Anderssen, Adolf




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1845  23  2446 (73) 5
1846  20  2484 (66) 6
1847  11  2515 (64) 0
1848  7  2546 (57) 10
1849  5  2578 (57) 0
1850  4  2610 (50) 6
1851  3  2642 (39) 75
1852  5  2631 (53) 0
1853  5  2619 (58) 0
1854  5  2608 (57) 0
1855  5  2596 (51) 27
1856  5  2597 (55) 4
1857  4  2607 (52) 2
1858  3  2624 (44) 19
1859  6  2612 (41) 39
1860  10  2590 (37) 55
1861  5  2609 (41) 9
1862  4  2619 (38) 51
1863  3  2627 (48) 0
1864  3  2635 (47) 15
1865  5  2619 (47) 12
1866  5  2633 (45) 14
1867  4  2660 (48) 5
1868  3  2681 (44) 22
1869  2  2701 (45) 11
1870  2  2696 (44) 16
1871  2  2672 (47) 12
1872  2  2647 (48) 4
1873  3  2617 (43) 30
1874  5  2611 (52) 0
1875  6  2605 (53) 0
1876  6  2598 (47) 16
1877  5  2600 (43) 21
1878  8  2574 (43) 31

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Anderssen, Karl Ernst Adolf  
Born: 6 July 1818
Died: 13 Mar. 1879
 
Notes:
Following Spinrad, for rating purposes I have considered Anderssen the offhand player as a separate person from Anderssen the formal match and tournament player. Spinrad argued (in postings about his attempts at historical ratings in the Avler Chess Forum) that, more than other players apparently, Anderssen played differently in offhand and formal events, being more experimental in the former. It is often difficult to ascertain, however, whether an event was considered formal or not, and I have in many cases had to just make a judgement based on the information available to me. Sergeant gives his date of death as 14-03-1879; Gaige gives 13-03-1879.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 107, 241
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 247, 300
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 74
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 166, 953
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 9
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 14
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 142
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 268
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 12
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 288
   Murray, History of Chess, page 887
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 481
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 177
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 43
Periodicals
   [BLL], 19 July 1846, page 3
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 2, Aug. 1863, page 58
   [IZL], vol. 7, no. 163, 15 Aug. 1846, page 112
   [IZL], vol. 11, no. 266, 5 Aug. 1848, page 96
   [IZL], vol. 17, no. 421, 26 July 1851, page 80
   [IZL], vol. 59, no. 1527, 5 Oct. 1872, page 259
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 199
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 1, July 1846, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1851, page 234
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 2, Feb. 1859, page 63
Web
   Alberti, Marco A.  [Adolph Anderssen]
   Giffen, Glen.  [Anderssen, Karl Ernst Adolf]
   Lange, Max.  [Anderssen by Lange]
   Sarah.  [Adolf Anderssen]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Bledow, L.E. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1845         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
von der Lasa, T. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1846         (f)     4   -   2
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Harrwitz, D. 1848         (f)     5   -   5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Harrwitz, D. 1850         (f)     4   -   2
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Lange, Max 1851         (f)     1   -   0
von der Lasa, T. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1851         (f)     10   -   5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mayet, C. 1851         (f)     4   -   0
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1851         (f)     13   -   5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Falkbeer, E.K. 1851         (f)     2   -   1
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Pitschel, E. 1851         (f)     2   -   2
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mayet, C. 1855         (f)     14.5   -   6.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1855         (f)     6   -   0
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Hillel, D. 1856         (f)     3   -   1
Morphy, P.C. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1858         (f)     8   -   3
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Harrwitz, D. 1858         (f)     4.5   -   2.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Lange, Max 1858         (f)     1   -   0
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mayet, C. 1859         (f)     14   -   2
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Carstanjen, W.A. 1859         (f)     7.5   -   3.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Suhle, C.F.B. 1859 (1)         (f)     5   -   1
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Suhle, C.F.B. 1859 (2)         (f)     2   -   4
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Kolisch, I. 1860         (f)     5.5   -   5.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Journoud, P. 1860         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1860         (f)     3   -   2
Anderssen, K.E.A. - de Riviere, J.A. 1860         (f)     2.5   -   2.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860         (f)     16.5   -   12.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Kolisch, I. 1861         (f)     5   -   4
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1862         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Paulsen, L. 1862         (f)     4   -   4
Neumann, G.R.L. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1862         (f)     11   -   10
Suhle, C.F.B. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1864         (f)     4   -   4
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Schallopp, E. 1864         (f)     6   -   1
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mayet, C. 1865         (f)     5.5   -   2.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Knorre, V. 1865         (f)     3   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1866         (f)     8   -   6
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mieses, S. 1867         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Zukertort, J.H. 1868         (f)     11.5   -   4.5
Paulsen, L. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1876         (f)     5.5   -   4.5
Paulsen, L. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1877         (f)     5.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

London, England 1851 (1)     The International Chess Tournament    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F.     2.5 - 0.5    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Szen, J.     4 - 2    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Staunton, H.     4 - 1    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Wyvill, M.     4.5 - 2.5    
London, England 1851 (3)     London Chess Club International Tournament     8.5  /  9
Manchester 1857 (1)     1st British Chess Association Congress    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Harrwitz, D.     1 - 0    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 1    
London, England 1862 (3)     British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament     11.5  /  13
London, England 1862 (4)     British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Pearson, C.     2 - 0          Anderssen, K.E.A. gave odds of a knight
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Lamb, F.E.     2 - 1          Anderssen, K.E.A. gave odds of a knight
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Green, V.     2 - 0          Anderssen, K.E.A. gave odds of pawn and move
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mackenzie, G.H.     0 - 2          Anderssen, K.E.A. gave odds of pawn and move
Aachen 1868 (1)     7th West German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier     3.5  /  5
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Lange, Max     0 - 1    
Hamburg 1869 (3)     2nd North German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier     4  /  5
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Paulsen, L.     1.5 - 0.5    
Barmen 1869 (6)     8th West German Chess Congress - Allgemeines Hauptturnier     5  /  5
Baden-Baden 1870     Baden-Baden Tournament     11  /  16
Krefeld 1871 (2)     9th West German Chess Congress - Allgemeines Hauptturnier     4  /  5
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Paulsen, L.     0 - 1    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Minckwitz, J.     1 - 0    
Leipzig 1871 (1)     1st Central German Chess Congress - Master Tournament     4.5  /  5
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Mieses, S.     1 - 0    
Altona 1872 (1)     3rd North German Chess Congress - Master Tournament     3.5  /  4
Vienna 1873 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     19  /  30
Leipzig 1876     2nd Central German Chess Congress     3.5  /  5
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Goring, C.T.     1 - 0    
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Pitschel, K.     1 - 0    
Leipzig 1877     Leipzig Tournament     8.5  /  11
  Anderssen, K.E.A. - Zukertort, J.H.     1 - 0    
Paris 1878     Paris International Chess Congress     12.5  /  22
Frankfurt 1878     12th West German Chess Congress     6  /  9

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025