Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1843 |
51 |
2188 | (146) | 1 |
| 1844 |
54 |
2200 | (144) | 0 |
| 1845 |
60 |
2213 | (142) | 0 |
| 1846 |
68 |
2225 | (140) | 0 |
| 1847 |
71 |
2238 | (138) | 0 |
| 1848 |
66 |
2250 | (136) | 0 |
| 1849 |
76 |
2263 | (133) | 0 |
| 1850 |
77 |
2275 | (130) | 0 |
| 1851 |
72 |
2288 | (127) | 0 |
| 1852 |
62 |
2300 | (124) | 0 |
| 1853 |
67 |
2313 | (120) | 0 |
| 1854 |
59 |
2325 | (116) | 0 |
| 1855 |
59 |
2338 | (111) | 0 |
| 1856 |
58 |
2350 | (105) | 10 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Bezzel, Max Friedrich Wilhelm |
| Born: 4 Feb. 1824 |
| Died: 30 July 1871 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige has 'Bezzel, Max Friedrich Wilhelm'. The Deutsche Schachzeitung of Jan. 1872 (p.1) has 'Friedrich Wilhelm Max Bezzel'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 37 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 126 |
| Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 312, 313 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 10 May 1857, page 8 |
| [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1858, page 224 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 323 |
| [DCJ], vol. 4, no. 27, May 1872, page 11 |
| [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1872, page 1 |
| [ILN], vol. 30, no. 866, 27 June 1857, page 640 |
| [IZL], vol. 24, no. 613, 1 Apr. 1855, page 222 |
| [IZL], vol. 27, no. 694, 18 Oct. 1856, page 258 |
| [IZL], vol. 28, no. 705, 3 Jan. 1857, page 15 |
| [IZL], vol. 28, no. 722, 2 May 1857, page 366 |
| [IZL], vol. 39, no. 1011, 15 Nov. 1862, page 358 |
| [IZL], vol. 57, no. 1468, 19 Aug. 1871, page 146 |
| [NYC], 13 June 1857 |
| [NYC], 13 May 1871 |
| [NYC], 20 May 1871 |
| [OSZ], vol. 2, no. 26, 16 Apr. 1873, page 124 |
| [Sis], vol. 5, no. 2, 1871, page 57 |
| [SZ], vol. 3, no. 5, May 1848, page 178 |
| [SZ], vol. 11, no. 1, Jan. 1856, page 23 |
| [SZ], vol. 15, no. 9, Sep. 1860, page 313 |
| [SZ], vol. 16, no. 4, Apr. 1861, page 125 |
| [SZ], vol. 19, no. 5, May 1864, page 137 |
| [SZ], vol. 22, 1867, page cover |
| [SZ], vol. 26, no. 8, Aug. 1871, page 237 |
| [TFF], 1 Sep. 1871 |
| [TFF], 15 Sep. 1871 |
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