Evans, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1828  11  2298 (157) 3
1829  12  2299 (157) 0
1830  14  2300 (156) 0
1831  14  2300 (155) 0
1832  14  2301 (154) 0
1833  15  2302 (153) 0
1834  17  2302 (152) 0
1835  18  2303 (151) 0
1836  17  2304 (149) 0
1837  21  2304 (147) 0
1838  24  2305 (146) 0
1839  25  2305 (144) 0
1840  27  2306 (142) 0
1841  30  2307 (139) 0
1842  37  2307 (137) 0
1843  41  2308 (134) 1
1844  42  2302 (134) 0
1845  49  2296 (134) 0
1846  56  2290 (134) 0
1847  57  2284 (133) 0
1848  57  2278 (133) 0
1849  74  2272 (132) 1
1850  82  2259 (134) 0
1851  88  2246 (136) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Evans, William Davies  
   Also known as: Captain Evans
Born: 27 Jan. 1790
Died: 3 Aug. 1872
 
Notes:
Tim Harding points out that it is not entirely clear whether 27 Jan. 1790 was his birthdate or baptism date. He gives another source suggesting a birthdate of 3 Jan. 1790.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 26, 243
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 111
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 111
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 9, 318, 322, 332, 349
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 107
   Murray, History of Chess, page 880
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 29, 160
   Utterberg, De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, page 14
Periodicals
   [BLL], 8 Mar. 1835, page 2
   [BLL], 3 July 1836, page 2
   [BLL], 5 Feb. 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 30 Apr. 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 27 Aug. 1837, page 4
   [BLL], 7 Mar. 1841, page 2
   [BLL], 6 Mar. 1842, page 4
   [BLL], 13 Apr. 1845, page 2
   [BLL], no. 2247, 13 May 1865, page 9
   [BLL], no. 2701, 6 Apr. 1872, page 4
   [BLL], no. 2719, 10 Aug. 1872, page 3
   [BLL], no. 2730, 26 Oct. 1872, page 12
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1843, page 147
   [DCJ], vol. 4, no. 32, Oct. 1872, page 248
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1768, 11 Aug. 1872, page 4, 14
   [ILN], vol. 17, no. 448, 28 Sep. 1850, page 263
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 5, 15 Apr. 1842, page 202
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 317
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Evans Gambit Reloaded], page 2
   Harding, Tim.  [In the Footsteps of Harold Murray], page 7
   Harding, Tim.  [The Search for Truth in the Evans Gambit (Part 1)], page 1
   Hilbert, John S.  [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [The Telegraph, the Velocipede, and the Bristol Sloth, Part One], page 2
   Thomas, W.R.  [Captain William Evans]
   Tomlinson, Charles.  [Simpson's Divan]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4878. Evans the doffer]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Evans, W.D. - McDonnell, A. 1828         (c)     3   -   0      McDonnell, A. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Evans, W.D. 1843         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Evans, W.D. - Donaldson, Jo. 1849         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Ranken, C.E. - Evans, W.D. 1851         (c)     1   -   0


Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2022