Philipp Hirschfeld

Philipp Hirschfeld ( born October 1, 1840 in Königsberg, † October 4, 1896 at Wannsee ) was a German chess master and theoretician.

Hirschfeld came from affluent circumstances and learned the game of chess in his childhood in Königsberg. When he moved to study in Berlin in 1859, he was already a very strong player and theoretician, who was taken to the office of the German chess magazine, where he published analyzes of opening theory. In his time in Berlin, competitions fall against Carl Mayet and wallow Berthold (1860 ), and against Adolf Anderssen ( 10, -14, = 5) and Gustav Richard Neumann ( 1861).

1863 ended Hirschfeld his studies and entered the business of his father. He founded in London the Königsberg Thee Society, entertained the branches in Königsberg, Moscow and China. Hirschfeld, where his career had no time to international tournaments, learned on his business know the best players of his time, with whom he occasionally contested competitions. In 1864 he played in Paris 4-4 ( 4, -4, = 0) against Ignaz von Kolisch, 1866 he was defeated in Moscow Sergei Urussoff with 2-3 ( 1, -2, = 2). From Hirschfeld individual parts are preserved and others against Wilhelm Steinitz, Johann Jacob Loewenthal, Bernhard Horwitz and Cecil De Vere. In 1873 he took up his permanent residence in London, where he was a frequent play and analysis partner of Johannes Hermann Zukertort. Since that time, he spent several months in a regular year in Berlin. He died in 1896 in Wannsee.

His best historical Elo rating was 2600. These he reached in October 1864. During the years between 1862 to 1866, he was temporarily at No. 4 in the world rankings.

• Man
• Chess players
• Chess Players ( Germany )
• German
• Born in 1840
• Died in 1896
• Chess players (Berliner Chess Society )