Kleczyński, Jan (1)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1863  83  2319 (135) 1
1864  73  2334 (130) 0
1865  66  2348 (126) 0
1866  58  2362 (120) 0
1867  56  2376 (114) 0
1868  51  2390 (108) 6
1869  53  2387 (111) 0
1870  52  2383 (112) 0
1871  54  2379 (114) 0
1872  57  2375 (115) 0
1873  56  2371 (115) 0
1874  55  2367 (116) 0
1875  65  2363 (115) 0
1876  67  2359 (115) 0
1877  67  2355 (114) 0
1878  69  2352 (112) 0
1879  74  2348 (110) 0
1880  83  2344 (108) 0
1881  88  2340 (105) 0
1882  94  2336 (101) 0
1883  109  2332 (97) 0
1884  120  2328 (91) 22

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kleczyński, Jan (1)  
Born: 8 June 1837
Died: 15 Sep. 1895
 
Notes:
I am guessing that the Jan Kleczyński who played at Warsaw 1884 is the same as the player active in paris in the 1860s named 'Klezinsky' in Cornil and La Nouvelle Régence, and 'Klesinsky' in the Illustrated London News (23 May 1863, p.579), and 'Klezinski' in the Schachzeitung (Aug. 1865, p.247). The Illustrated London News of 5 Sept. 1868 (p.235) gives 'Kleczynski'. Also, a 'Kleerynski' or 'Klerynski' is listed among participants at a tournament in Warsaw in 1868 (Illustrated London News, 1 Aug. 1868, p.115; The Chess World, Aug. 1868, vol.4, p.178), who I am again guessing is the same person. The Chess World of Aug. 1865 (p.167) has 'Ktezinski'. La Stratégie of 15 May 1872 (p.142) has 'H. Klesczinky'; perhaps the 'H' is for 'Hans', a variant of 'Jan'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 117, 122
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 227
   Donaldson and Minev, Life and Games of Rubinstein, Vol. 1, page 211
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 215
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2642, 18 Feb. 1871, page 9
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1864, page 103
   [CW], vol. 1, no. 5, Aug. 1865, page 167
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 5, Aug. 1868, page 178, 188
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 6, Sep. 1868, page 223
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1760, 16 June 1872, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 42, no. 1205, 23 May 1863, page 579
   [ILN], vol. 45, no. 1322, 1 July 1865, page 643
   [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1495, 1 Aug. 1868, page 115
   [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1500, 5 Sep. 1868, page 235
   [NR], vol. 3, no. 6, June 1862, page 174
   [NR], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 26
   [NYC], 30 Jan. 1869
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 5, Jan. 1865, page 213
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 8, Apr. 1865, page 355
   [PF], vol. 2, no. 14, Oct. 1865, page 53
   [Sis], vol. 8, 1864, page 176
   [Sis], vol. 9, 1865, page 58
   [Sis], vol. 10, 1866, page 71
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Oct. 1866, page 154
   [Str], vol. 5, no. 5, 15 May 1872, page 142
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 8, Aug. 1865, page 247

Tournament data

Paris 1863     Café de la Régence Grand Tournoi    
  Kleczynski, J. (1) - Lindehn, H.A.W.     1 - 0          Lindehn, H.A.W. gave odds of pawn and move
Warsaw 1868     Warsaw National Tournament     38  /  44
Warsaw 1884     Warsaw Tournament     14  /  22


Player information updated: 14 May 2025