Hamel, Sigismund




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  215  2110 (81) 5
1867  203  2122 (77) 9
1868  208  2128 (81) 0
1869  199  2134 (84) 0
1870  198  2140 (85) 0
1871  198  2147 (86) 2
1872  212  2139 (89) 0
1873  216  2131 (91) 0
1874  228  2123 (93) 0
1875  253  2115 (93) 0
1876  258  2107 (92) 0
1877  253  2099 (91) 0
1878  277  2091 (88) 0
1879  276  2083 (84) 0
1880  302  2075 (79) 3
1881  346  2074 (76) 2
1882  347  2077 (75) 5
1883  388  2070 (80) 2
1884  461  2048 (86) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hamel, Sigismund  
   Also known as: von Hamel
Born: 1823
Died: 17 May 1897
 
Notes:
Date of death from Tim Harding (who says the probate is available). Neumann has 'C. Hamel' in the Schachzeitung of Jul. 1870 (p.195).
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 160
   Harding, Doctoral thesis, page 154
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 231
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54, 104, 216
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 166, 234
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 288, 372
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 148
   Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 12, 37
Periodicals
   [BLL], 31 Oct. 1847, page 8
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 5, Nov. 1863, page 137
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 4
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 9, Sep. 1866, page 280
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 9, 1 Sep. 1867, page 287
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5
   [ILN], vol. 43, no. 1227, 17 Oct. 1863, page 403
   [ILN], vol. 59, no. 1681, 2 Dec. 1871, page 531
   [ILN], vol. 63, no. 1779, 4 Oct. 1873, page 327
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1809, 25 Apr. 1874, page 403
   [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1853, 10 Oct. 1874, page 355
   [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1846, 26 Dec. 1874, page 619
   [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1850, 23 Jan. 1875, page 91
   [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1856, 6 Mar. 1875, page 235
   [ILN], vol. 67, no. 1881, 28 Aug. 1875, page 215
   [ILN], vol. 67, no. 1893, 20 Nov. 1875, page 518
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1959, 27 Jan. 1877, page 95
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1967, 24 Mar. 1877, page 287
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2001, 17 Nov. 1877, page 487
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1850, page 216
   [Str], vol. 2, no. 6, 15 June 1868, page 116
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 3, Mar. 1864, page 85, 90
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 5, May 1864, page 153
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 7, July 1870, page 195
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1872, page 96
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The Family Life of Grandmaster Gunsberg], page 2
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1865: 1st Redcar Meeting]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Sigismund Hamel]
   Richmond, Robert.  [Notts News: The Gentlemanly World of Nottingham Chess Club], page 3
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4652. Chess by circulation]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Hamel, S. - Matfeld, H. 1863         (c)     2   -   0

Tournament data

Redcar 1866 (2)     North Yorkshire and Durham Chess Association - 2nd Class Tournament     8  /  11
Dundee 1867 (1)     Dundee Tournament     2  /  9
Liverpool 1871     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - Soul, C.     2 - 0    
Leicester 1880     Nottingham - Leicester Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - Newham, W.L.     0 - 1    
Nottingham 1880     Nottingham - Leicester Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - Latchmore, C.L.     2 - 0    
Derby 1881     Manchester Athenaeum - Nottingham Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - von Zabern, T.     0.5 - 1.5    
Nottingham 1882 (1)     Nottingham Mechanics Institute - Derby Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - Phillips, F.E.     0 - 1    
Leicester 1882 (1)     Nottingham - Leicester Match    
  Hamel, S. - Withers, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Nottingham 1882 (3)     Nottingham Club 1st Seven - 2nd Seven Match    
  Hamel, S. - Oliver, A.T.     0 - 1          Hamel, S. gave odds of a knight
Nottingham 1882 (4)     Nottingham - Birmingham Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - Ranken, C.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Nottingham 1882 (6)     Nottingham Club First Seven - Second Seven Match    
  Hamel, S. - Suffolk, F.F.     1 - 0          Hamel, S. gave odds of a knight
Nottingham 1883 (1)     Nottingham - Midland Railway Institute Match    
  Hamel, S. - Balson, H.     1 - 0    
Nottingham 1883 (4)     Nottingham - Derby Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - Bland, W.R.     1 - 0    
Derby 1884     Manchester - Nottingham Match    
  Hamel, S. - von Zabern, T.     0 - 1    
Leicester (?) 1884     Nottingham - Leicester Club Match    
  Hamel, S. - Lewis, M.L.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 8 Sept. 2024