Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1843 |
45 |
2290 | (140) | 1 |
| 1844 |
43 |
2298 | (138) | 0 |
| 1845 |
47 |
2306 | (137) | 0 |
| 1846 |
54 |
2313 | (135) | 0 |
| 1847 |
49 |
2321 | (133) | 3 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Silberschmidt, Hirsch Hermann |
| Born: 15 May 1801 |
| Died: 9 May 1866 |
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| Notes: |
| The Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin of 14 May 1864 has a game by an 'H. Silberschmidt' against G. Hammond in Boston. Is this the German player of many years earlier? |
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| References |
| Books |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 40 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 391 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 311 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 373 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 24 May 1835, page 2 |
| [BLL], 28 Aug. 1842, page 2 |
| [BLL], 16 Oct. 1842, page 2 |
| [BLL], 19 Nov. 1843, page 2 |
| [BLL], 16 June 1844, page 2 |
| [BLL], 22 June 1845, page 2 |
| [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 9, Sep. 1859, page 271 |
| [CPC], vol. 5, no. 6, June 1844, page 178 |
| [CPC], vol. 8, no. 25, 19 June 1847, page 192 |
| [DSZ], vol. 3, 1848, page 30 |
| [ILN], vol. 17, no. 447, 21 Sep. 1850, page 252 |
| [IZL], vol. 3, no. 54, 13 July 1844, page 32 |
| [IZL], vol. 3, no. 55, 20 July 1844, page 48 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Mar. 1836, page 10 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 Sep. 1836, page 233 |
| [Pal], vol. 3, no. 10, 15 Oct. 1843, page 473 |
| [Pal], vol. 4, no. 6, 15 June 1844, page 280 |
| [PDEB], 14 May 1864 |
| [PDEB], 29 Mar. 1867 |
| [PDEB], 12 Apr. 1867 |
| [PDEB], 19 Apr. 1867 |
| [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 118 |
| [Reg], no. 12, 15 Dec. 1856, page 363 |
| [Sis], vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 1849, page 240 |
| [SZ], vol. 1, no. 1, July 1846, page 14 |
| [SZ], vol. 7, no. 4, Apr. 1852, page 104 |
| [SZ], vol. 10, no. 1, Jan. 1855, page 30 |
| [SZ], vol. 12, no. 2, Feb. 1857, page 67 |
| Web |
| Sarah. [State of Chess in 1838] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863] |
| Walker, G. [Deschapelles the Chess-King (from Chess and Chess-Players)] |
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