Kipping, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1853  55  2355 (63) 7
1854  55  2351 (56) 7
1855  54  2352 (46) 80
1856  63  2340 (47) 9
1857  68  2327 (44) 35
1858  82  2310 (50) 6
1859  89  2298 (51) 7
1860  97  2286 (51) 17
1861  106  2287 (56) 9
1862  114  2273 (64) 3
1863  129  2243 (71) 3
1864  149  2215 (78) 0
1865  167  2186 (83) 2
1866  178  2183 (89) 0
1867  177  2180 (94) 0
1868  187  2176 (98) 0
1869  188  2173 (101) 0
1870  189  2170 (103) 0
1871  194  2166 (105) 0
1872  205  2163 (106) 0
1873  210  2160 (107) 0
1874  211  2157 (107) 0
1875  224  2153 (106) 0
1876  219  2150 (105) 0
1877  215  2147 (104) 0
1878  225  2143 (101) 0
1879  220  2140 (98) 0
1880  246  2137 (95) 0
1881  278  2134 (90) 1
1882  290  2126 (86) 2
1883  331  2114 (85) 4
1884  392  2096 (89) 0
1885  424  2078 (92) 1
1886  449  2057 (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