Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1855 |
155 |
1978 | (98) | 5 |
1856 |
177 |
1979 | (96) | 6 |
1857 |
184 |
1968 | (102) | 2 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: King, Adelmour W. |
Born: 1818 |
Died: 17 May 1872 |
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Notes: |
Hillyer's index gives 'Dr. King', but neither of the quotations from Frère's Handbook he gives say 'Dr.', and Fiske gives 'Mr. A.W. King'. According to Gaige he was born between 18-05-1818 and 17-05-1819. |
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References |
Books |
Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 412, 413 |
Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 213 |
Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 19, 209 |
Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 86 |
van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 157 |
van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. I, page 42, 139 |
van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. II, page 11, 43 |
van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. III, page 26, 81 |
van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. IV, page 22, 80 |
van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 17, 75 |
Periodicals |
[Alb], 24 May 1856 |
[BDE], vol. 33, no. 120, 20 May 1872, page 2 |
[CMNY], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1857, page 31 |
[FLIN], 8 Mar. 1856 |
[FLIN], 17 Apr. 1858 |
[HWT], 8 June 1872 |
[NYC], 31 May 1856 |
[NYC], 1 Oct. 1859 |
[PSoT], 15 Nov. 1856 |
[SoT], 23 Jan. 1869 |
[SoT], 1 June 1872 |
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