Edo Ratings, Hamel, J.

Hamel, Julius

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1866	289	2027	(91)	14
1867	290	2009	(95)	0
1868	304	1992	(99)	0
1869	319	1975	(102)	0
1870	356	1957	(104)	0
1871	398	1940	(105)	0
1872	425	1922	(105)	0
1873	455	1905	(105)	0
1874	505	1887	(104)	0
1875	549	1870	(102)	3
1876	529	1868	(104)	0
1877	494	1867	(105)	0
1878	500	1865	(106)	0
1879	488	1864	(105)	1
1880	520	1865	(106)	1
1881	603	1855	(107)	0
1882	670	1845	(109)	0
1883	723	1835	(109)	0
1884	820	1825	(109)	1
1885	774	1826	(111)	0
1886	786	1826	(111)	0
1887	749	1826	(112)	0
1888	757	1826	(112)	0
1889	734	1826	(111)	0
1890	784	1826	(110)	0
1891	781	1827	(108)	2
1892	825	1820	(110)	0
1893	853	1813	(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