Hirschfeld, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  18  2489 (43) 80
1861  16  2517 (50) 15
1862  16  2518 (52) 4
1863  13  2542 (52) 4
1864  13  2545 (48) 23
1865  14  2504 (58) 0
1866  24  2462 (63) 8
1867  28  2448 (73) 0
1868  34  2434 (81) 0
1869  38  2420 (87) 0
1870  40  2406 (92) 0
1871  50  2391 (96) 0
1872  52  2377 (99) 0
1873  57  2363 (101) 0
1874  59  2349 (103) 0
1875  72  2335 (104) 0
1876  80  2320 (104) 0
1877  83  2306 (104) 0
1878  90  2292 (103) 1
1879  90  2289 (103) 0
1880  101  2286 (103) 0
1881  112  2283 (102) 2
1882  125  2278 (105) 0
1883  142  2274 (106) 0
1884  157  2269 (107) 0
1885  165  2264 (107) 0
1886  168  2259 (107) 1
1887  176  2256 (109) 0
1888  187  2253 (110) 0
1889  189  2250 (111) 0
1890  205  2247 (112) 0
1891  207  2244 (112) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hirschfeld, Philipp Martin  
Born: 1 Oct. 1840
Died: 4 Oct. 1896
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper has year of death as 1886. Gaige has year of death as 1896. Bell's Life in London (21 Apr. 1861, p.7) has name as 'Hirschfield', but then 'Hirschfeld' on 23 Jun. 1861 (p.1).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 128
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 82
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 174
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 140
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 233
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 50, 82
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 96, 306
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 75
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 135, 195, 229
   Winter, Chess Explorations, page 28
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 212
Periodicals
   [BLL], 21 Apr. 1861, page 7
   [BLL], 23 June 1861, page 1
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 33, Sep. 1861, page 265
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1169, 17 Feb. 1861, page 5
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1317, 20 Dec. 1863, page 4
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1318, 27 Dec. 1863, page 4
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1365, 20 Nov. 1864, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2023, 6 Apr. 1878, page 327
   [NYC], 14 Jan. 1865
   [Str], vol. 2, no. 10, 15 Oct. 1868, page 218
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 12, Dec. 1859, page 407
   [SZ], vol. 15, no. 3, Mar. 1860, page 113
   [SZ], vol. 16, no. 1, Jan. 1861, page 31
   [SZ], vol. 16, no. 8, Aug. 1861, page 261
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4783. Tandem chess]

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

Suhle, C.F.B. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860 (1)         (f)     8   -   1
Suhle, C.F.B. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860 (2)         (c)     32   -   9
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1860         (f)     16.5   -   12.5
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mayet, C. 1860         (s)     1   -   0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - von der Lasa, T. 1861         (c)     1   -   0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Gartner, E. 1861         (c)     9.5   -   0.5
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Weile, O. 1861         (c)     3   -   0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Hoffmann, F.A. 1861         (c)     1   -   0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mayet, C. 1861         (s)     1   -   0      Hirschfeld, P.M. gave odds of the move
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Amelung, F.L. 1862         (c)     2   -   2
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Harrwitz, D. 1863         (c)     3   -   1
Lowenthal, J.J. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (1)         (f)     4   -   4
Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (2)         (c)     2   -   2
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mayet, C. 1864         (c)     7   -   2
Steinitz, W. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Urusov, S.S. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1866         (c)     3   -   2
Drozdov, A.D. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1866         (f)     2   -   1
Potter, W.N. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1878         (c)     1   -   0
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Hoffer, L. 1891         (c)     1.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

London, England 1881 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hirschfeld, P.M. - Mason, Ja.     0 - 1    
London, England 1881 (4)     City of London Club First Class - Fourth Class Match    
  Hirschfeld, P.M. - Scargill, J.J.     1 - 0          Hirschfeld, P.M. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hirschfeld, P.M. - Lord, F.W.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 13 Jun. 2024