Bodenstein, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  285  2198 (76) 5
1895  267  2214 (72) 0
1896  236  2230 (66) 0
1897  221  2246 (56) 0
1898  212  2262 (41) 30
1899  247  2241 (44) 16
1900  270  2230 (52) 6
1901  274  2230 (61) 0
1902  281  2230 (65) 0
1903  286  2230 (67) 0
1904  299  2230 (65) 0
1905  307  2230 (61) 0
1906  312  2230 (51) 18
1907  317  2234 (59) 0
1908  317  2238 (62) 0
1909  324  2242 (62) 0
1910  298  2246 (57) 14
1911  343  2234 (67) 0
1912  364  2222 (73) 0
1913  392  2211 (77) 0
1914  392  2199 (79) 0
1915  401  2187 (79) 0
1916  432  2175 (78) 0
1917  468  2163 (75) 0
1918  506  2151 (69) 0
1919  539  2139 (61) 0
1920  602  2127 (49) 10
1921  710  2106 (41) 27
1922  846  2063 (46) 10
1923  1025  2029 (51) 8
1924  1098  2015 (59) 0
1925  1208  2000 (61) 0
1926  1300  1985 (60) 0
1927  1370  1971 (54) 10
1928  1405  1954 (52) 13
1929  1471  1932 (58) 0
1930  1540  1911 (59) 9
1931  1639  1901 (63) 0
1932  1688  1890 (64) 14
1933  1702  1871 (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