1898         (f)     5   -   2
Albin, A. - Schultz, K. 1898         (f)     7.5   -   2.5
Albin, A. - Alapin, S.Z. 1900         (f)     3   -   3
Marco, G. - Albin, A. 1901         (f)     6   -   4
Taubenhaus, J. - Albin, A. 1901         (f)     3.5   -   0.5
Albin, A. - Reti, R. 1917         (f)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Vienna 1883     Vienna Schachgesellschaft Championship     5  /  14
Vienna 1890     1st Kolisch Memorial Tournament     4  /  15
Graz 1890     Graz Tournament     0.5  /  6
Vienna 1891 (1)     Neuen Wiener Schachklub Meisterturnier     2  /  8
Vienna 1891 (2)     Wiener Schachgesellschaft Turnier     7  /  11
Dresden 1892 (1)     7th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     7  /  16
Vienna 1892     Vienna Chess Club Winter Tournament     14  /  21
New York 1893 (13)     Impromptu International Tournament     8.5  /  13
New York 1893 (14)     Manhattan Café Tournament     5  /  9
Buffalo 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy Competition     2.5  /  6
New York 1894 (6)     New York Tournament     6.5  /  10
Newark 1895 (2)     Newark - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Albin, A. - Hymes, E.     0 - 1    
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     8.5  /  21
Vienna 1896 (1)     Vienna Championship     9  /  22
Nuremberg 1896     Nuremberg Tournament     7  /  18
Budapest 1896     Budapest Tournament     5  /  12
Vienna 1896 (3)     Vienna Tournament     1.5  /  5
Vienna 1896 (4)     Vienna Tournament     7  /  14
Berlin 1897 (7)     Berliner Schachgesellschaft 70th Anniversary Congress - Meisterturnier     2  /  15
Cologne 1898 (2)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     4  /  15
Vienna 1900     2nd Kolisch Memorial Tournament     4  /  11
Vienna 1901 (1)     Vienna Chess Club Winter Tournament - Master Group     6.5  /  12
Paris 1901     Cercle Phildor Tournament     3.5  /  5
Monte Carlo 1902     Monte Carlo International Tournament     12  /  25
Paris 1902 (1)     Café de la Régence Master Tournament     0.5  /  6
Paris 1902 (2)     2nd Café de la Régence Master Tournament     4  /  7
Monte Carlo 1903     Monte Carlo Tournament     8  /  26
Vienna 1905 (1)     King's Gambit Declined Tournament     5  /  15
Vienna 1905 (2)     Austro-Hungarian Championship Tournament     7  /  18
Vienna 1907     1st Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     3  /  13
Vienna 1909 (3)     Vienna Tournament     6  /  10
Vienna 1912     4th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     4  /  10
Vienna 1913 (2)     5th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     9.5  /  18
Vienna 1913 (3)     Vienna Club Amateur Tournament     8.5  /  11
Vienna 1914 (1)     6th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     7  /  14

Player information updated: 30 Jul. 2023