Bodenstein, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  290  2199 (76) 5
1895  269  2215 (72) 0
1896  238  2231 (66) 0
1897  219  2247 (56) 0
1898  215  2263 (41) 30
1899  247  2242 (44) 16
1900  271  2232 (52) 6
1901  274  2232 (61) 0
1902  282  2232 (65) 0
1903  288  2232 (67) 0
1904  302  2232 (65) 0
1905  304  2232 (61) 0
1906  310  2233 (51) 18
1907  316  2237 (59) 0
1908  317  2241 (62) 0
1909  323  2245 (62) 0
1910  298  2249 (57) 14
1911  345  2237 (66) 0
1912  369  2225 (73) 0
1913  392  2213 (77) 0
1914  393  2201 (79) 0
1915  403  2189 (79) 0
1916  432  2177 (78) 0
1917  476  2166 (75) 0
1918  511  2154 (69) 0
1919  545  2142 (61) 0
1920  607  2130 (49) 10
1921  717  2109 (41) 27
1922  850  2065 (46) 10
1923  1038  2032 (51) 8
1924  1100  2017 (59) 0
1925  1219  2002 (61) 0
1926  1320  1987 (60) 0
1927  1394  1973 (54) 10
1928  1441  1956 (52) 13
1929  1496  1935 (58) 0
1930  1555  1913 (59) 9
1931  1658  1903 (63) 0
1932  1708  1893 (64) 14
1933  1730  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