Bodenstein, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  287  2203 (76) 5
1895  267  2219 (72) 0
1896  235  2235 (66) 0
1897  218  2252 (56) 0
1898  214  2268 (41) 30
1899  247  2247 (44) 16
1900  267  2236 (52) 6
1901  272  2237 (61) 0
1902  276  2237 (65) 0
1903  288  2237 (67) 0
1904  299  2237 (65) 0
1905  302  2238 (61) 0
1906  308  2238 (52) 18
1907  317  2242 (59) 0
1908  318  2246 (62) 0
1909  321  2250 (62) 0
1910  298  2254 (57) 14
1911  343  2242 (66) 0
1912  367  2230 (73) 0
1913  393  2218 (77) 0
1914  394  2206 (79) 0
1915  405  2194 (79) 0
1916  430  2182 (78) 0
1917  473  2171 (75) 0
1918  510  2159 (69) 0
1919  547  2147 (61) 0
1920  610  2135 (49) 10
1921  716  2114 (41) 27
1922  851  2070 (46) 10
1923  1040  2037 (51) 8
1924  1104  2022 (59) 0
1925  1219  2007 (61) 0
1926  1322  1992 (60) 0
1927  1393  1978 (54) 10
1928  1442  1961 (52) 13
1929  1508  1940 (58) 0
1930  1565  1918 (59) 9
1931  1661  1908 (63) 0
1932  1716  1898 (64) 14
1933  1740  1878 (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