Freeman, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  137  2104 (122) 3
1857  141  2106 (118) 0
1858  152  2108 (112) 3
1859  168  2105 (111) 0
1860  179  2102 (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  2067 (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]

Tournament data

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


Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023