Edo Ratings, Hamel, J.

Hamel, Julius

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1866	276	2042	(90)	14
1867	284	2025	(95)	0
1868	303	2007	(98)	0
1869	315	1989	(101)	0
1870	348	1971	(103)	0
1871	400	1954	(104)	0
1872	430	1936	(105)	0
1873	452	1918	(105)	0
1874	500	1900	(104)	0
1875	552	1883	(102)	3
1876	533	1881	(104)	0
1877	503	1879	(105)	0
1878	507	1877	(105)	0
1879	500	1875	(105)	1
1880	524	1876	(105)	1
1881	607	1865	(107)	0
1882	667	1855	(108)	0
1883	719	1845	(109)	0
1884	811	1834	(109)	1
1885	771	1834	(110)	0
1886	778	1834	(111)	0
1887	742	1834	(111)	0
1888	752	1834	(111)	0
1889	739	1834	(111)	0
1890	782	1834	(109)	0
1891	782	1834	(108)	2
1892	840	1827	(110)	0
1893	875	1820	(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