Philipp Hirschfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chess player
Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1840
Place of Birth: Königsberg
Date of Death: 04-Oct-1896
Profession: chess player
Nationality: German Empire
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Philipp Hirschfeld
- Philipp Hirschfeld (1 October 1840 – 4 October 1896) was a German chess player and theoretician.Hirschfeld was born in Königsberg, Prussia, and came from an affluent background.
- He learned the game of chess as a child in Königsberg, and by the time he went to Berlin in 1859 to study, he was already a very strong player and theoretician.
- He was in the editorial department of the Deutschen Schachzeitung, where he published analysis of opening theory.
- During his time in Berlin, he played matches with Carl Mayet and Berthold Suhle (+0 -7 = 2) in 1860, and with Adolf Anderssen (+10, -14, =5) and Gustav Neumann in 1861. In 1863 Hirschfeld finished his studies and joined his father's business.
- In London, he founded the Königsberg Tea Company, with branches in Königsberg, Moscow and China.
- Hirschfeld's profession left him no time for international tournaments, but on his business trips he met up with the best players of his time and occasionally contested matches with them.
- In 1865 he drew a match with Ignaz von Kolisch in Paris 4-4 (+4, -4, =0), and in 1865 he lost a match in Moscow against Sergey Urusov 2-3 (+1, -2, =2).
- Hirschfeld also played individual games against Wilhelm Steinitz, Johann Jacob Löwenthal, Bernhard Horwitz and Cecil De Vere.
- In 1873 he took up permanent residence in London, where he was a frequent analysis partner of Johannes Zukertort.
- From that time he regularly lived a few months of the year in Berlin.
- He died in 1896 in Wannsee, Berlin. According to the chessmetrics website, his best historical Elo rating was 2600, which he attained in October 1864.
- Between 1862 and 1866 he was ranked 4th in the world.
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