Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1864 |
128 |
2244 | (68) | 20 |
| 1865 |
131 |
2238 | (71) | 0 |
| 1866 |
133 |
2233 | (71) | 10 |
| 1867 |
138 |
2227 | (81) | 0 |
| 1868 |
143 |
2222 | (89) | 0 |
| 1869 |
149 |
2216 | (96) | 0 |
| 1870 |
149 |
2211 | (102) | 0 |
| 1871 |
157 |
2206 | (107) | 0 |
| 1872 |
161 |
2200 | (111) | 0 |
| 1873 |
169 |
2195 | (115) | 0 |
| 1874 |
167 |
2189 | (118) | 0 |
| 1875 |
181 |
2184 | (121) | 0 |
| 1876 |
182 |
2178 | (124) | 0 |
| 1877 |
180 |
2173 | (126) | 0 |
| 1878 |
187 |
2168 | (128) | 0 |
| 1879 |
195 |
2162 | (130) | 0 |
| 1880 |
222 |
2157 | (131) | 0 |
| 1881 |
253 |
2151 | (133) | 0 |
| 1882 |
262 |
2146 | (134) | 0 |
| 1883 |
290 |
2141 | (134) | 0 |
| 1884 |
319 |
2135 | (135) | 0 |
| 1885 |
328 |
2130 | (135) | 0 |
| 1886 |
336 |
2124 | (135) | 0 |
| 1887 |
349 |
2119 | (135) | 0 |
| 1888 |
358 |
2114 | (135) | 0 |
| 1889 |
361 |
2108 | (135) | 0 |
| 1890 |
387 |
2103 | (134) | 0 |
| 1891 |
392 |
2097 | (133) | 0 |
| 1892 |
429 |
2092 | (132) | 0 |
| 1893 |
452 |
2087 | (130) | 0 |
| 1894 |
463 |
2081 | (129) | 0 |
| 1895 |
487 |
2076 | (127) | 0 |
| 1896 |
491 |
2070 | (124) | 0 |
| 1897 |
508 |
2065 | (122) | 0 |
| 1898 |
549 |
2059 | (119) | 0 |
| 1899 |
578 |
2054 | (116) | 0 |
| 1900 |
598 |
2049 | (112) | 5 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Jellett, James I. |
| Born: 5 Nov. 1842 |
| Died: 22 Apr. 1914 |
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| Notes: |
| Brennen gives death date as 12-04-1914. Gaige gives death date as 22-04-1914. Hilbert gives 'J.J. Jellett', as does Reichhelm on p.56, but not in the index, p.155. The Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin of 5 Mar. 1864 also has 'J.J. Jellett'. The Schachzeitung of Apr. 1869 (p.108) has 'J.J. Jellette'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 194 |
| Hilbert, Napier, page 4, 104 |
| Moran, World Chess Championship I, page 112 |
| Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 10, 59 |
| Periodicals |
| [NYC], 10 Dec. 1864 |
| [PDEB], 5 Mar. 1864 |
| [PDEB], 7 June 1867 |
| [Sph], vol. 2, no. 15, 15 Dec. 1866, page 232 |
| [SZ], vol. 24, no. 4, Apr. 1869, page 108 |
| Web |
| Brennen, Neil. [The Champion of the North: James Jellett's Adventures in American Chess] |
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