Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1860 |
176 |
2117 | (83) | 2 |
| 1861 |
195 |
2118 | (75) | 13 |
| 1862 |
201 |
2116 | (84) | 0 |
| 1863 |
196 |
2115 | (91) | 0 |
| 1864 |
206 |
2113 | (96) | 0 |
| 1865 |
212 |
2111 | (101) | 0 |
| 1866 |
231 |
2109 | (105) | 0 |
| 1867 |
217 |
2107 | (108) | 0 |
| 1868 |
233 |
2106 | (111) | 0 |
| 1869 |
233 |
2104 | (113) | 0 |
| 1870 |
243 |
2102 | (114) | 0 |
| 1871 |
259 |
2100 | (116) | 0 |
| 1872 |
267 |
2099 | (117) | 0 |
| 1873 |
264 |
2097 | (117) | 0 |
| 1874 |
272 |
2095 | (117) | 0 |
| 1875 |
283 |
2093 | (117) | 0 |
| 1876 |
283 |
2092 | (116) | 0 |
| 1877 |
280 |
2090 | (115) | 0 |
| 1878 |
295 |
2088 | (113) | 0 |
| 1879 |
291 |
2086 | (111) | 0 |
| 1880 |
313 |
2084 | (109) | 0 |
| 1881 |
350 |
2083 | (106) | 0 |
| 1882 |
364 |
2081 | (102) | 0 |
| 1883 |
390 |
2079 | (98) | 0 |
| 1884 |
428 |
2077 | (93) | 0 |
| 1885 |
438 |
2076 | (87) | 2 |
| 1886 |
451 |
2066 | (82) | 1 |
| 1887 |
465 |
2055 | (79) | 0 |
| 1888 |
492 |
2044 | (74) | 5 |
| 1889 |
529 |
2019 | (77) | 0 |
| 1890 |
594 |
1993 | (77) | 0 |
| 1891 |
640 |
1968 | (75) | 1 |
| 1892 |
715 |
1948 | (73) | 1 |
| 1893 |
767 |
1932 | (69) | 4 |
| 1894 |
823 |
1903 | (69) | 2 |
| 1895 |
866 |
1878 | (67) | 7 |
| 1896 |
880 |
1863 | (71) | 3 |
| 1897 |
913 |
1843 | (77) | 6 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Kempa-Pieczonka, Albert |
| Also known as: Albert Pieczonka; Albert Kempa; Prof. Kempa-Pieczonka |
| Born: 10 Feb. 1828 |
| Died: 12 Apr. 1912 |
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| Notes: |
| Name given variously as 'Pieczonka', 'Piectzouka', 'Pleczonka', 'Prieckzonska', 'Puyzonka'. 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. |
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| 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 |
| [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 12, Dec. 1872, page 340 |
| [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 |
| [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1866, page 213 |
| [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 |
| [NYTi], vol. 42, no. 12978, 29 Mar. 1893, page 3 |
| [NYTr], 28 Apr. 1894 |
| [NYTr], 21 July 1895 |
| [SZ], vol. 22, no. 5, May 1867, page 142 |
| Web |
| Erickson, Stephen. [Albert Pieczonka] |
| [Albert Pieczonka] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| London, England 1860 (3) |
St. James's Club Handicap Tournament |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - MacDonnell, G.A. |
1 - 0 |
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MacDonnell, G.A. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Deacon, F.H. |
0 - 1 |
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Deacon, F.H. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Philadelphia 1885 (1) |
Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (2) |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Young, J.W. (1) |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Philadelphia 1885 (2) |
Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (3) |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Coleman (1) |
1 - 0 |
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| Philadelphia 1886 (1) |
Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (2) |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Schultz, W.H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Rutherford 1888 |
3rd New Jersey State Tournament |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Vorrath, A. |
0 - 1 |
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| Newark 1888 (1) |
Columbia Club - Newark Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Devide, C. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1888 (2) |
Columbia Club - Newark Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Halpern, J.C. |
0 - 1 |
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| Plainfield 1888 |
Newark - Plainfield Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Keyes, R.B. |
1 - 0 |
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| Newark 1888 (2) |
Newark - Plainfield Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Keyes, R.B. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1891 (5) |
New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Ascher, J.G. |
0 - 1 |
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| Newark 1892 |
New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Ascher, J.G. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1893 (2) |
New York State Chess Association Free-for-all Tournament |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Otten, H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Wilcox, B.F. |
1 - 0 |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Reitzer, A. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1893 (3) |
Newark - New York City Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Reitzer, A. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1894 (1) |
New York State Chess Association General Tournament |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Barth, G.A. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Roething, O. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1895 (3) |
Metropolitan Club - Staten Island Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Litzenberger, W.J. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1895 (5) |
Metropolitan Club - New York City Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Devide, C. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1895 (9) |
New York State Chess Association General Tournament |
0.5 | / | 3 |
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| New York 1895 (13) |
Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Bradford, R.F. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1895 (14) |
Manhattan - Metropolitan Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Vorrath, A. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1896 (1) |
18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament |
1 | / | 3 |
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| New York 1897 (1) |
Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - McDonald, J. (2) |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1897 (5) |
Metropolitan Club Handicap |
1 | / | 6 |
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| Paterson 1897 |
Metropolitan Club - Paterson Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - McFadyen, J. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1898 (9) |
Metropolitan Club - New York City Club Match |
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Kempa-Pieczonka, A. - Hernandez (1) |
1 - 0 |
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| Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025 |
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