Voigt, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1883  113  2321 (84) 1
1884  108  2337 (74) 0
1885  100  2353 (63) 6
1886  90  2371 (47) 22
1887  74  2385 (44) 16
1888  61  2412 (44) 15
1889  48  2428 (47) 10
1890  46  2433 (51) 0
1891  41  2437 (47) 5
1892  53  2422 (40) 27
1893  74  2384 (40) 19
1894  90  2361 (38) 33
1895  88  2372 (35) 37
1896  78  2378 (39) 16
1897  68  2385 (38) 27
1898  48  2426 (39) 19
1899  42  2430 (38) 29
1900  45  2423 (45) 2
1901  53  2403 (45) 16
1902  54  2406 (50) 2
1903  52  2415 (50) 4
1904  66  2403 (48) 11
1905  119  2345 (50) 8
1906  137  2330 (55) 1
1907  155  2319 (55) 2
1908  156  2321 (53) 2
1909  167  2322 (48) 12
1910  202  2300 (48) 8
1911  278  2261 (50) 17
1912  324  2237 (64) 0
1913  387  2212 (74) 0
1914  426  2187 (82) 0
1915  458  2163 (88) 1
1916  496  2147 (95) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Voigt, Hermann G.  
Born: 16 July 1857
Died: 12 Feb. 1922
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 319
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 448
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 454, 581
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 229
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 26, 84
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 36
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 16, 31, 400
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 15
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 287
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 122
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 313
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Voigt, H.G. - Gross, H.B. 1885         (f)     5   -   1
Blackburne, J.H. - Voigt, H.G. 1889         (c)     0   -   1
Weiss, M. - Voigt, H.G. 1889         (c)     2   -   1
Pollock, W.H.K. - Voigt, H.G. 1889         (c)     0   -   2
Lasker, Em. - Voigt, H.G. 1892         (c)     2   -   0
Walbrodt, C.A. - Voigt, H.G. 1893         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Albin, A. - Voigt, H.G. 1895         (c)     2   -   4
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1895         (c)     1   -   0
Showalter, J.W. - Voigt, H.G. 1896         (c)     1   -   1
Voigt, H.G. - Ferris, W.J. 1897         (f)     7   -   6
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1898         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Voigt, H.G. - Judd, Max 1903         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1904         (c)     4.5   -   4.5
Capablanca, J.R. - Voigt, H.G. 1910         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Philadelphia and New York 1883     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Blackmar, Ab.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     12.5  /  22
Philadelphia 1887 (2)     2nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5  /  16      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1888 (1)     3rd Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  14
Philadelphia 1888 (2)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (2)    
  Voigt, H.G. - Halpern, J.C.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1889 (1)     4th Franklin Chess Club Championship     2  /  4
Philadelphia 1891 (1)     6th Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Voigt, H.G. - Smyth, C.     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Morgan, M.     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Martinez, D.M.     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Martinez, C.S.     1.5 - 0.5    
New York 1892 (4)     14th New York State Championship    
  Voigt, H.G. - Loeb, S.E.     0 - 1    
  Voigt, H.G. - Lipschutz, S.     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Young, J.W. (1)     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Otten, H.     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Rogers, H.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Skaneateles 1892 (2)     New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy, First Class     5  /  7
Skaneateles 1892 (6)     New York State Chess Association - Play-off    
  Voigt, H.G. - Shotwell, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5          Voigt, H.G. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Voigt, H.G. - White, A.N.     1 - 0          Voigt, H.G. gave odds of a knight
  Voigt, H.G. - Graves, W.H.     1 - 0          Voigt, H.G. gave odds of a rook
Philadelphia 1892 (1)     7th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  10
Philadelphia 1893 (1)     8th Franklin Chess Club Championship     12.5  /  18
Newark 1893     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hymes, N.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1894 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Voigt, H.G. - Maguire, E.S.     0 - 1    
  Voigt, H.G. - Ferris, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Voigt, H.G. - Magee, J.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hale, A.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1894 (2)     9th Franklin Chess Club Championship     18.5  /  24
Philadelphia 1894 (3)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Voigt, H.G. - Robinson, D.S.     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Bampton, S.W.     0 - 1    
  Voigt, H.G. - Morgan, J.P.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (7)     Manhattan - New York City Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Teed, F.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Lipschutz, S.     0 - 1    
Skaneateles 1895 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     3  /  6
Philadelphia 1895 (2)     10th Franklin Chess Club Championship     15.5  /  21
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Baird, D.G.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (3)     11th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  13
Philadelphia 1897 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Voigt, H.G. - Newman, C.J.     0 - 1    
  Voigt, H.G. - Bartow, J.B.     1 - 0    
  Voigt, H.G. - Robinson, D.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Schmidt, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1897 (2)     12th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5  /  10
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Rhoads, J.H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1898 (3)     13th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  11
Lake Keuka 1898     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     5  /  7
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Jacobs, H.L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1899 (4)     14th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10.5  /  14
  Voigt, H.G. - Kemeny, E.     2 - 4    
Saratoga Springs 1899     New York State Chess Association - Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament     3.5  /  7
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Lawrence, T.F.     1 - 0    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  14
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Bellingham, G.E.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Bellingham, G.E.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Trenchard, H.W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1904     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Johnston, S.P.     1 - 0    
New York 1904 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Koehler, G.H.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     3  /  7
New York 1906 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1907 (1)     9th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Blackburne, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Phillips, H.M.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1908     10th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Atkins, H.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Pulvermacher, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1909     11th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Wainwright, G.E.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Rosenfeld, Her.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (5)     24th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  12
Philadelphia 1909 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Philadelphia Chess League Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Eschner, M.R.     1 - 0    
Washington 1909     Franklin Chess Club - Washington Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Sournin, V.N.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1910     12th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Wahltuch, V.L.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Whitaker, N.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1910 (3)     24th Franklin Chess Club Championship play-off    
  Voigt, H.G. - Shipley, W.P.     2.5 - 1.5    
New York 1910 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Johner, P.F.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1911 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Eschner, M.R.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1911     13th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Yates, F.D.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Smith, M.M.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1911 (6)     26th Franklin Club Championship     8.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Rosen, L.     0 - 1    
New York 1916 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Voigt, H.G. - Meyer, L.B.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025