Jaffe, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  99  2339 (106) 2
1898  96  2342 (102) 0
1899  101  2346 (97) 0
1900  101  2349 (91) 0
1901  99  2353 (84) 3
1902  99  2352 (78) 0
1903  101  2351 (69) 0
1904  104  2350 (58) 12
1905  96  2360 (60) 0
1906  89  2371 (58) 4
1907  75  2381 (58) 1
1908  65  2398 (55) 0
1909  59  2416 (46) 15
1910  54  2424 (45) 3
1911  45  2442 (34) 40
1912  54  2431 (41) 3
1913  51  2430 (36) 33
1914  55  2417 (39) 16
1915  68  2391 (35) 41
1916  44  2424 (40) 16
1917  47  2411 (45) 1
1918  59  2403 (40) 31
1919  52  2416 (44) 6
1920  53  2413 (42) 19
1921  57  2419 (42) 17
1922  50  2429 (47) 6
1923  50  2432 (49) 2
1924  65  2420 (47) 9
1925  53  2424 (44) 16
1926  50  2430 (44) 20
1927  74  2404 (56) 0
1928  110  2379 (63) 0
1929  169  2354 (67) 1
1930  197  2338 (68) 3
1931  193  2341 (71) 0
1932  187  2343 (71) 0
1933  183  2345 (69) 0
1934  177  2347 (65) 1
1935  199  2341 (59) 1
1936  229  2332 (49) 13
1937  279  2313 (43) 17
1938  408  2268 (42) 26
1939  396  2264 (52) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Jaffe, Charles  
Born: 25 Apr. 1879
Died: 12 July 1941
 
Notes:
Gaige and Woodger say he was born 'c1879'.
 
References
Books
   Berdichevsky, Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia, page 317
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 377
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 307
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 327
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 358
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 191
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 185
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 362
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 120
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 208, 209
   Walker, New Jersey Chess Association, page 18
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   Winter, Edward.  [Immortal but Unknown]
   Winter, Edward.  [Jaffe and his Primer]

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

Marshall, F.J. - Jaffe, C. 1909         (f)     5.5   -   3.5
Capablanca, J.R. - Jaffe, C. 1909         (c)     1   -   0
Jaffe, C. - Olland, A.G. 1911         (f)     2   -   1
Capablanca, J.R. - Jaffe, C. 1912         (f)     2.5   -   0.5
Janowsky, D.M. - Jaffe, C. 1916         (f)     7   -   6
Janowsky, D.M. - Jaffe, C. 1918         (f)     12   -   6
Schapiro, M.A. - Jaffe, C. 1924         (f)     5   -   4
Lasker, Em. - Jaffe, C. 1926         (f)     1   -   0
Alekhine, A.A. - Jaffe, C. 1929         (f)     1   -   0
Kashdan, I.I. - Jaffe, C. 1930         (f)     3   -   0

Tournament data

New York 1897 (1)     Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Leipziger, M.     1 - 0    
Paterson 1897     Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Honegger, O.P.     1 - 0    
New York 1901 (4)     New York State Chess Association - General Tournament    
  Jaffe, C. - Kirkham, J.H.     1 - 0    
  Jaffe, C. - Meyer (5)     1 - 0    
  Jaffe, C. - Selover, B.C.     1 - 0    
  Jaffe, C. - Ziegler, E.     1 - 0    
New York 1904 (4)     Brooklyn Club Team Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Fox, A.W.     0 - 1    
Saint Louis 1904 (2)     7th American Chess Congress - Major Tournament     5  /  11
New York 1906 (2)     28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     2.5  /  4
New York 1907 (2)     New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Jaffe, C. - Helms, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bath Beach, Brooklyn 1909 (2)     22nd New York State Chess Association Championship     3  /  5
New York 1910 (2)     New York State Chess Association Play-off    
  Jaffe, C. - Capablanca, J.R.     0.5 - 2.5    
New York 1911 (1)     New York Tournament     9  /  12
Carlsbad 1911     Carlsbad Tournament     8.5  /  25
New York 1913 (1)     American National Tournament     9.5  /  13
Havana 1913     Havana Tournament     5.5  /  14
New York 1913 (6)     New York Tournament     0.5  /  6
New York 1914 (1)     Rice Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Rubinstein, So.     1 - 0    
New York 1914 (3)     Progressive Club Championship     10  /  11
New York 1914 (5)     36th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     1  /  3
New York 1914 (8)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Smith, M.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (1)     Staten Island Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Hodges, A.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (4)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Lasker, Ed.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Schwietzer, G.J.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (8)     New York State Chess Association Tournament    
  Jaffe, C. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
  Jaffe, C. - Adair, G.F.     1 - 0    
  Jaffe, C. - Kupchik, A.     0 - 1    
  Jaffe, C. - Simonson, E.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (10)     Progressive Club Championship     8  /  12
New York 1915 (12)     Metropolitan Chess League Individual Championship     8  /  15
Utica 1915 (1)     New York State Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     7  /  8
New York 1916 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Schwietzer, G.J.     1 - 0    
New York 1916 (2)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Janowsky, D.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1916 (9)     Staten Island Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Cass, A.C.     1 - 0    
New York 1917 (5)     Manhattan Chess Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Marshall, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1918 (4)     New York State Chess Association - Section I     3  /  5
Rye Beach 1918     Rye Beach Tournament     5  /  8
Troy 1919     41st New York State Chess Association Congress - Championship     3.5  /  6
Atlantic City 1920     Atlantic City Tournament     6.5  /  10
New York 1920 (2)     Rice Progressive Chess Club Championship     6.5  /  9
Atlantic City 1921 (1)     8th American Chess Congress - Open Masters Tournament     7  /  11
New York 1921 (3)     Greco Counter Gambit Tournament     3.5  /  6
New York 1922 (3)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Holt, H.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1922 (6)     New York Tournament     3  /  5
New York 1923 (22)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Janowsky, D.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (27)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Janowsky, D.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1925 (1)     Rice Progressive Club Championship     7  /  10
Cedar Point 1925     26th Western Chess Association Tournament     10.5  /  13
New York 1926 (2)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Lasker, Ed.     0 - 1    
Chicago 1926 (3)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Master Tournament     7.5  /  12
New York 1926 (5)     Rice Memorial Tournament     3.5  /  6
New York 1934 (6)     Marshall Club - Stuyvesant Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Fine, R.     1 - 0    
New York 1935 (3)     Empire City Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Kashdan, I.I.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1936 (5)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Denker, A.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1936 (4)     37th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary 4     9  /  12
Chicago 1937 (3)     38th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary Section 3     6.5  /  7
Chicago 1937 (6)     38th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship     5  /  10
New York 1938 (7)     2nd USA Championship - Preliminary Section C     3.5  /  9
Boston, Massachusetts 1938 (2)     39th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary Section 2     5.5  /  6
Boston, Massachusetts 1938 (7)     39th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship Final     4  /  11
New York 1939 (1)     Manhattan Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Denker, A.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1939 (2)     Marshall Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Jaffe, C. - Bernstein, S.N.     0 - 1    
New York 1939 (6)     40th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary Section 3     4.5  /  6
New York 1939 (8)     40th American Chess Federation Congress - Final     0  /  3


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025