Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1828 |
11 |
2330 | (166) | 3 |
| 1829 |
12 |
2332 | (165) | 0 |
| 1830 |
13 |
2333 | (165) | 0 |
| 1831 |
13 |
2335 | (164) | 0 |
| 1832 |
13 |
2336 | (163) | 0 |
| 1833 |
14 |
2338 | (162) | 0 |
| 1834 |
14 |
2339 | (161) | 0 |
| 1835 |
14 |
2340 | (160) | 0 |
| 1836 |
13 |
2342 | (159) | 0 |
| 1837 |
15 |
2343 | (158) | 0 |
| 1838 |
17 |
2345 | (156) | 0 |
| 1839 |
20 |
2346 | (155) | 0 |
| 1840 |
19 |
2348 | (153) | 0 |
| 1841 |
20 |
2349 | (151) | 0 |
| 1842 |
26 |
2351 | (150) | 0 |
| 1843 |
28 |
2352 | (147) | 1 |
| 1844 |
29 |
2346 | (149) | 0 |
| 1845 |
34 |
2339 | (150) | 0 |
| 1846 |
40 |
2332 | (151) | 0 |
| 1847 |
39 |
2325 | (152) | 0 |
| 1848 |
38 |
2319 | (153) | 0 |
| 1849 |
51 |
2312 | (153) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Evans, William Davies |
| Also known as: Captain Evans |
| Born: 27 Jan. 1790 |
| Died: 3 Aug. 1872 |
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| 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. |
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| 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], 13 May 1865, page 9 |
| [BLL], 6 Apr. 1872, page 4 |
| [BLL], 10 Aug. 1872, page 3 |
| [BLL], 26 Oct. 1872, page 12 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, May 1843, page 147 |
| [Era], vol. 34, 11 Aug. 1872, page 4, 14 |
| [ILN], vol. 17, 28 Sep. 1850, page 263 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, 15 Apr. 1842, page 202 |
| [Reg], vol. 2, 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] |
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