Campbell, Joseph




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  16  2454 (58) 11
1857  19  2464 (52) 3
1858  19  2476 (39) 73
1859  19  2480 (47) 22
1860  21  2481 (59) 1
1861  22  2474 (67) 18
1862  25  2463 (78) 0
1863  28  2451 (87) 0
1864  30  2439 (95) 0
1865  30  2427 (102) 0
1866  32  2415 (108) 0
1867  34  2403 (113) 0
1868  39  2391 (117) 0
1869  41  2379 (122) 0
1870  44  2367 (125) 0
1871  47  2355 (129) 0
1872  50  2343 (132) 0
1873  59  2332 (135) 0
1874  60  2320 (138) 0
1875  69  2308 (140) 0
1876  72  2296 (142) 0
1877  75  2284 (144) 0
1878  79  2272 (146) 0
1879  84  2260 (148) 0
1880  102  2248 (149) 0
1881  123  2236 (150) 0
1882  144  2224 (152) 0
1883  177  2212 (153) 0
1884  191  2201 (154) 0
1885  210  2189 (154) 0
1886  228  2177 (155) 0
1887  249  2165 (156) 0
1888  255  2153 (156) 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
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 55
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 66
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 199
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 94, 105, 115, 214
Periodicals
   [BLL], 28 Mar. 1868, page 12
   [CPC], vol. 3, Feb. 1855, page 74
   [CPC], vol. 4, May 1856, page 155
   [CPC], vol. 4, June 1856, page 203
   [CW], vol. 4, Nov. 1868, page 287
   [Era], vol. 23, 11 Aug. 1861, page 12
   [ILN], vol. 53, 19 Sep. 1868, page 283
   [ILN], vol. 54, 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 1858     Philidorian Chess Rooms Pools     13  /  23
London 1888 (2)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Campbell, Jos.G. - Ranken, C.E.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 21 Sept. 2017