Knorre, Victor




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  64  2332 (87) 20
1857  63  2342 (81) 20
1858  61  2353 (76) 20
1859  56  2365 (73) 12
1860  63  2368 (74) 0
1861  65  2370 (74) 0
1862  59  2372 (71) 0
1863  56  2374 (65) 1
1864  43  2394 (57) 3
1865  34  2423 (48) 24
1866  25  2454 (51) 20
1867  33  2436 (62) 2
1868  43  2416 (71) 0
1869  51  2396 (78) 0
1870  60  2376 (84) 0
1871  70  2357 (87) 0
1872  79  2337 (90) 0
1873  90  2317 (91) 0
1874  99  2297 (91) 0
1875  118  2277 (91) 0
1876  125  2258 (89) 0
1877  131  2238 (86) 0
1878  148  2218 (82) 0
1879  170  2198 (77) 0
1880  215  2178 (69) 15
1881  242  2174 (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