King, Adelmour




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1855  155  1978 (98) 5
1856  177  1979 (96) 6
1857  184  1968 (102) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: King, Adelmour W.  
Born: 1818
Died: 17 May 1872
 
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.
 
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

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Morphy, P.C. - King, A.W. 1857         (c)     2   -   0      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

New York 1855     New York Chess Club Championship    
  King, A.W. - Anderson, C.E.     2 - 3    
New York 1856     New York Chess Club Tournament    
  King, A.W. - Anderson, C.E.     2.5 - 3.5    


Player information updated: 30 Jul. 2023