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Lange, Max

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1851  35  2425 (89) 1 1852  29  2447 (81) 0 1853  17  2470 (71) 10 1854  12  2482 (75) 0 1855  12  2494 (77) 0 1856  11  2505 (77) 0 1857  12  2517 (75) 0 1858  14  2529 (70) 2 1859  13  2550 (67) 4 1860  12  2548 (68) 0 1861  12  2546 (66) 6 1862  8  2582 (62) 18 1863  8  2597 (59) 6 1864  8  2595 (57) 11 1865  9  2595 (62) 7 1866  8  2601 (68) 0 1867  8  2608 (70) 0 1868  8  2614 (71) 6 1869  8  2601 (79) 0 1870  8  2587 (84) 0 1871  9  2573 (89) 0 1872  10  2559 (92) 0 1873  13  2545 (95) 0 1874  14  2531 (96) 0 1875  14  2518 (97) 0 1876  19  2504 (97) 0 1877  22  2490 (96) 0 1878  26  2476 (94) 0 1879  32  2462 (91) 0 1880  36  2448 (87) 0 1881  49  2435 (82) 0 1882  56  2421 (75) 0 1883  64  2407 (67) 13 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Lange, Max      Also known as: Dr. Max Lange; M.L.; M. Godeck Born: 7 Aug. 1832 Died: 8 Dec. 1899   References Books    Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 267    Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 85    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 238    Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 171    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 207, 332, 577    Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 208    Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 215    Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 312    Minckwitz, Neunte Rheinische Schachcongress, page 3    Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 373 Periodicals    [BLL], 29 Apr. 1849, page 6    [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 323    [IZL], vol. 48, no. 1250, 15 June 1867, page 420    [IZL], vol. 40, no. 1540, 4 Jan. 1873, page 17    [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1867, page 157    [Reg], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1849, page 62    [Reg], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1850, page 33    [Reg], vol. 3, no. 10, Oct. 1851, page 296    [SZ], vol. 3, no. 9, Sep. 1848, page 363    [SZ], vol. 18, no. 4, Apr. 1863, page 128    [SZ], vol. 18, no. 10, Oct. 1863, page 289    [SZ], vol. 21, no. 5, May 1866, page 141 Web    Kingston, Taylor and Russell, Hanon.  [Bourzutschky Cruises to Clear First in Holiday Quiz], page 12    van Reek, Jan.  [German Chess Congresses]    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Anderssen, K.E.A. - Lange, Max 1851	(f)	1	-	0
Lange, Max - von der Lasa, T. 1853	(c)	1	-	0
Lange, Max - Hirschbach, H. 1853	(c)	0.5	-	0.5
Lange, Max - Dufresne, J. 1858	(c)	1	-	0
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Lange, Max 1858	(f)	1	-	0
Lange, Max - Suhle, C.F.B. 1859	(c)	3	-	1
Schmorl, A. - Lange, Max 1861	(c)	4.5	-	1.5
Lange, Max - Schmorl, A. 1862	(f)	8	-	5
Paulsen, L. - Lange, Max 1864	(c)	5	-	2

Tournament data

Berlin 1853	1st Tournament of Berliner Schachgesellschaft
	Lange, Max - Mayet, C.	3 - 1
	Lange, Max - Dufresne, J.	1 - 3
Dusseldorf 1862	2nd West German Congress		5	/	5
Dusseldorf 1863	3rd West German Chess Congress
	Lange, Max - Schultz, G.F.	1 - 0
	Lange, Max - Hengstenberg, C.	1 - 0
	Lange, Max - Paulsen, W.	0.5 - 0.5
	Lange, Max - Hoing, K.	1 - 0
	Lange, Max - Paulsen, W.	1.5 - 0.5
Dusseldorf 1864 (1)	4th West German Chess Congress
	Lange, Max - Wulfing, O.	1.5 - 0.5
	Lange, Max - Hipp, F.A.	1 - 0
	Lange, Max - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W.	1 - 0
Leipzig 1865	Augustea Club Tournament		16.5	/	18
Hamburg 1868	1st North German Chess Congress
	Lange, Max - von Rothschild, A.S.A.	1 - 0
	Lange, Max - Schallopp, E.	1 - 0
	Lange, Max - Schliemann, A.K.W.	1 - 0
Aachen 1868 (1)	7th West German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier		2	/	3
	Lange, Max - Anderssen, K.E.A.	1 - 0
Nuremberg 1883 (9)	3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		5	/	13

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025