Sweet, John


Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1850  115  2096 (79) 21

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Sweet, John Hales  
   Also known as: Rev. J.H. Sweet
Born: 9 Jan. 1819
Died: 31 May 1880
 
Notes:
Spinrad identifies him as 'John H. Sweet'. Staunton gives his full name as composer of a problem in the 8 Mar. 1851 Illustrated London News (p.196), and gives his title 'Rev.' in the 8 Dec. 1849 issue (p.379).
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 414
   Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 142
Periodicals
   [BLL], 29 Dec. 1850, page 5
   [BLL], 12 Jan. 1851, page 8
   [CP], vol. 2, no. 25, 8 Jan. 1852, page 2
   [CP], vol. 2, no. 41, 24 Apr. 1852, page 131
   [CP], vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1852, page 90
   [HomC], vol. 7, no. 173, 23 Oct. 1852, page 272
   [ILN], vol. 15, no. 402, 8 Dec. 1849, page 379
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 473, 8 Mar. 1851, page 196
Web
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [The Telegraph, the Velocipede, and the Bristol Sloth, Part One], page 4

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

Williams, E. (1) - Sweet, J.H. 1850         (f)     11   -   10      Williams, E. (1) gave odds of a knight


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022