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Freeman, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1856  137  2104 (122) 3 1857  141  2106 (118) 0 1858  152  2109 (112) 3 1859  168  2106 (111) 0 1860  178  2103 (108) 0 1861  196  2099 (106) 0 1862  196  2096 (102) 0 1863  194  2093 (98) 0 1864  203  2090 (92) 0 1865  213  2087 (86) 0 1866  235  2084 (78) 14 1867  237  2064 (80) 4 1868  251  2063 (83) 0 1869  250  2062 (84) 0 1870  256  2061 (83) 0 1871  268  2060 (81) 4 1872  278  2065 (82) 0 1873  275  2070 (82) 3 1874  284  2069 (83) 3 1875  299  2068 (85) 0 1876  299  2068 (86) 6 1877  304  2057 (94) 0 1878  321  2047 (100) 2 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Freeman, James      Also known as: Dr. James Freeman Born: Died:   Notes: Lawson, and Sarah's Morphy website, have 'Dr. Jabez Freeman'. Fiske and Harding have 'Dr. James Freeman', as does Staunton in the Illustrated London News (26 Apr. 1856, p.443).   References Books    Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 1, 7, 39, 40    Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 519    Harding, Doctoral thesis, page 156    Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 119, 358    Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 85, 99 Periodicals    [CPC], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 117    [CPC], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1853, page 154    [CPC], vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 1855, page 257    [CPC], vol. 4, no. 8, Aug. 1856, page 248    [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98    [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 64ii    [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 109    [CPM], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 329    [CPM], vol. 3, no. 5, 1 May 1867, page 156    [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252    [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 85, 90    [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 4, Nov. 1868, page 117    [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 281, 284    [CW], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1867, page 67    [Era], vol. 17, no. 845, 3 Dec. 1854, page 5    [Era], vol. 19, no. 983, 26 July 1857, page 12    [Era], vol. 23, no. 1157, 25 Nov. 1860, page 6    [ILN], vol. 28, no. 796, 26 Apr. 1856, page 443    [ILN], vol. 28, no. 801, 24 May 1856, page 574    [ILN], vol. 29, no. 811, 19 July 1856, page 76    [ILN], vol. 33, no. 925, 3 July 1858, page 14    [ILN], vol. 59, no. 1665, 19 Aug. 1871, page 163    [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1763, 14 June 1873, page 571    [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1911, 11 Mar. 1876, page 263    [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1919, 6 May 1876, page 455    [SZ], vol. 13, no. 9, Sep. 1858, page 372 Web    Sarah.  [The Birmingham Meeting]    Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]    Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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Tournament data

Birmingham 1856	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Fanning	2 - 1
Birmingham 1858 (1)	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Gillam, J.F.	2 - 1
Worcester, England 1866	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Lewis, G.F.	2 - 1
Birmingham 1866 (1)	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Harrison, C.	0.5 - 1.5
Birmingham 1866 (2)	Birmingham Club Tournament
	Freeman, J. - Balden, S.	4 - 0
	Freeman, J. - Hill, H.S.	4 - 1
Birmingham 1867	Birmingham - Stourbridge and Wolverhampton Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Eagles, H.	1 - 3
Birmingham 1871	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Griffith, G. (1)	1 - 0
Wolverhampton 1871	Wolverhampton and Stourbridge Clubs - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Scott, A. (1)	1 - 2
Birmingham 1873 (1)	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Anthony, E.	1.5 - 1.5
Birmingham 1874 (1)	Birmingham - Cheltenham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Young, H.H.	1 - 2
Oxford 1876	Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Coker, J.	1.5 - 0.5
Birmingham 1876	Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Anthony, E.	0.5 - 0.5
Malvern 1876	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Hopkins, W.J.	1 - 2
Birmingham (?) 1878	Dudley and Stourbridge - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Pitchford, J.T.	1 - 1

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023