Bodenstein, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  287  2195 (76) 5
1895  266  2211 (72) 0
1896  236  2227 (66) 0
1897  220  2243 (56) 0
1898  214  2259 (41) 30
1899  247  2238 (44) 16
1900  267  2228 (52) 6
1901  270  2228 (61) 0
1902  280  2227 (65) 0
1903  284  2227 (67) 0
1904  297  2227 (65) 0
1905  303  2227 (61) 0
1906  309  2227 (51) 18
1907  316  2231 (59) 0
1908  314  2235 (62) 0
1909  321  2239 (62) 0
1910  297  2243 (57) 14
1911  345  2231 (67) 0
1912  363  2219 (73) 0
1913  393  2207 (77) 0
1914  387  2195 (79) 0
1915  400  2184 (79) 0
1916  431  2172 (78) 0
1917  467  2160 (75) 0
1918  505  2148 (69) 0
1919  534  2136 (61) 0
1920  600  2124 (49) 10
1921  702  2103 (41) 27
1922  834  2060 (46) 10
1923  1013  2026 (51) 8
1924  1084  2012 (59) 0
1925  1191  1997 (61) 0
1926  1286  1983 (60) 0
1927  1348  1968 (54) 10
1928  1387  1951 (52) 13
1929  1442  1930 (58) 0
1930  1513  1908 (59) 9
1931  1622  1898 (63) 0
1932  1666  1887 (64) 14
1933  1680  1868 (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