Rhodes, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  59  2280 (106) 1
1847  60  2280 (101) 5
1848  61  2270 (103) 0
1849  78  2260 (104) 0
1850  85  2249 (105) 0
1851  89  2239 (105) 0
1852  85  2228 (104) 0
1853  99  2218 (103) 0
1854  99  2207 (101) 0
1855  109  2197 (98) 0
1856  124  2187 (95) 2
1857  127  2173 (94) 3
1858  139  2156 (97) 0
1859  158  2138 (100) 0
1860  167  2121 (101) 1
1861  190  2109 (104) 0
1862  195  2098 (106) 0
1863  199  2086 (108) 0
1864  212  2075 (109) 0
1865  236  2063 (110) 1
1866  261  2055 (111) 0
1867  259  2048 (113) 1
1868  278  2032 (117) 0
1869  292  2016 (120) 0
1870  310  2000 (123) 0
1871  347  1985 (125) 0
1872  378  1969 (127) 0
1873  400  1953 (129) 0
1874  446  1937 (131) 0
1875  487  1921 (132) 0
1876  489  1906 (133) 0
1877  479  1890 (134) 0
1878  491  1874 (135) 0
1879  499  1858 (136) 0
1880  543  1842 (136) 0
1881  635  1827 (136) 0
1882  718  1811 (136) 0
1883  788  1795 (135) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rhodes, John  
Born: 26 Aug. 1814
Died: 16 May 1898
 
Notes:
Sergeant gives date of death as 15 May 1898; Gaige gives 16 May 1898.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 519
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 352
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 119
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 96, 233
   Whyld, English Tournaments, page 12
   Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 142
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 127
Periodicals
   [BLL], 25 June 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 15 Oct. 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 16 May 1847, page 6
   [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, 10 July 1841, page 172
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 8, 18 Dec. 1841, page 124
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Feb. 1843, page 57
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1854, page 59
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 110
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 7, 1 July 1867, page 217
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 89
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1393, 4 June 1865, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 11, no. 284, 9 Oct. 1847, page 238
   [ILN], vol. 29, no. 832, 29 Nov. 1856, page 553
   [ILN], vol. 36, no. 1034, 2 June 1860, page 542
   [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1430, 8 June 1867, page 586
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2026, 27 Apr. 1878, page 399
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2028, 11 May 1878, page 446
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 June 1842, page 314
   [Pal], vol. 6, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1846, page 139
   [Pal], vol. 6, no. 5, 15 May 1846, page 197
   [Pal], vol. 7, no. 5, 15 May 1847, page 212
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1850, page 194
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1865: 1st Redcar Meeting]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1866: NYDCA, 2nd Redcar Meeting]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - John Rhodes]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Original Yorkshire Chess Association]
   Sarah.  [The Birmingham Meeting]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sarah.  [The Sacrificial Morphy]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rhodes, J. 1846         (c)     0   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Rhodes, J. - Cronhelm, E. 1847         (f)     4   -   1
Harrwitz, D. - Rhodes, J. 1860         (c)     1   -   0      Harrwitz, D. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Watkinson, J. - Rhodes, J. 1865         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Leeds 1856     Leeds - Huddersfield Club Match    
  Rhodes, J. - Watkinson, J.     1 - 1    
Leeds 1857 (1)     Leeds - Huddersfield Club Tournament, Section 1     2  /  3
Leeds 1867     West Riding - North Riding Match    
  Rhodes, J. - Grimshaw, W.     1 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Rhodes, J. - Cooper, R.O.     0.5 - 1.5    

Player information updated: 6 Mar. 2021