Hamppe, Carl




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  25  2444 (74) 9
1847  18  2456 (74) 0
1848  18  2468 (71) 0
1849  22  2480 (66) 0
1850  18  2492 (57) 36
1851  15  2496 (60) 2
1852  13  2490 (60) 9
1853  11  2494 (68) 0
1854  10  2497 (73) 0
1855  10  2501 (75) 2
1856  9  2512 (79) 0
1857  10  2524 (80) 0
1858  12  2536 (80) 0
1859  11  2548 (79) 0
1860  11  2559 (75) 0
1861  10  2571 (70) 13
1862  10  2555 (78) 0
1863  13  2539 (84) 0
1864  13  2523 (89) 0
1865  12  2507 (92) 0
1866  14  2491 (95) 0
1867  20  2475 (96) 0
1868  27  2459 (97) 0
1869  33  2442 (97) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hamppe, Carl  
Born: 1815
Died: 17 May 1876
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper, Golombek, Harding, Zavatarelli, and Hooper and Whyld have birth year 1814. The Field of 29 Jul. 1876 gives his age at death as 62, which is consistent with birth in 1814. Gaige has birth year 1815. Golombek has death date 17-03-1873. Gaige has death date 17-05-1876. Name sometimes given as 'Hampe' or 'von Hampe'.
 
References
Books
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 81
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 161
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 135
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 162
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 93
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 16, 17, 256, 376
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 139, 381
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 313
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 51
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 7, 12
Periodicals
   [BLL], 21 Jan. 1844, page 4
   [BLL], 13 Apr. 1862, page 1
   [CPC], vol. 7, no. 12, Dec. 1846, page 405
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 289
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 29, May 1861, page 147
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1863, page 165
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1869, page 289
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 1021, 18 Apr. 1858, page 7
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1276, 8 Mar. 1863, page 5
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1347, 17 July 1864, page 6
   [Fld], 29 July 1876
   [ILN], vol. 46, no. 1298, 21 Jan. 1865, page 75
   [ILN], vol. 61, no. 1723, 14 Sep. 1872, page 263
   [ILN], vol. 63, no. 1791, 20 Dec. 1873, page 614
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1849, page 68
   [NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 11, Nov. 1869, page 322
   [NYC], 29 May 1858
   [OSZ], vol. 4, no. 52, Jan. 1875, page 13
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 8, 15 Aug. 1843, page 353
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1850, page 227
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 2, Aug. 1846, page 39
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1850, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 349
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 1859, page 26
   [SZ], vol. 16, no. 2, Feb. 1861, page 61
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 6, June 1864, page 193, 199
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 54
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Introduction to the Pierce Gambit], page 11
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lowenthal, J.J. - Hamppe, C. 1846         (s)     5   -   4
Hamppe, C. - Falkbeer, E.K. 1850         (c)     16   -   15
Hamppe, C. - Jenay, E. 1850         (s)     3   -   2
Hamppe, C. - Szen, J. 1851         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Szen, J. - Hamppe, C. 1852         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Harrwitz, D. - Hamppe, C. 1852         (c)     5   -   2
Hamppe, C. - Jenay, E. 1855         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Hamppe, C. - Harrwitz, D. 1861         (c)     7.5   -   5.5
Berger, J.N. - Hamppe, C. 1869         (c)     2   -   0
Kolisch, I. - Hamppe, C. 1869         (c)     1   -   1

Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025