Bodenstein, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  288  2199 (76) 5
1895  267  2215 (72) 0
1896  237  2231 (66) 0
1897  219  2247 (56) 0
1898  214  2263 (41) 30
1899  247  2242 (44) 16
1900  270  2232 (52) 6
1901  273  2232 (61) 0
1902  281  2232 (65) 0
1903  287  2232 (67) 0
1904  301  2232 (65) 0
1905  305  2232 (61) 0
1906  312  2232 (52) 18
1907  317  2236 (59) 0
1908  317  2240 (62) 0
1909  324  2244 (62) 0
1910  300  2248 (57) 14
1911  341  2236 (67) 0
1912  369  2224 (73) 0
1913  394  2213 (77) 0
1914  393  2201 (79) 0
1915  403  2189 (79) 0
1916  431  2177 (78) 0
1917  474  2165 (75) 0
1918  509  2153 (69) 0
1919  543  2141 (61) 0
1920  606  2129 (49) 10
1921  716  2108 (41) 27
1922  849  2065 (46) 10
1923  1035  2031 (51) 8
1924  1097  2017 (59) 0
1925  1215  2002 (61) 0
1926  1315  1987 (60) 0
1927  1386  1972 (54) 10
1928  1435  1956 (52) 13
1929  1491  1934 (58) 0
1930  1552  1913 (59) 9
1931  1650  1903 (63) 0
1932  1700  1892 (64) 14
1933  1721  1873 (70) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bodenstein, Paul  
Born: 12 May 1864
Died: 28 Aug. 1934
 
Notes:
Alan McGowan makes a good case (at the chessgames.com pages for Hugo Bodenstein and Paul Bodenstein) that Hugo did not exist, and that all references to him were actually for Hauptmann Paul Bodenstein, despite occurrences of the name 'Hugo' in a few places.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 222
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 376
   Fiala, Cologne 1898, page 240
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 44
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 359, 359
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 33
Periodicals
   [DSB], 1934, page 299
Web
   [Hugo Bodenstein]
   [Paul Bodenstein]

Tournament data

Leipzig 1894 (2)     9th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     2.5  /  5
Berlin 1898     Berlin Winter Tourney - First Class     6.5  /  12
Cologne 1898 (1)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     9.5  /  18
Berlin 1899 (1)     Berlin Winter Tournament     6  /  16
Berlin 1900 (1)     Berlin Chess Club Winter Tournament - 1st Class     5.5  /  12
Nuremberg 1906 (3)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier, Section 2     6.5  /  9
Nuremberg 1906 (7)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier Final     1.5  /  9
Hamburg 1910 (7)     17th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B, Section 5     7  /  9
Hamburg 1910 (9)     17th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B, Siegergruppe 1     2  /  5
Berlin 1920 (4)     20th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier 1     4  /  10
Berlin 1921 (2)     Berlin Chess Society Championship     1.5  /  10
Berlin 1921 (4)     Berlin Championship (for 1922)     10  /  17
Berlin 1922 (2)     Berlin Chess Society Championship     2  /  10
Berlin 1923 (1)     Berlin Chess Society Winter Tournament     2  /  8
Stockholm 1927 (1)     Sallskapet Club - Berlin Schachgesellschaft Match    
  Bodenstein, P. - Andersson, K.W.     0 - 2    
Berlin 1927 (8)     2nd German Chess Association Congress     3.5  /  8
Berlin 1928 (3)     Berlin Championship - Preliminary Group B     2  /  7
Berlin 1928 (12)     German Chess Association Congress - Gruppenturnier, Group B     3  /  6
Berlin 1930 (3)     Berlin City Championship     1  /  9
Berlin 1932 (7)     Berlin Tournament     1.5  /  14
Berlin 1933 (1)     Berlin Chess Association Tournament     0.5  /  9

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025