Campbell, Joseph




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  22  2444 (58) 11
1857  24  2454 (51) 3
1858  26  2467 (39) 73
1859  24  2472 (47) 22
1860  26  2476 (59) 1
1861  24  2473 (67) 18
1862  26  2461 (78) 0
1863  29  2449 (87) 0
1864  29  2437 (95) 0
1865  30  2425 (102) 0
1866  41  2413 (108) 0
1867  47  2401 (113) 0
1868  54  2389 (118) 0
1869  54  2377 (122) 0
1870  59  2365 (126) 0
1871  65  2353 (129) 0
1872  66  2341 (132) 0
1873  71  2329 (135) 0
1874  76  2317 (138) 0
1875  89  2305 (140) 0
1876  87  2293 (142) 0
1877  92  2281 (144) 0
1878  94  2269 (146) 0
1879  102  2257 (148) 0
1880  120  2245 (149) 0
1881  144  2233 (151) 0
1882  163  2221 (152) 0
1883  197  2209 (153) 0
1884  227  2197 (154) 0
1885  242  2185 (155) 0
1886  259  2173 (155) 0
1887  286  2161 (156) 0
1888  293  2149 (157) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Campbell, Joseph Graham  
   Also known as: J.G.C.
Born: May 1830
Died: 2 Jan. 1891
 
Notes:
Gaige, Hooper and Whyld, Winter and La Grande Storia degli Scacchi give name as 'Joseph Graham Campbell'. Winter indicates that MacDonnell gave his name incorrectly as 'James G. Campbell'. Sergeant also gives the latter. Staunton (The Chess Tournament, p.lix; Chess Player's Chronicle, 1851, p.282) has a J. Campbell of Paris as a subscriber of the Great Tournament of 1851, but that could be John Campbell? Winter notes that the Chess Monthly gave date of death as 02-01-1891. Sergeant says that his date of death 'is variously given as' 31-12-1890 and 01-01-1891. Walker in Bell's Life in London (28 Mar. 1868, p.12) has 'H.G. Campbell' playing in 1855, but this must be an error for J.G. Campbell.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 43
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 62
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 47, 298, 535
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 41
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 55
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 66
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 199
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 150
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 94, 105, 115, 214
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2397, 28 Mar. 1868, page 12
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 74
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1856, page 155
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 6, June 1856, page 203
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 8, Nov. 1868, page 287
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1194, 11 Aug. 1861, page 12
   [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1502, 19 Sep. 1868, page 283
   [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1522, 23 Feb. 1869, page 99
Web
   Sarah.  [Random Clippings]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Early World Rankings], page 7
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5048. A nineteenth-century figure]
   [Dictionary of Irish Biography]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Campbell, Jos.G. - Kenny, C. 1856         (f)     7.5   -   3.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Falkbeer, E.K. 1857         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Kenny, C. 1858 (1)         (f)     7   -   4
Campbell, Jos.G. - Kenny, C. 1858 (2)         (f)     11.5   -   7.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Zytogorski, A. 1858         (f)     3   -   2
Campbell, Jos.G. - Barnes, T.W. 1858         (f)     8   -   7
de Riviere, J.A. - Campbell, Jos.G. 1859         (c)     1   -   0
Campbell, Jos.G. - Wormald, R.B. 1859         (f)     11.5   -   9.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Wormald, R.B. 1860         (f)     1   -   0
Campbell, Jos.G. - Mayall, M.J. 1861         (c)     13.5   -   2.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Campbell, Jos.G. 1861         (c)     0.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

London, England 1858     Philidorian Chess Rooms Pools     13  /  23
London, England 1888 (2)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Campbell, Jos.G. - Ranken, C.E.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022