Elwell, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  347  2141 (78) 2
1893  354  2134 (70) 0
1894  365  2126 (59) 16
1895  400  2111 (60) 10
1896  437  2089 (60) 0
1897  486  2066 (55) 8
1898  523  2052 (55) 11
1899  502  2070 (62) 0
1900  482  2088 (66) 0
1901  463  2105 (66) 0
1902  442  2123 (63) 9
1903  443  2128 (66) 0
1904  464  2133 (65) 1
1905  447  2148 (62) 13
1906  451  2149 (74) 0
1907  460  2150 (83) 0
1908  463  2151 (91) 0
1909  502  2152 (97) 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
Elwell, J.D. - Taber, J.R. 1895         (f)     5   -   2
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 1905 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     5.5  /  12
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    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Miller, M.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 6 Oct. 2024