Landreth, Lucius




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  731  1925 (123) 3
1899  730  1931 (126) 0
1900  739  1938 (128) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Landreth, Lucius S.  
Born: 1855
Died: Dec. 1919
 
Notes:
Shipley (quoted by Hilbert in his biography of Kemeny) says that Landreth 'was in the sixty-fourth year of his age at the time of his death. I take this to mean that he was born in 1855.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 239, 241
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 186, 239, 376, 393
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 22
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Kemeny, E. - Landreth, L.S. 1900         (c)     0   -   1      Kemeny, E. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1898 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Landreth, L.S. - Schultz, W.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Landreth, L.S. - Ferris, W.J.     0 - 1    
  Landreth, L.S. - Wyeth, D.R.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 7 Nov. 2023