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Kling, Josef

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1846  65  2254 (152) 1 1847  67  2254 (151) 0 1848  65  2254 (150) 0 1849  80  2254 (148) 0 1850  84  2253 (147) 0 1851  85  2253 (145) 0 1852  80  2253 (143) 0 1853  85  2253 (141) 0 1854  83  2253 (139) 0 1855  88  2253 (136) 0 1856  99  2253 (134) 0 1857  107  2253 (131) 2 1858  114  2247 (133) 0 1859  124  2242 (134) 0 1860  132  2236 (136) 0 1861  143  2231 (137) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Kling, Josef      Also known as: K-g Born: 19 Mar. 1811 Died: 1 Dec. 1876   Notes: Gaige gives date of death as 1 Dec. 1876. The Illustrated London News of 6 Jan. 1877 (p.23) gives date of death as 9 Dec. 1876.   References Books    Bird, Chess History and Reminiscences    Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 9    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 216    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 10, 576    Harding, Steinitz in London, page 41    Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 167    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 91, 171    Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 69 Periodicals    [BLL], 12 Apr. 1846, page 6    [BLL], 12 Dec. 1847, page 5    [DSZ], vol. 2, 1847, page 39    [Fld], 30 Dec. 1876    [ILN], vol. 37, no. 1044, 11 Aug. 1860, page 140    [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1956, 6 Jan. 1877, page 23    [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 185    [Pal], vol. 5, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1845, page 185    [SZ], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1846, page 209 Web    Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]

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Tournament data

Paris 1846	Café de la Régence - Cercle de Paris match
	Kling, J. - Laroche, P.F.	1 - 0
Manchester 1857 (2)	1st British Chess Association Congress Minor Section
	Kling, J. - Rogers, H.H.	1 - 0
	Kling, J. - Hughes, H.	1 - 0
	Kling, J. - Owen, J.	0 - 1
Bristol and London, England 1861	Bristol - London telegraph match
	Kling, J. - Burden, F.	0.5 - 0.5

Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026