Rhodes, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  57  2286 (106) 1
1847  59  2287 (101) 5
1848  60  2276 (103) 0
1849  75  2266 (104) 0
1850  82  2256 (105) 0
1851  88  2246 (105) 0
1852  86  2236 (104) 0
1853  97  2225 (103) 0
1854  100  2215 (101) 0
1855  107  2205 (98) 0
1856  124  2195 (95) 2
1857  129  2181 (94) 3
1858  143  2164 (97) 0
1859  162  2147 (100) 0
1860  169  2130 (101) 1
1861  196  2118 (104) 0
1862  204  2107 (106) 0
1863  204  2095 (108) 0
1864  216  2084 (109) 0
1865  238  2072 (110) 1
1866  260  2065 (111) 0
1867  261  2057 (113) 1
1868  280  2041 (116) 0
1869  294  2026 (120) 0
1870  315  2010 (122) 0
1871  359  1995 (125) 0
1872  388  1979 (127) 0
1873  418  1963 (129) 0
1874  456  1948 (131) 0
1875  495  1932 (132) 0
1876  494  1917 (133) 0
1877  486  1901 (134) 0
1878  509  1886 (135) 0
1879  520  1870 (135) 0
1880  564  1854 (135) 0
1881  641  1839 (135) 0
1882  720  1823 (135) 0
1883  790  1808 (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