Kipping, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1853  55  2358 (63) 7
1854  55  2354 (56) 7
1855  54  2355 (46) 80
1856  63  2343 (47) 9
1857  68  2330 (44) 35
1858  82  2313 (50) 6
1859  89  2301 (51) 7
1860  97  2289 (51) 17
1861  106  2290 (56) 9
1862  114  2276 (64) 3
1863  129  2246 (71) 3
1864  149  2218 (78) 0
1865  167  2189 (83) 2
1866  178  2186 (89) 0
1867  176  2182 (94) 0
1868  187  2179 (98) 0
1869  188  2176 (101) 0
1870  189  2173 (103) 0
1871  194  2169 (105) 0
1872  206  2166 (106) 0
1873  209  2163 (107) 0
1874  211  2159 (107) 0
1875  225  2156 (106) 0
1876  218  2153 (105) 0
1877  215  2149 (104) 0
1878  225  2146 (101) 0
1879  220  2143 (98) 0
1880  247  2140 (95) 0
1881  279  2136 (90) 1
1882  291  2128 (86) 2
1883  332  2117 (85) 4
1884  394  2098 (89) 0
1885  427  2080 (92) 1
1886  457  2059 (96) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kipping, James Stanley  
Born: 18 Nov. 1822
Died: 20 Apr. 1899
 
Notes:
Name given as 'Kepping' in the Illustrated London News of 14 May 1853 (p.363) and the Chess Player's Chronicle of Jun. 1853 (p.180), and 'Kiepping' in the Illustrated London News of 22 Oct. 1853 (p.343). Gaige gives full name as 'James Stanley Kipping'. Staunton gives 'John Kipping' in the Illustrated London News of 24 Nov. 1855 (p.626) but 'James Kipping' in the issue of 31 Oct. 1857 (p.446). My guess is that 'John' was just an error. Gaige gives his date of death as 20 Apr. 1899; Sergeant gives 26 Apr. 1899.
 
References
Books
   Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 6
   Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 1, 7, 39, 40
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 962
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 213
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 18, 28, 45, 576
   Hindle, Mystery of Edward Pindar, page 13
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 147
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 236
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 103
Periodicals
   [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1
   [CPC], vol. 7, no. 9, Sep. 1846, page 261
   [CPC], vol. 9, no. 4, Apr. 1848, page 116
   [CPC], vol. 10, no. 9, Sep. 1849, page 268
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1853, page 180
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 983, 26 July 1857, page 12
   [ILN], vol. 27, no. 752, 14 July 1855, page 43
   [ILN], vol. 27, no. 771, 24 Nov. 1855, page 626
   [ILN], vol. 30, no. 859, 16 May 1857, page 472
   [ILN], vol. 31, no. 885, 31 Oct. 1857, page 446
   [SZ], vol. 13, no. 9, Sep. 1858, page 372
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]
   Sarah.  [The Birmingham Meeting]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Early World Rankings], page 7
   Winter, Edward.  [Royal Walkabouts]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Williams, E. (1) - Kipping, J.S. 1853         (c)     4   -   3
Kipping, J.S. - Cohen, S. (1) 1854         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Owen, J. - Kipping, J.S. 1855 (1)         (f)     11   -   6
Kipping, J.S. - Ralli, D. 1855         (f)     5   -   2
Kipping, J.S. - Cohen, S. (1) 1855         (f)     5   -   2      Kipping, J.S. gave odds of pawn and move
Owen, J. - Kipping, J.S. 1855 (2)         (f)     4.5   -   11.5
Owen, J. - Kipping, J.S. 1855 (3)         (f)     11   -   7
Owen, J. - Kipping, J.S. 1855 (4)         (f)     3   -   6
Pindar, E.D. - Kipping, J.S. 1856         (f)     4.5   -   2.5
Kipping, J.S. - Anderssen (offhand) 1857         (c)     7.5   -   8.5
Pindar, E.D. - Kipping, J.S. 1857 (1)         (f)     11.5   -   4.5
Pindar, E.D. - Kipping, J.S. 1857 (2)         (f)     3   -   0
Kipping, J.S. - Watkinson, J. 1858         (c)     1   -   0
Morphy, P.C. - Kipping, J.S. 1858         (c)     2   -   0
Kolisch, I. - Kipping, J.S. 1860         (s)     2   -   0
Pindar, E.D. - Kipping, J.S. 1860         (f)     11.5   -   3.5
Paulsen, L. - Kipping, J.S. 1861         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Manchester 1854     Manchester Club Tournament    
  Kipping, J.S. - Cohen, S. (1)     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1855     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Soul, J.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1855 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Soul, J.     1.5 - 2.5    
Liverpool 1856     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Soul, J.     2 - 0    
Birmingham 1858 (2)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Minor Tournament    
  Kipping, J.S. - Boden, S.S.     0 - 1    
Birmingham and London, England 1858     2nd British Chess Association Congress    
  Kipping, J.S. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 2    
Manchester and Liverpool 1859     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Soul, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Huddersfield and Manchester 1859     4th West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting    
  Kipping, J.S. - Werner, M.G.E.     1 - 0    
  Kipping, J.S. - Birchall, C.     1 - 0    
  Kipping, J.S. - Thorold, E.     1.5 - 2.5    
Manchester 1861 (1)     Manchester Chess Club Tournament - 1st Class    
  Kipping, J.S. - Goulden, J.     3 - 0    
  Kipping, J.S. - Pindar, E.D.     1.5 - 3.5    
Manchester 1862 (1)     Manchester Club Tournament    
  Kipping, J.S. - Wood, M.B.     2 - 0    
Manchester 1862 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Smith, G. (1)     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1863     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Surtees, J.O.     2 - 1    
Manchester 1865     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Dunnett, T.     0.5 - 1.5    
Manchester 1881 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Wellington, S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1882     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Wellington, S.     1 - 1    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Huntsman, E.J.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1883     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Hvistendahl, A.     0 - 1    
Sheffield 1883 (2)     Sheffield and District - Manchester Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Rossell, H.A.     2 - 0    
Liverpool 1885     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Rutherford, W.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1886 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Kipping, J.S. - Cairns, J.C.     0 - 2    

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026