Kling, Josef




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  53  2308 (146) 1
1848  52  2305 (145) 0
1849  63  2302 (144) 0
1850  70  2299 (143) 0
1851  70  2296 (142) 0
1852  66  2293 (140) 0
1853  73  2290 (139) 0
1854  75  2287 (137) 0
1855  76  2284 (134) 0
1856  81  2281 (132) 0
1857  86  2278 (130) 2
1858  91  2271 (132) 0
1859  99  2265 (134) 0
1860  104  2258 (135) 0
1861  118  2251 (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]

Tournament data

Paris 1847     Café de la Régence - Cercle de Paris match    
  Kling, J. - Laroche, J.A.     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: 3 Jun. 2023