Edo Ratings, Selfe, H.J.S.

Selfe, Henry

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1856	93	2225	(126)	3
1857	97	2223	(128)	0
1858	100	2221	(130)	0
1859	105	2218	(131)	0
1860	107	2216	(132)	0
1861	111	2214	(133)	0
1862	103	2212	(134)	0
1863	104	2210	(135)	0
1864	106	2207	(135)	0
1865	102	2205	(135)	0
1866	108	2203	(135)	0
1867	110	2201	(135)	0
1868	113	2199	(135)	0
1869	109	2196	(134)	2

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Selfe, Henry James Selfe

Also known as: Henry James Selfe Page; H.S. Selfe

Born: 15 Nov. 1810

Died: 6 Sep. 1870

Notes:

Gaige lists him as 'Selfe, Henry James Selfe', and Löwenthal and Medley list him as 'Selfe, H.S.', so I presum the double 'Selfe' is correct.

References

Books

Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 384

Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 4

Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl

Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 9

Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 141

Periodicals

[CPC], vol. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98

[Era], vol. 23, 8 Sep. 1861, page 6

Tournament data

London 1856 (2)     Ries' Divan Handicap Tournament

  Selfe, H.J.S. - Boden, S.S.     2 - 1          Boden, S.S. gave odds of pawn and two moves

London 1869 (1)     London Handicap Tournament (British Chess Association?)

  Selfe, H.J.S. - Blackburne, J.H.     1 - 0          Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves

  Selfe, H.J.S. - Haggard, H.D.     0 - 1          Selfe, H.J.S. gave odds of pawn and move