Calvi, Ignazio




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1842  14  2495 (68) 19
1843  14  2495 (65) 10
1844  13  2507 (66) 0
1845  13  2519 (62) 35
1846  14  2517 (70) 0
1847  13  2514 (73) 0
1848  12  2512 (74) 0
1849  16  2510 (71) 43

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Calvi, Ignazio  
Born: 21 Jan. 1797
Died: 17 Aug. 1872
 
Notes:
Dubois, in Rivista scacchistica italiana (Feb. 1901, p.38) says that Calvi died shortly after 1860.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 18, 35
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 223
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 61
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 54
   Utterberg, De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, page 394
Periodicals
   [BLL], 23 Dec. 1838, page 2
   [BLL], 26 Jan. 1840, page 4
   [BLL], 17 Aug. 1845, page 2
   [BLL], 21 Mar. 1847, page 3
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 3, Apr. 1874, page 56
   [CPC], vol. 10, no. 9, Sep. 1849, page 284
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1289, 7 June 1863, page 14
   [MCR], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1874, page 201
   [MSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 185
   [NR], vol. 4, no. 6, June 1863, page 162
   [NR], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 6
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 Sep. 1836, page 234, 234
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 6, 15 June 1845, page 283
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 9, 15 Sep. 1845, page 403
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 119
   [Reg], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1849, page 164
   [Reg], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1849, page 227
   [RSI], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1901, page 38
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 6, 1 Aug. 1866, page 85
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 360
Web
   Sarah.  [State of Chess in 1838]
   Sericano, C.  [Ignazio Calvi]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Serafino Dubois, Part One], page 1
   Walker, George.  [Excerpt from 'The Café de la Régence']
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4259. Staunton v Saint Amant]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Calvi, I. 1842         (f)     9.5   -   9.5
Calvi, I. - Lecrivain, L.S. 1843         (f)     4   -   6      Calvi, I. gave odds of pawn and move
Calvi, I. - Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. 1845         (f)     7.5   -   7.5
Bonetti, C. - Calvi, I. 1845         (c)     13   -   7
Calvi, I. - Bonetti, C. 1849         (f)     10   -   10
Calvi, I. - Luppi, F. 1849         (f)     4   -   0
Calvi, I. - Parisi, C. 1849         (f)     1   -   1
Calvi, I. - Marchisio 1849         (f)     2   -   0
Calvi, I. - Discart, F.F. 1849         (f)     11   -   6

Player information updated: 6 Apr. 2023