Kolisch, Ignatz
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1857 |
8 |
2591 | (66) | 8 |
| 1858 |
6 |
2596 | (56) | 13 |
| 1859 |
7 |
2606 | (43) | 18 |
| 1860 |
3 |
2632 | (32) | 120 |
| 1861 |
3 |
2633 | (34) | 70 |
| 1862 |
5 |
2613 | (43) | 15 |
| 1863 |
5 |
2599 | (48) | 5 |
| 1864 |
4 |
2608 | (48) | 20 |
| 1865 |
3 |
2626 | (55) | 0 |
| 1866 |
4 |
2645 | (56) | 0 |
| 1867 |
3 |
2663 | (51) | 25 |
| 1868 |
6 |
2640 | (60) | 2 |
| 1869 |
5 |
2642 | (66) | 2 |
| 1870 |
4 |
2652 | (72) | 9 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Kolisch, Ignatz |
| Also known as: Baron von Kolisch |
| Born: 6 Apr. 1837 |
| Died: 30 Apr. 1889 |
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| Notes: |
| Barcza gives date of birth as 26-04-1837; Gaige and other sources give 6-04-1837. Steinitz gives date of death as 1-05-1889. Gaige gives date of death as 30-04-1889. The Chess Player's Chronicle of May 1861 (p.131) gives his name as 'Ignatius Kolisch'; the June 1861 issue (p.170) gives 'Ignace Kolisch'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 199 |
| Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 139, 141, 245 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 266 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 84 |
| Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page lxii |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 220 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 165 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 73, 576 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 35 |
| Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 312 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 169 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 106, 153 |
| Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 220 |
| Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 29, May 1861, page 131 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 170 |
| [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 1, Jan. 1873, page 15 |
| [Era], vol. 21, no. 1080, 5 June 1859, page 5 |
| [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1527, 27 Feb. 1869, page 219 |
| [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 18, 16 Dec. 1872, page 140 |
| [Str], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1867, page 5 |
| [Str], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 July 1867, page 147 |
| Web |
| Harding, Tim. [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 4 |
| Sarah. [The Denoument - Morphy Retires] |
| Sarah. [Kolisch and Eichborn] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Obituaries], page 1 |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm. [Death of Baron Kolisch] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Kolisch, I. - Jenay, E. 1857 |
(f) |
7 | - | 1 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Maluta, Gio.B. 1858 |
(s) |
8 | - | 5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Harrwitz, D. 1859 |
(c) |
2.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - de Riviere, J.A. 1859 |
(c) |
7 | - | 7 |
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| Anderssen, K.E.A. - Kolisch, I. 1860 |
(f) |
5.5 | - | 5.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Anderssen (offhand) 1860 |
(c) |
4 | - | 2 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Worrall, T.H. 1860 |
(f) |
6 | - | 2 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Maude, G. 1860 (1) |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 3.5 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Saburov, P.A. 1860 (1) |
(f) |
6 | - | 0 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Saburov, P.A. 1860 (2) |
(c) |
2 | - | 5 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Barnes, T.W. 1860 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Geake, E. 1860 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Maude, G. 1860 (2) |
(f) |
4 | - | 0 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Maude, G. 1860 (3) |
(f) |
1 | - | 3 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Schroder, A. (1) 1860 (1) |
(f) |
5.5 | - | 1.5 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Pindar, E.D. 1860 |
(c) |
1 | - | 2 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of the exchange |
| Kolisch, I. - Medley, G.W. 1860 |
(f) |
5.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Schroder, A. (1) 1860 (2) |
(f) |
5 | - | 4 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Horwitz, B. 1860 |
(f) |
3 | - | 1 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Kipping, J.S. 1860 |
(s) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (1) |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 2.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (2) |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (3) |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (4) |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Owen, J. 1860 |
(f) |
4 | - | 4 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Laroche, J.A. 1860 |
(c) |
4.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1861 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Kennedy, H.A. 1861 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Maude, G. 1861 |
(f) |
3 | - | 3 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Owen, J. 1861 |
(c) |
0 | - | 1 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Kolisch, I. - Barnes, T.W. 1861 |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Anderssen (offhand) - Kolisch, I. 1861 |
(c) |
2 | - | 2 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A. 1861 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Anderssen, K.E.A. - Kolisch, I. 1861 |
(f) |
5 | - | 4 |
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| Paulsen, L. - Kolisch, I. 1861 |
(f) |
16 | - | 15 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Wormald, R.B. 1861 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Boden, S.S. 1861 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Urusov, S.S. 1862 |
(f) |
2 | - | 2 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Shumov, I.S. 1862 |
(f) |
6 | - | 2 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Anderssen (offhand) 1862 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Paulsen, L. - Kolisch, I. 1862 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Maczuski, A.L. 1863 |
(f) |
2 | - | 2 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (1) |
(f) |
4 | - | 4 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864 (2) |
(c) |
2 | - | 2 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Rosenthal, S. 1864 |
(f) |
7 | - | 1 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Loyd, S. 1867 |
(c) |
2 | - | 1 |
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| Schulten, J.W. - Kolisch, I. 1868 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Hamppe, C. 1869 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Ziwsa, C. 1870 (1) |
(f) |
4 | - | 1 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of rook and knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Kos, K. 1870 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Ziwsa, C. 1870 (2) |
(f) |
0 | - | 2 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of rook and knight |
Tournament data
| Paris 1860 |
Café de la Régence Tournament - final |
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Kolisch, I. - Buccheister |
1 - 0 |
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Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
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Kolisch, I. - Allix (1) |
1 - 0 |
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Kolisch, I. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| London, England 1860 (3) |
St. James's Club Handicap Tournament |
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Kolisch, I. - Boyman |
1 - 0 |
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Kolisch, I. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Cambridge 1860 |
3rd British Chess Association Tournament |
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Kolisch, I. - Geake, E. |
2 - 0 |
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Kolisch, I. - Zytogorski, A. |
1 - 0 |
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Kolisch, I. - Stanley, C.H. |
3 - 0 |
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| Bristol 1861 (1) |
4th British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament |
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Kolisch, I. - Paulsen, L. |
1 - 2 |
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| Paris 1863 |
Café de la Régence Grand Tournoi |
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Kolisch, I. - Budzynski, W. |
1 - 0 |
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| Paris 1867 (1) |
International Chess Congress - Grand Tournament |
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| Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025 |
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