Campbell, Joseph




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  23  2441 (58) 11
1857  25  2452 (51) 3
1858  26  2465 (39) 73
1859  23  2470 (47) 22
1860  24  2473 (59) 1
1861  27  2470 (67) 18
1862  27  2458 (78) 0
1863  28  2446 (87) 0
1864  30  2434 (95) 0
1865  34  2422 (102) 0
1866  41  2410 (108) 0
1867  47  2398 (113) 0
1868  57  2386 (118) 0
1869  62  2374 (122) 0
1870  63  2362 (126) 0
1871  68  2351 (129) 0
1872  71  2339 (132) 0
1873  79  2327 (135) 0
1874  81  2315 (138) 0
1875  100  2303 (140) 0
1876  96  2291 (142) 0
1877  97  2279 (144) 0
1878  102  2267 (146) 0
1879  110  2255 (148) 0
1880  133  2243 (149) 0
1881  154  2231 (151) 0
1882  179  2219 (152) 0
1883  211  2207 (153) 0
1884  238  2195 (154) 0
1885  251  2183 (155) 0
1886  272  2171 (155) 0
1887  297  2159 (156) 0
1888  305  2147 (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