Bodenstein, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  284  2197 (76) 5
1895  264  2213 (72) 0
1896  235  2229 (66) 0
1897  217  2244 (56) 0
1898  213  2260 (41) 30
1899  249  2240 (44) 16
1900  267  2229 (52) 6
1901  270  2229 (61) 0
1902  276  2229 (65) 0
1903  282  2229 (67) 0
1904  296  2229 (65) 0
1905  300  2229 (61) 0
1906  308  2229 (51) 18
1907  313  2233 (59) 0
1908  310  2237 (62) 0
1909  317  2241 (62) 0
1910  292  2245 (57) 14
1911  342  2233 (67) 0
1912  362  2221 (73) 0
1913  389  2209 (77) 0
1914  387  2197 (79) 0
1915  400  2185 (79) 0
1916  426  2173 (78) 0
1917  461  2161 (75) 0
1918  500  2150 (69) 0
1919  533  2138 (61) 0
1920  598  2126 (49) 10
1921  700  2105 (41) 27
1922  831  2062 (46) 10
1923  1003  2028 (51) 8
1924  1077  2014 (59) 0
1925  1187  1999 (61) 0
1926  1279  1985 (60) 0
1927  1340  1970 (54) 10
1928  1383  1953 (52) 13
1929  1428  1932 (58) 0
1930  1502  1910 (59) 9
1931  1605  1900 (63) 0
1932  1651  1889 (64) 14
1933  1666  1870 (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