von Schmidt, Evgeny




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1853  77  2281 (127) 17
1854  71  2298 (124) 0
1855  66  2315 (121) 0
1856  63  2332 (118) 0
1857  55  2348 (115) 0
1858  54  2365 (110) 0
1859  50  2382 (106) 0
1860  49  2399 (100) 0
1861  45  2416 (94) 0
1862  38  2433 (87) 0
1863  30  2450 (78) 0
1864  22  2467 (67) 0
1865  18  2484 (53) 29
1866  15  2498 (54) 28
1867  17  2505 (63) 0
1868  17  2512 (68) 0
1869  16  2519 (69) 8
1870  18  2501 (74) 0
1871  20  2483 (78) 0
1872  26  2465 (79) 0
1873  30  2447 (79) 0
1874  34  2429 (77) 2
1875  39  2422 (76) 0
1876  41  2415 (74) 0
1877  45  2408 (70) 0
1878  48  2401 (62) 6
1879  55  2386 (56) 37

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: von Schmidt, Evgeny Alexandrovich  
   Also known as: Eugen von Schmidt; Dr. E. von Schmidt; E. Schmidt; de Schmidt
Born: 18 July 1821
Died: 30 Nov. 1905
 
Notes:
Bell's Life in London of 18 Sep. 1869 (p.3) has 'E.V. Schmidt', who I presume to be E.A. von Schmidt. Is this the E.A. Schmitt, who moved from the Hague to Saint Petersburg in 1851? I am guessing that this is the E. Schmidt who played in Estonia in 1853, since E.A. von Schmidt was a native of Estonia.
 
References
Books
   Adams, Mikhail Chigorin, page 56, 377
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 232
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 377, 451
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 298
Periodicals
   [BLL], 22 Feb. 1863, page supp.2
   [BLL], no. 2512, 18 Sep. 1869, page 3
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1864, page 211
   [CW], vol. 1, no. 11, Jan. 1866, page 336
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 1, Mar. 1866, page 16
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1337, 8 May 1864, page 14
   [IZL], vol. 44, no. 1133, 18 Mar. 1865, page 186
   [PDEB], 4 June 1864
   [SZ], vol. 8, no. 9, Sep. 1853, page 279
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 2, Feb. 1859, page 55
   [SZ], vol. 15, no. 8, Aug. 1860, page 281
   [SZ], vol. 17, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 6
   [SZ], vol. 18, no. 3, Mar. 1863, page 81
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 2, Feb. 1864, page 52
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 6, June 1864, page 203
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 1, Jan. 1865, page 1, 21
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 12, Dec. 1865, page 366
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 5, May 1866, page 141
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 326
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 1, Jan. 1867, page 32
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Tolstoy and his Biographer], page 6
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

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

von Schmidt, E.A. - Nathanson 1853         (c)     9.5   -   7.5
Rosenthal, S. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1865         (f)     11   -   10
von Schmidt, E.A. - Minckwitz, J. 1866         (f)     5.5   -   2.5
von Schmidt, E.A. - Beuthner, C.R. 1866         (f)     5   -   1
Drozdov, A.D. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1866         (f)     7   -   6
von Schmidt, E.A. - Amelung, F.L. 1869         (f)     2   -   1
von Schmidt, E.A. - Drozdov, A.D. 1869         (f)     5   -   0
Shumov, I.S. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1874         (f)     1   -   1
Schiffers, E.S. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879         (f)     5   -   4
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (1)         (f)     7   -   1
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (2)         (f)     4   -   2
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (3)         (f)     3.5   -   0.5
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (4)         (c)     3   -   3

Tournament data

Leipzig 1865     Augustea Club Tournament     18  /  19
Leipzig 1866     Augustea Club Tournament    
  von Schmidt, E.A. - Beuthner, C.R.     0 - 1    
Moscow 1878     Moscow Tournament     17.5  /  20
  von Schmidt, E.A. - Solovtsov, A.V.     1 - 1    
Saint Petersburg 1879     Saint Petersburg Tournament     0  /  4


Player information updated: 17 Apr. 2024