Petrov, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1814  2218 (197) 7
1815  2228 (195) 0
1816  2238 (193) 0
1817  2248 (192) 0
1818  2258 (190) 0
1819  2268 (188) 0
1820  10  2278 (186) 0
1821  11  2288 (184) 3
1822  2304 (181) 0
1823  2319 (179) 0
1824  2335 (177) 0
1825  2351 (174) 0
1826  2367 (172) 0
1827  2382 (169) 0
1828  2398 (166) 0
1829  2414 (163) 0
1830  2430 (160) 0
1831  2445 (157) 0
1832  2461 (153) 0
1833  2477 (150) 0
1834  2493 (146) 0
1835  2508 (142) 0
1836  2524 (137) 0
1837  2540 (133) 0
1838  2556 (128) 0
1839  2571 (122) 0
1840  2587 (116) 0
1841  2603 (110) 0
1842  2619 (103) 0
1843  2634 (95) 4
1844  2658 (90) 14
1845  2644 (92) 1
1846  2643 (93) 0
1847  2642 (93) 0
1848  2640 (93) 0
1849  2639 (91) 2
1850  2640 (89) 0
1851  2641 (86) 3
1852  2640 (85) 0
1853  2639 (82) 6
1854  2635 (84) 0
1855  2630 (85) 0
1856  2626 (84) 0
1857  2622 (81) 0
1858  2618 (76) 0
1859  2614 (69) 21
1860  2600 (73) 0
1861  2585 (75) 0
1862  2571 (74) 6
1863  2561 (78) 17

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Petrov, Alexander Dmitrievich  
   Also known as: Petroff; Bendixen
Born: 13 Feb. 1799
Died: 22 Apr. 1867
 
Notes:
Most sources give his year of birth as 1794. An exception is the book by Kogan, which gives his birth date as 1 Feb. 1799. Recent evidence from church records show that his date of birth was actually 2 Feb. 1799 (see the Russian wikipedia page for Petrov), which in the Gregorian calendar is 13 Feb. 1799. Thanks to Geert van der Wulp for pointing this out to me.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 116, 247
   Cornil, Historique des revues francophones, page 31
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 134
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 327
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 235
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 95
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 246
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 298
   Murray, History of Chess, page 884
   Wade, Soviet Chess, page 15
Periodicals
   [Alb], 13 July 1867
   [BLL], 8 July 1838, page 4
   [BLL], 20 Oct. 1839, page 4
   [BLL], 13 Nov. 1842, page 4
   [BLL], 17 Mar. 1844, page 2
   [CP], vol. 4, no. 2, Aug. 1853, page 64
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 4, Oct. 1863, page 125
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1863, page 187
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 227
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 4, July 1867, page 146
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 6, June 1873, page 161
   [Era], vol. 29, no. 1502, 7 July 1867, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 43, no. 1230, 7 Nov. 1863, page 483
   [ILN], vol. 44, no. 1245, 13 Feb. 1864, page 171
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 187
   [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 10, Oct. 1867, page 319
   [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 11, Nov. 1867, page 321
   [NR], vol. 4, no. 7, July 1863, page 217
   [NYC], 17 Aug. 1867
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 Sep. 1836, page 234
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 3, 15 May 1838, page 117
   [PDEB], 19 July 1867
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 3, Nov. 1864, page 126
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 118
   [Reg], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1849, page 164
   [Sis], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1867, page 222
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 17, 15 Jan. 1867, page 269
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 6, 15 June 1867, page 138
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1850, page 49
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45
   [SZ], vol. 8, no. 6, June 1853, page 179
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 11, Nov. 1864, page 379
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 7, 1 July 1867, page 197
   [TFF], 24 Aug. 1867
Web
   Sarah.  [The Denoument - Morphy Retires]
   Sarah.  [State of Chess in 1838]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   [Петров, Александр Дмитриевич (шахматист)]

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

Petrov, A.D. - Kopiev, A.D. 1814         (f)     4.5   -   2.5
Petrov, A.D. - Tundutov 1821         (c)     2   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1843 (1)         (c)     0   -   2      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1843 (2)         (s)     2   -   0      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and move
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1844 (1)         (c)     0.5   -   0.5      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Petrov, A.D. - Hoffman, F.A. 1844         (s)     4   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1844 (2)         (c)     7   -   1      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and move
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1845         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Petrov, A.D. - Stern, D.S. 1849         (c)     2   -   0
Petrov, A.D. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1851         (s)     2.5   -   0.5
Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, D.S. 1853         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, S.S. 1853         (c)     3   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - Urusov, S.S. 1859         (f)     13.5   -   7.5
Petrov, A.D. - Shumov, I.S. 1862         (f)     4   -   2
Petrov, A.D. - Golitsin, S.V. 1863         (f)     1.5   -   0.5      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and three moves
Petrov, A.D. - Hardmuth 1863         (f)     3   -   1
Petrov, A.D. - Journoud, P. 1863         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Petrov, A.D. - Salter, D.M. 1863         (c)     5   -   1      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and move
Petrov, A.D. - Mikhailov, V.M. 1863         (f)     2   -   0
Petrov, A.D. - Achsharumov, N.D. 1863         (f)     1.5   -   0.5      Petrov, A.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025