Edo Ratings, Hamel, J.

Hamel, Julius

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1866	252	2042	(91)	14
1867	251	2025	(96)	0
1868	272	2008	(100)	0
1869	287	1991	(103)	0
1870	322	1974	(105)	0
1871	367	1957	(106)	0
1872	392	1940	(106)	0
1873	421	1924	(106)	0
1874	467	1907	(105)	0
1875	510	1890	(103)	3
1876	493	1888	(105)	0
1877	459	1886	(106)	0
1878	457	1884	(106)	0
1879	463	1882	(106)	1
1880	494	1883	(106)	1
1881	567	1873	(108)	0
1882	628	1863	(109)	0
1883	692	1852	(110)	0
1884	780	1842	(110)	1
1885	745	1842	(111)	0
1886	736	1842	(112)	0
1887	698	1842	(112)	0
1888	709	1842	(112)	0
1889	690	1842	(111)	0
1890	736	1842	(110)	0
1891	743	1842	(108)	2
1892	781	1835	(110)	0
1893	798	1828	(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