Keidanski, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1889  182  2255 (62) 9
1890  194  2255 (58) 0
1891  194  2255 (49) 16
1892  237  2228 (49) 10
1893  265  2207 (50) 8
1894  292  2177 (51) 8
1895  294  2183 (55) 0
1896  279  2189 (53) 0
1897  274  2195 (43) 19
1898  250  2225 (43) 18
1899  254  2226 (53) 0
1900  250  2227 (56) 0
1901  260  2228 (53) 0
1902  269  2230 (44) 20
1903  208  2267 (46) 14
1904  233  2258 (57) 0
1905  261  2249 (62) 0
1906  283  2240 (63) 0
1907  310  2231 (60) 5
1908  303  2237 (62) 0
1909  305  2243 (59) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Keidanski, (Theodore?) Hermann  
   Also known as: Hermann Keidanz; Dr. H. Keidanz
Born: 4 Nov. 1865
Died: 1938
 
Notes:
Winter cites sources erroneously giving his year of death as 1935. Gaige (Chess Personalia) gives his name as 'Keidanski, [Theodore?] Hermann' and indicates that later he went by the name 'Keidanz'. Di Felice gives his name as 'Keidanski, Hermann' in one place and 'Keidanz, Theodore Hermann' in other places.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 307
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 308
   Fiala, Cologne 1898, page 240
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 249
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 208
   Hilbert, Napier, page 314
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 315
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 196
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 61
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 129
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 68, 74
Web
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Living the American Dream: Julius Finn], page 7
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5364. Keidanz]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5380. Hermann Keidanz]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5398. Hermann Keidanz]

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

Keidanski, H. - Walbrodt, C.A. 1891         (f)     1   -   5
Keidanski, H. - Delmar, E. (1) 1902         (f)     4   -   1

Tournament data

Berlin 1889 (1)     Berlin Championship     4  /  9
Berlin 1891     Berlin Winter Tournament     5.5  /  10
Berlin 1892     Berlin Chess Club Winter Tournament - First Class     2  /  10
Berlin 1893     Berlin Tournament     3.5  /  8
Berlin 1894 (1)     Berlin Chess Club Winter Tourney     2  /  8
Berlin 1897 (2)     Berliner Schachgesellschaft 70th Anniversary Congress - Hauptturnier A     6.5  /  11
Berlin 1897 (4)     Berliner Schachgesellschaft 70th Anniversary Congress - Siegergruppe     1  /  8
Cologne 1898 (1)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     10  /  18
New York 1902 (1)     New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Keidanski, H. - Blackmar, Ab.E.     1 - 0    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1902     Rice Trophy Tournament     0  /  6
New York 1902 (4)     Manhattan Club Championship     1.5  /  9
New York 1903 (1)     Manhattan Club Rice Gambit Tournament     8.5  /  14
Saint Lawrence River 1907 (1)     20th New York State Chess Association Championship     1.5  /  5
New York 1909 (4)     Rice Club Championship     8  /  14


Player information updated: 18 Mar. 2024