Elwell, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  342  2141 (79) 2
1893  349  2134 (70) 0
1894  365  2127 (60) 16
1895  398  2113 (61) 3
1896  426  2090 (61) 0
1897  479  2067 (56) 8
1898  516  2053 (57) 11
1899  505  2069 (65) 0
1900  487  2086 (71) 0
1901  474  2102 (73) 0
1902  455  2118 (74) 9
1903  469  2115 (82) 0
1904  509  2111 (89) 1
1905  500  2113 (96) 1
1906  509  2116 (102) 0
1907  506  2120 (107) 0
1908  514  2123 (111) 0
1909  548  2127 (115) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Elwell, John Duryea  
Born: 30 Dec. 1845
Died: 11 Jan. 1932
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 107
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 207, 209
   Hilbert, Napier, page 20
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 137
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 163
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 94, 138
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 15, 250
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 159
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 12, 29
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 78
Periodicals
   [MCR], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1874, page 494
   [SoT], 24 Oct. 1874
Web
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Chess Disputes], page 11

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

Broughton, L.D. - Elwell, J.D. 1894         (f)     7   -   5
Lipschutz, S. - Elwell, J.D. 1895         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Curt, C. - Elwell, J.D. 1902         (f)     5.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

New York 1892 (1)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Nugent, C.     1 - 0    
New York 1892 (2)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Otten, H.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Doyle, P.J.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Ettlinger, A.K.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Lissner, J.     1 - 0    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Lissner, J.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (8)     Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Pendleton, W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - White, E.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (2)     10th New York State Chess Association Summer Congress - 1st Class     3.5  /  8
New York 1898 (4)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4.5  /  11
New York 1898 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1898 (7)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2)     1 - 0    
New York 1904 (4)     Brooklyn Club Team Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Blumenfeld, L.     0 - 1    
New York and Chicago 1905 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Jacobson, W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Haertel, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1909 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Tennenwurzel, E.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 30 Jul. 2023