Kleczyński, Jan (1)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1863  83  2318 (135) 1
1864  73  2333 (130) 0
1865  64  2347 (126) 0
1866  57  2361 (120) 0
1867  55  2375 (115) 0
1868  51  2390 (108) 6
1869  53  2386 (111) 0
1870  51  2382 (112) 0
1871  54  2378 (114) 0
1872  58  2374 (115) 0
1873  56  2370 (116) 0
1874  55  2366 (116) 0
1875  66  2363 (116) 0
1876  67  2359 (115) 0
1877  66  2355 (114) 0
1878  68  2351 (112) 0
1879  73  2347 (110) 0
1880  83  2343 (108) 0
1881  88  2339 (105) 0
1882  94  2336 (101) 0
1883  108  2332 (97) 0
1884  118  2328 (92) 16

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
   [KWa], no. 71b, 11 Mar. 1884, page 5
   [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
   [TI], vol. 3, no. 62, 8 Mar. 1884, page 154

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     12  /  20


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025