Cordel, Oskar




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1867  36  2419 (101) 4
1868  55  2382 (102) 0
1869  71  2346 (103) 0
1870  86  2309 (103) 0
1871  108  2272 (102) 2
1872  123  2256 (104) 0
1873  137  2240 (105) 0
1874  140  2224 (106) 0
1875  162  2208 (106) 0
1876  175  2192 (105) 0
1877  180  2176 (104) 0
1878  201  2160 (103) 0
1879  208  2144 (100) 5
1880  237  2140 (98) 0
1881  265  2136 (95) 2
1882  269  2139 (94) 0
1883  288  2142 (91) 0
1884  305  2145 (88) 0
1885  298  2148 (83) 0
1886  301  2151 (77) 0
1887  300  2154 (68) 18

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Cordel, Oskar  
Born: 18 Dec. 1843
Died: 14 May 1913
 
Notes:
The 31 Aug. 1867 issue of Bell's Life in London (p.9) has 'Corbel'. The 12 Jun. 1868 issue of the Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin has 'O. Cordell'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 76
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 79
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 260, 371
Periodicals
   [BLL], 20 Feb. 1864, page 2
   [BLL], no. 2367, 31 Aug. 1867, page 9
   [BLL], no. 2384, 28 Dec. 1867, page 10
   [BLL], no. 2630, 26 Nov. 1870, page 9
   [BLL], no. 2665, 29 July 1871, page 12
   [BLL], no. 2720, 17 Aug. 1872, page 11
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 5, Nov. 1863, page 152
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 1, Mar. 1866, page 12
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 7, Sep. 1866, page 211
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 12, Feb. 1867, page 370
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1872, page 9
   [Era], vol. 30, no. 1521, 17 Nov. 1867, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 46, no. 1319, 10 June 1865, page 563
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1346, 9 Dec. 1865, page 571
   [IZL], vol. 58, no. 1488, 6 Jan. 1872, page 20
   [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1864, page 51
   [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1864, page 179
   [NBSZ], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1865, page 108
   [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1866, page 17
   [NBSZ], vol. 4, no. 2, Feb. 1867, page 42
   [NYC], 20 June 1868
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 17, 1 Dec. 1872, page 130
   [PDEB], 12 June 1868
   [Sph], vol. 1, no. 18, 1 Jan. 1866, page 285
   [SZ], vol. 18, no. 9, Sep. 1863, page 270
   [SZ], vol. 18, no. 12, Dec. 1863, page 371
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 4, Apr. 1864, page 117
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 3, Mar. 1865, page 83
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 325
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 1, Jan. 1867, page 10
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 11, 1 June 1868, page 193
   [SZ], vol. 24, no. 7, July 1869, page 202
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 4, Apr. 1870, page 124
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 6, June 1870, page 170
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 7, July 1871, page 204
Web
   Hoppe, Frank.  [Chronik des Jahres 1892]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

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

Cordel, O. - Neumann, G.R.L. 1867         (c)     3   -   1

Tournament data

Leipzig 1871 (2)     1st Central German Chess Congress - Hauptturnier    
  Cordel, O. - Schwabe, J.     1 - 0    
  Cordel, O. - Merklein, R.     0 - 1    
  Cordel, O. - Johne, G.     0 - 1    
Memel 1879     2nd East German Chess Congress     3.5  /  5
Berlin 1881 (3)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier I     0  /  2
Berlin 1887 (1)     Berlin Chess Club - 1st Tournament     3.5  /  11
Berlin 1887 (3)     Berlin Chess Club 60th Anniversary Festival - 1st Class Tournament     1  /  7


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025