Campbell, Joseph




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  23  2445 (58) 11
1857  24  2455 (51) 3
1858  26  2467 (39) 73
1859  24  2473 (47) 22
1860  26  2477 (59) 1
1861  24  2474 (67) 18
1862  26  2462 (78) 0
1863  28  2450 (87) 0
1864  29  2438 (95) 0
1865  30  2426 (102) 0
1866  41  2414 (108) 0
1867  47  2402 (113) 0
1868  54  2390 (118) 0
1869  56  2378 (122) 0
1870  57  2366 (126) 0
1871  63  2354 (129) 0
1872  67  2342 (132) 0
1873  71  2330 (135) 0
1874  76  2318 (138) 0
1875  92  2306 (140) 0
1876  91  2294 (142) 0
1877  94  2281 (144) 0
1878  97  2269 (146) 0
1879  104  2257 (148) 0
1880  121  2245 (149) 0
1881  147  2233 (151) 0
1882  167  2221 (152) 0
1883  198  2209 (153) 0
1884  227  2197 (154) 0
1885  243  2185 (155) 0
1886  260  2173 (155) 0
1887  291  2161 (156) 0
1888  295  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