Kos, Kaspar


Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  54  2379 (98) 28

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kos, Kaspar  
   Also known as: Kaspar Koss
Born: 6 Jan. 1825
Died: 1919
 
Notes:
Gaige says died c1919. Gaige gives his name as 'Koss, Kaspar'; Di Felice has 'Kaspar Kos'. The Era and Turf, Field and Farm (6 Jan. 1871) have 'Kos'. The Schachzeitung of Apr. 1869 (p.115), Aug. 1870 (p.233), and Feb. 1871 (p.56) have 'K. Kos', as does the Neue Berliner Schachzeitung of Jun. 1870 (p.191) and Sep. 1870 (p.288), and the Öserreichische Schachzeitung of 16 Apr. 1872 (p.11).
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 224
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 290
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2334, 12 Jan. 1867, page 10
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 5, May 1873, page 141
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1689, 5 Feb. 1871, page 4
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1698, 9 Apr. 1871, page 7
   [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1866, page 204
   [NBSZ], vol. 7, no. 6, June 1870, page 191
   [NBSZ], vol. 7, no. 9, Sep. 1870, page 288
   [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 2, Feb. 1871, page 45
   [NYC], 14 Jan. 1871
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, 16 Apr. 1872, page 11
   [SoT], 24 Dec. 1870
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 17, 1 Sep. 1868, page 287
   [SZ], vol. 24, no. 4, Apr. 1869, page 115
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 8, Aug. 1870, page 233
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 10, Oct. 1870, page 296
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 2, Feb. 1871, page 56
   [TFF], 6 Jan. 1871
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Graz 1870]

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

Kolisch, I. - Kos, K. 1870         (c)     1   -   1      Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

Graz 1870     1st Austrian Chess Federation (?) Congress     23.5  /  26


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025