Kennicott, Hiram




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  159  2056 (93) 7
1858  174  2054 (95) 0
1859  189  2051 (97) 0
1860  203  2048 (97) 0
1861  217  2045 (97) 0
1862  227  2043 (96) 0
1863  225  2040 (94) 0
1864  238  2037 (92) 0
1865  259  2035 (88) 0
1866  281  2032 (83) 16
1867  283  2020 (90) 0
1868  298  2007 (97) 0
1869  303  1995 (102) 0
1870  329  1982 (107) 0
1871  363  1970 (110) 3
1872  387  1960 (115) 0
1873  401  1951 (119) 0
1874  435  1942 (123) 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