| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1895 | 861 | 1861 | (89) | 9 |  
  | 1896 | 829 | 1884 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 795 | 1907 | (86) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 769 | 1930 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 755 | 1952 | (78) | 0 |  
  | 1900 | 734 | 1975 | (72) | 11 |  
  | 1901 | 735 | 1974 | (74) | 0 |  
  | 1902 | 753 | 1973 | (74) | 0 |  
  | 1903 | 744 | 1972 | (71) | 14 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Völkel, Kurt |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Gaige, in Chess Tournament Crosstables, gives 'Völkel', 'Voekel' and 'Vothil'. I assume the last two to be errors. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 234 |  
   | Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 286, 287 |  | Web |  
   | Hoppe, Frank.  [Chronik des Jahres 1902] (broken) |  |  |