Evans, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1828  11  2292 (158) 3
1829  13  2293 (157) 0
1830  14  2294 (156) 0
1831  14  2295 (156) 0
1832  14  2295 (155) 0
1833  15  2296 (153) 0
1834  18  2297 (152) 0
1835  18  2298 (151) 0
1836  17  2299 (149) 0
1837  21  2299 (148) 0
1838  24  2300 (146) 0
1839  25  2301 (144) 0
1840  27  2302 (142) 0
1841  32  2303 (140) 0
1842  37  2304 (137) 0
1843  42  2304 (134) 1
1844  42  2298 (134) 0
1845  50  2292 (134) 0
1846  56  2286 (134) 0
1847  59  2280 (134) 0
1848  57  2274 (133) 0
1849  74  2268 (132) 1
1850  81  2256 (134) 0
1851  87  2243 (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
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 9, Sep. 1872, page 270
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1768, 11 Aug. 1872, page 4, 14
   [ILN], vol. 17, no. 448, 28 Sep. 1850, page 263
   [IZL], vol. 59, no. 1523, 7 Sep. 1872, page 186
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 4, 16 May 1872, page 26
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 10, 16 Aug. 1872, page 74
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 5, 15 Apr. 1842, page 202
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 317
   [Str], vol. 5, no. 9, 15 Sep. 1872, page 274
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: 17 Jul. 2025