Kennicott, Hiram




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  156  2061 (93) 7
1858  169  2059 (95) 0
1859  184  2056 (97) 0
1860  196  2054 (97) 0
1861  211  2052 (97) 0
1862  209  2050 (96) 0
1863  202  2048 (95) 0
1864  213  2046 (92) 0
1865  228  2044 (88) 0
1866  255  2042 (83) 16
1867  252  2030 (91) 0
1868  270  2017 (97) 0
1869  277  2004 (102) 0
1870  307  1991 (106) 0
1871  343  1979 (110) 3
1872  358  1969 (115) 0
1873  380  1960 (119) 0
1874  417  1950 (122) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kennicott, Hiram Martin Langdon  
Born: 1 Mar. 1810
Died: 22 Jan. 1880
 
References
Books
   American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 15
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 39, 56, 67, 538
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 209
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 89
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 58
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 21
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 33
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 31, no. 299, 21 Dec. 1871, page 2
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 3, Mar. 1858, page 83
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1859, page 72
   [DDG], 21 Jan. 1959
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1739, 21 Jan. 1872, page 14
   [Fld], 30 May 1874
   [Harp], 19 Feb. 1859
   [ILN], vol. 31, no. 888, 21 Nov. 1857, page 518
   [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1688, 13 Jan. 1872, page 51
   [NYTi], 7 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 7 Oct. 1857
   [RT], vol. 9, no. 231, 26 June 1869, page 411
   [SoT], 23 Dec. 1871
   [SoT], 16 May 1874
   [TFF], 22 Dec. 1871
Web
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   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Morphy, P.C. - Kennicott, H.M.L. 1857         (c)     1   -   0
Brown, T.M. - Kennicott, H.M.L. 1866         (c)     13   -   3
Mackenzie, G.H. - Kennicott, H.M.L. 1871         (f)     3   -   0

Tournament data

New York 1857 (4)     1st American Chess Congress    
  Kennicott, H.M.L. - Raphael, B.I.     2.5 - 3.5    
Chicago 1874     3rd American Chess Congress     0  /  4


Player information updated: 30 Jul. 2023