Rhodes, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  52  2269 (106) 1
1847  55  2269 (102) 5
1848  52  2259 (103) 0
1849  69  2248 (105) 0
1850  74  2238 (105) 0
1851  81  2227 (105) 0
1852  77  2217 (105) 0
1853  87  2206 (103) 0
1854  90  2196 (101) 0
1855  99  2185 (99) 0
1856  117  2175 (95) 2
1857  124  2161 (95) 3
1858  136  2144 (98) 0
1859  152  2128 (100) 0
1860  162  2111 (102) 1
1861  179  2099 (105) 0
1862  178  2088 (107) 0
1863  174  2076 (108) 0
1864  188  2065 (109) 0
1865  205  2053 (110) 1
1866  229  2046 (112) 0
1867  226  2038 (113) 1
1868  233  2023 (117) 0
1869  254  2007 (120) 0
1870  281  1991 (123) 0
1871  302  1975 (125) 0
1872  321  1960 (128) 0
1873  349  1944 (129) 0
1874  353  1928 (131) 0
1875  383  1913 (132) 0
1876  403  1897 (134) 0
1877  411  1881 (135) 0
1878  429  1865 (135) 0
1879  438  1850 (136) 0
1880  470  1834 (136) 0
1881  553  1818 (136) 0
1882  642  1803 (136) 0
1883  723  1787 (136) 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
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 119
   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