Meitner, Philipp




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  32  2420 (50) 25
1874  31  2437 (53) 0
1875  28  2454 (48) 25
1876  27  2465 (56) 0
1877  25  2476 (58) 0
1878  24  2488 (55) 10
1879  26  2472 (59) 0
1880  29  2456 (59) 0
1881  41  2441 (54) 0
1882  52  2425 (42) 38
1883  63  2405 (58) 0
1884  79  2385 (68) 0
1885  90  2365 (76) 0
1886  104  2344 (81) 0
1887  124  2324 (85) 0
1888  141  2304 (87) 0
1889  160  2284 (88) 0
1890  194  2264 (88) 0
1891  209  2244 (87) 0
1892  249  2223 (85) 0
1893  278  2203 (81) 0
1894  299  2183 (76) 0
1895  337  2163 (69) 15
1896  329  2163 (77) 0
1897  336  2164 (83) 0
1898  346  2164 (87) 0
1899  352  2164 (90) 0
1900  363  2164 (92) 0
1901  375  2165 (93) 0
1902  382  2165 (93) 0
1903  393  2165 (92) 0
1904  408  2166 (90) 0
1905  420  2166 (87) 0
1906  426  2166 (83) 0
1907  438  2166 (78) 0
1908  448  2167 (70) 0
1909  480  2167 (60) 10
1910  518  2149 (60) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Meitner, Philipp  
   Also known as: Dr. Meitner von Formand
Born: 24 Aug. 1839
Died: 9 Dec. 1910
 
Notes:
Gaige, Harding, Goldman, and Hooper and Whyld give year of birth as 1838; a geneaolgical site, however, gives date of birth as 24-08-1839.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 311
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 277
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 525
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 101, 578
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 17, 19, 27, 285
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 211
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 324
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 123
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 173
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 326
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 4, May 1874, page 87
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1872, page 71
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 12, Dec. 1872, page 341
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 11, Nov. 1873, page 323
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1771, 1 Sep. 1872, page 13
   [ILN], vol. 61, no. 1723, 14 Sep. 1872, page 263
   [IZL], vol. 55, no. 1414, 6 Aug. 1870, page 106
   [NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1869, page 176
   [NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 11, Nov. 1869, page 322
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 15, 1 Nov. 1872, page 114
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 17, 1 Dec. 1872, page 132
   [OSZ], vol. 2, no. 38, Nov. 1873, page 322
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1873, page 66
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 4
   Sarah.  [Joseph Henry Blackburne]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   [Philipp Meitner, Dr. Jur.]

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

Schwarz, A. - Meitner, P. 1878         (f)     3.5   -   6.5

Tournament data

Vienna 1873 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     8.5  /  25
Vienna 1875 (1)     Wiener Schachclub Winter Tournament     15.5  /  24
Vienna 1875 (2)     Vienna Championship     7.5  /  11
Vienna 1882 (1)     Vienna Chess Club Tournament     3.5  /  7
Vienna 1882 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     10  /  31
Vienna 1895     Vienna Championship     2  /  15
Vienna 1909 (3)     Vienna Tournament     4.5  /  10
Vienna 1910     2nd Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     3.5  /  14


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025