Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  168  2113 (83) 2
1861  185  2115 (75) 13
1862  177  2113 (84) 0
1863  172  2112 (90) 0
1864  182  2110 (96) 0
1865  186  2109 (101) 0
1866  203  2108 (105) 0
1867  189  2106 (108) 0
1868  206  2105 (111) 0
1869  202  2104 (113) 0
1870  215  2102 (114) 0
1871  231  2101 (116) 0
1872  236  2099 (117) 0
1873  237  2098 (117) 0
1874  246  2097 (117) 0
1875  260  2095 (117) 0
1876  255  2094 (116) 0
1877  248  2092 (115) 0
1878  259  2091 (113) 0
1879  259  2090 (112) 0
1880  276  2088 (109) 0
1881  315  2087 (106) 0
1882  319  2086 (102) 0
1883  355  2084 (98) 0
1884  386  2083 (93) 0
1885  387  2081 (87) 2
1886  390  2073 (83) 1
1887  412  2062 (79) 0
1888  432  2052 (75) 5
1889  460  2027 (77) 0
1890  535  2002 (78) 0
1891  593  1978 (76) 1
1892  650  1958 (74) 1
1893  675  1942 (71) 3
1894  737  1909 (70) 2
1895  777  1880 (68) 7
1896  789  1863 (72) 3
1897  839  1839 (77) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert  
   Also known as: Albert Pieczonka; Albert Kempa; Prof. Kempa-Pieczonka
Born: 1828
Died:
 
Notes:
Name given variously as 'Pieczonka', 'Piectzouka', 'Pleczonka', 'Prieckzonska'. The 8 July 1860 issue of the Era (p.14) has 'Piechonka'. The New York Recorder of 23 Feb. 1894 lists the player at the New York State Chess Association general tournament of 1894 as 'Kempa' instead of Pieczonka. Reichhelm has 'Prieckzonska' playing for the Wilmington Club against the Germantown Club in one 1885 match and then 'Kempa' playing for the Wilmington Club against the Germantown Club in another 1885 match. These two matches were played on 17 Nov. 1885 and 10 Dec. 1885, according to Hilbert in his biography of Shipley (p.32). Confusingly, Hilbert lists 'J.K. Pieconka' as a member of the Wilmington Club team against Germantown in the 17 Nov. match, quoting Steinitz's International Chess Magazine of Dec. 1885 (p.365). This must be an error for Prof. A. Kempa-Pieczonka, as listed in the Columbia Chess Chronicle of 16 June 1888 (p.12), also referred to as Pieconzka-Campa in the New York Recorder of 13 Jan. 1895. The New York Daily Tribune of 21 Jul. 1895 makes it clear that the player in American events from 1885 onwards is indeed Albert Pieczonka from Königsberg, born 1828, who had played with many of the great European players.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 296
   Hilbert, Napier, page 9
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 32
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 46
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 137
Periodicals
   [BSU], 23 Feb. 1894
   [BSU], 24 Feb. 1894
   [CCC], vol. 2, no. 8, 25 Feb. 1888, page 71
   [CCC], vol. 2, no. 21, 26 May 1888, page 158
   [CCC], vol. 2, no. 24, 16 June 1888, page 186, 187
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 32, Aug. 1861, page 225
   [Era], vol. 22, no. 1137, 8 July 1860, page 14
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1174, 24 Mar. 1861, page 6
   [ICM], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1885, page 365
   [NSC], 4 Mar. 1888
   [NYC], 22 June 1861
   [NYC], 31 Aug. 1861
   [NYEP], 16 Nov. 1896
   [NYR], 23 Feb. 1894
   [NYR], 13 Jan. 1895
   [NYS], 23 Feb. 1894
   [NYTr], 28 Apr. 1894
   [NYTr], 21 July 1895

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

Lowenthal, J.J. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A. 1861 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5      Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of a knight
Lowenthal, J.J. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A. 1861 (2)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5      Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of a knight
Kolisch, I. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A. 1861         (f)     1   -   0      Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

London, England 1860 (3)     St. James's Club Handicap Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - MacDonnell, G.A.     1 - 0          MacDonnell, G.A. gave odds of pawn and move
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Deacon, F.H.     0 - 1          Deacon, F.H. gave odds of pawn and move
Philadelphia 1885 (1)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Young, J.W. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1885 (2)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (3)    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Coleman (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1886 (1)     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Schultz, W.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Rutherford 1888     3rd New Jersey State Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Vorrath, A.     0 - 1    
Newark 1888 (1)     Columbia Club - Newark Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Devide, C.     1 - 0    
New York 1888 (2)     Columbia Club - Newark Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Halpern, J.C.     0 - 1    
Plainfield 1888     Newark - Plainfield Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Keyes, R.B.     1 - 0    
Newark 1888 (2)     Newark - Plainfield Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Keyes, R.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1891 (5)     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Ascher, J.G.     0 - 1    
Newark 1892     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Ascher, J.G.     0 - 1    
New York 1893 (2)     New York State Chess Association Free-for-all Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Otten, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Wilcox, B.F.     1 - 0    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Reitzer, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Barth, G.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Roething, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (3)     Metropolitan Club - Staten Island Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Litzenberger, W.L.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (5)     Metropolitan Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Devide, C.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (9)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament     0.5  /  3
New York 1895 (13)     Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Bradford, R.F.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (14)     Manhattan - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Vorrath, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1896 (1)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     1  /  3
New York 1897 (1)     Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - McDonald, J. (2)     0 - 1    
New York 1897 (5)     Metropolitan Club Handicap     1  /  6
Paterson 1897     Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - McFadyen, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (9)     Metropolitan Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Hernandez (1)     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023