Edo Ratings, Hamel, J.

Hamel, Julius

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1866	255	2039	(91)	14
1867	252	2022	(96)	0
1868	274	2005	(100)	0
1869	287	1988	(103)	0
1870	324	1971	(104)	0
1871	374	1955	(106)	0
1872	398	1938	(106)	0
1873	424	1921	(106)	0
1874	479	1904	(105)	0
1875	521	1887	(103)	3
1876	500	1885	(105)	0
1877	465	1883	(106)	0
1878	458	1881	(106)	0
1879	468	1879	(106)	1
1880	502	1880	(106)	1
1881	574	1870	(108)	0
1882	632	1860	(109)	0
1883	698	1850	(109)	0
1884	786	1839	(110)	1
1885	749	1839	(111)	0
1886	738	1839	(112)	0
1887	712	1839	(112)	0
1888	717	1839	(112)	0
1889	695	1839	(111)	0
1890	745	1839	(110)	0
1891	751	1839	(108)	2
1892	787	1832	(110)	0
1893	805	1825	(112)	2

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Hamel, Julius

Born: 1822

Died: 14 May 1894

Notes:

I assume the 'Hamel' mentioned by Staunton as being in Melbourne in 1857 and the 'Hamel' who played in the Victoria Chess Association tournament in Melbourne in 1866 are the same as the 'Julius Hamel' who played for Melbourne from 1879 to 1884 at least. Tim Harding (personal communication) gives the birth and death dates, and the date of his emigration to Australia (Nov. 1852). The cover of the May 1854 issue of the Chess Player's Chronicle lists 'J. Hamel' as Secretary of the Nottingham Club, with is hard to reconcile with the date of Julius Hamel's emigration to Australia. Also puzzling is the occurrence of 'Hamel Mr J., Manchester' in the list of subscribers in the Report of the Manchester Meeting of 1857. The Australasian of 22 May 1875 (p.653) has 'H. Hamel', which I take to be an error for 'J. Hamel'.

References

Books

Bignold, Australian Chess Annual, page 45, 51

Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 39, 40

Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54, 215, 542

Periodicals

[Age], no. 3560, 28 Mar. 1866, page 5

[Argus], no. 6180, 28 Mar. 1866, page 5

[Aus], vol. 1, no. 2, 14 Apr. 1866, page 44

[Aus], vol. 18, no. 477, 22 May 1875, page 653

[CPC], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1855, page cover

[Era], vol. 20, no. 1000, 22 Nov. 1857, page 14

[ILN], vol. 31, no. 895, 26 Dec. 1857, page 642

Web

Dunn, Paul. [1879 NSW v VIC Telegraphic Match]

Dunn, Paul. [9th NSW v VIC Telegraphic Match 1880]

Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Sigismund Hamel]

Tournament data

Melbourne 1866     Victorian Tournament

  Hamel, J. - Stephen, W.R.     1 - 3

  Hamel, J. - Blair     3 - 0          Hamel, J. gave odds of a knight

  Hamel, J. - Goldsmith, L.     4 - 3          Hamel, J. gave odds of pawn and move

  Hamel, J. - Fleming, A.     0 - 3

Melbourne 1875 (1)     Melbourne Handicap Challenge Cup Tournament

  Hamel, J. - Hammond, R.K.     0 - 3          Hamel, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves

Sydney and Melbourne 1879     8th New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match

  Hamel, J. - Fisher, C.M.     0 - 1

Sydney and Melbourne 1880     9th New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match

  Hamel, J. - Ridley, W.     1 - 0

Sydney and Melbourne 1884     11th New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match

  Hamel, J. - Channon, Jo.     0 - 1

Melbourne 1891     1st Victorian Championship     1 / 2

Melbourne 1893 (1)     Melbourne Club Team Match

  Hamel, J. - Lilly, A.     0 - 1

Melbourne 1893 (3)     Veterans - Non-veterans Team Match

  Hamel, J. - Crewe, J.E.     0.5 - 0.5