Edo Ratings, Hamel, S.

Hamel, Sigismund

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1866	197	2106	(81)	5
1867	183	2117	(77)	9
1868	194	2122	(81)	0
1869	191	2127	(84)	0
1870	196	2132	(86)	0
1871	198	2137	(86)	2
1872	204	2127	(90)	0
1873	214	2117	(92)	0
1874	241	2107	(94)	0
1875	258	2098	(94)	0
1876	267	2088	(94)	0
1877	264	2078	(93)	0
1878	282	2068	(90)	0
1879	289	2058	(87)	0
1880	315	2049	(82)	1
1881	344	2054	(79)	2
1882	345	2062	(77)	5
1883	393	2058	(81)	2
1884	455	2037	(88)	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).

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

[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 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

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.     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. (2)     0 - 1