Young, Franklin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  172  2258 (74) 2
1886  158  2282 (63) 12
1887  158  2288 (58) 5
1888  195  2256 (54) 35
1889  205  2239 (68) 0
1890  234  2222 (78) 0
1891  252  2204 (86) 0
1892  287  2187 (93) 0
1893  314  2170 (98) 0
1894  346  2153 (103) 0
1895  377  2136 (107) 0
1896  392  2118 (111) 0
1897  439  2101 (114) 0
1898  496  2084 (116) 1
1899  526  2073 (121) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Young, Franklin Knowles  
Born: 21 Oct. 1857
Died: 19 Dec. 1931
 
Notes:
Sarah's Chess Journal web site gives birth date 21-12-1857. Gaige gives birth date 21-10-1857. Di Felice has a 'Young' in the 1st England versus USA University cable match, 1899?
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 473
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 348
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 223
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 139
   Hilbert, Napier, page 118
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 285
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 7
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 338
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 405
   Pope, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Vol.1, page 20
   Winter, Chess Explorations, page 203
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 1, July 1899, page 18
   [BDE], vol. 58, no. 29, 30 Jan. 1898, page 27
Web
   Sarah.  [Mandarins of the Yellow Buttons]

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

Steinitz, W. - Young, F.K. 1885 (1)         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Young, F.K. 1885 (2)         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Young, F.K. - Ware, P. 1886         (f)     5   -   7      Young, F.K. gave odds of pawn and move
Young, F.K. - Hanham, J.M. 1887         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Burille, C.F. - Young, F.K. 1888         (c)     13.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Boston, Massachusetts 1888     Paine Tournament     12  /  20
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Young, F.K. - Jackson, E.M.     0 - 1    
Boston, Massachusetts 1899     Boston - New England Match    
  Young, F.K. - Barry, J.F.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025