Knorre, Victor




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  64  2335 (87) 20
1857  62  2345 (81) 20
1858  61  2356 (76) 20
1859  56  2368 (73) 12
1860  63  2370 (75) 0
1861  65  2373 (74) 0
1862  59  2375 (71) 0
1863  56  2377 (65) 1
1864  43  2397 (57) 3
1865  34  2426 (48) 24
1866  25  2457 (51) 20
1867  33  2439 (62) 2
1868  42  2419 (71) 0
1869  51  2399 (78) 0
1870  60  2379 (84) 0
1871  70  2359 (87) 0
1872  79  2340 (90) 0
1873  90  2320 (91) 0
1874  99  2300 (91) 0
1875  118  2280 (91) 0
1876  125  2260 (89) 0
1877  131  2240 (86) 0
1878  149  2221 (82) 0
1879  171  2201 (77) 0
1880  215  2181 (69) 15
1881  242  2177 (77) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Knorre, Victor  
Born: 4 Oct. 1840
Died: 25 Aug. 1919
 
Notes:
Bell's Life in London (10 June 1865, p.8) has 'Von Knorre'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 218
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 153, 576
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 169
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 204
   Minckwitz, Neunte Rheinische Schachcongress, page 4
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 262, 373
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2251, 10 June 1865, page 8
   [BLL], no. 2384, 28 Dec. 1867, page 10
   [BSB], no. 1, 1889, page 22
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 4, Oct. 1863, page 102, 104
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1865, page 199
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1869, page 289
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1872, page 87
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 6, June 1872, page 179
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 3, Mar. 1873, page 88
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1402, 6 Aug. 1865, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1346, 9 Dec. 1865, page 571
   [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 27
   [NBSZ], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 51
   [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1866, page 43
   [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 7, July 1867, page 220
   [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 2, Feb. 1871, page 46
   [NR], vol. 4, no. 9, Sep. 1863, page 284
   [SZ], vol. 15, no. 11, Nov. 1860, page 390
   [SZ], vol. 15, no. 12, Dec. 1860, page 415
   [SZ], vol. 18, no. 10, Oct. 1863, page 291, 295
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 3, Mar. 1865, page 83
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 11, Nov. 1865, page 321
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 5, May 1866, page 140
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 325
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 6, June 1867, page 175
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 12, 15 Sep. 1867, page cover
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 7, July 1871, page 218
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1856         (c)     13   -   7
Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1857         (c)     13   -   7
Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1858         (c)     13   -   7
Amelung, F.L. - Knorre, V. 1859         (c)     7   -   5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1864 (1)         (f)     1   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1864 (2)         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1865 (1)         (c)     1   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1865 (2)         (c)     2   -   2
Knorre, V. - Silva (1) 1865         (c)     3   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Knorre, V. 1865 (3)         (f)     4   -   2
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Knorre, V. 1865         (f)     3   -   1
Knorre, V. - Zukertort, J.H. 1866         (f)     8.5   -   11.5
Knorre, V. - Amelung, F.L. 1867         (c)     2   -   0

Tournament data

Dusseldorf 1863     3rd West German Chess Congress    
  Knorre, V. - Schwengers, P.J.A.     0 - 1    
Berlin 1865     Berliner Schachgesellschaft Tournament    
  Knorre, V. - Neumann, G.R.L.     0 - 2    
  Knorre, V. - Schulten, J.W.     0 - 1    
  Knorre, V. - Schallopp, E.     1 - 1    
Elberfeld 1865 (1)     5th West German Chess Congress     2  /  4
Wiesbaden 1880 (1)     Wiesbaden Meisterturnier     2  /  15
Berlin 1881 (5)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier III     1.5  /  3

Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026