Halford, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1865  253  1997 (73) 4
1866  248  2047 (64) 13
1867  219  2063 (66) 3
1868  219  2083 (67) 0
1869  202  2102 (66) 0
1870  206  2122 (61) 0
1871  195  2142 (51) 14
1872  198  2139 (49) 9
1873  211  2119 (48) 11
1874  257  2087 (50) 11
1875  249  2103 (55) 1
1876  221  2127 (54) 8
1877  207  2134 (55) 10
1878  230  2111 (65) 3
1879  266  2086 (72) 12

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Halford, John  
   Also known as: John Halford, jun.
Born: 1841
Died: 26 Nov. 1881
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 27-11-1840 and 26-11-1841. The Chess Player's Magazine of Aug. 1864 (p.243) has 'J. Halford, Jun.' and Staunton gives 'J. Holford, jun.' in the Birmingham - Worcester Club Match of Apr. 1866. I presume these are the same person.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 960
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 159
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 172, 243
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 12, Jan. 1875, page 296
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 9, June 1873, page 281
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 10, Aug. 1873, page 307
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 64ii
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 10, Aug. 1875, page 312
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1864, page 243
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 329
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 5, 1 May 1867, page 156
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 4, Aug. 1870, page 109
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 7, Feb. 1871, page 217
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 277, 281, 284
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1867, page 67
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 7, Oct. 1867, page 252
   [Era], vol. 28, no. 1423, 31 Dec. 1865, page 14
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1717, 20 Aug. 1871, page 7
   [Fld], 17 Jan. 1874
   [Fld], 7 Feb. 1874
   [Fld], 3 Apr. 1875
   [Fld], 3 June 1876
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1331, 26 Aug. 1865, page 202
   [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1365, 14 Apr. 1866, page 371
   [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1646, 22 Apr. 1871, page 411
   [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1758, 10 May 1873, page 451
   [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1763, 14 June 1873, page 571
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1793, 3 Jan. 1874, page 23
   [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1905, 29 Jan. 1876, page 119
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2025, 20 Apr. 1878, page 375
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Malvern 1871]

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

Brown, Frank - Halford, J. 1879         (f)     7   -   5

Tournament data

Birmingham 1865     Birmingham Club Tournament    
  Halford, J. - Hill, F.S.     0 - 4    
Worcester, England 1866     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Zachary, F.D.     1 - 2    
Birmingham 1866 (1)     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Gillam, J.F.     1.5 - 1.5    
Birmingham 1866 (2)     Birmingham Club Tournament    
  Halford, J. - Smith, J.L.     4 - 1    
  Halford, J. - Earnshaw, S.W.     1 - 1    
Birmingham 1867     Birmingham - Stourbridge and Wolverhampton Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Freer, A.     1.5 - 1.5    
Birmingham 1871     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Fisher, B.W.     0.5 - 1.5    
Wolverhampton 1871     Wolverhampton and Stourbridge Clubs - Birmingham Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Umbers, W.C.     3 - 0    
Malvern 1871 (1)     2nd Counties Chess Association Meeting, 3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup     4.5  /  9
Malvern 1872 (1)     3rd Counties Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class     4  /  9
Worcester, England 1873     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Ranken, C.E.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1873 (1)     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Fisher, B.W.     1 - 0    
Bristol 1873 (3)     4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Section A     3  /  8
Birmingham 1873 (2)     Birmingham - Stourbridge Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Baxter, W.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Birmingham 1874 (1)     Birmingham - Cheltenham Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Ranken, C.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Birmingham 1874 (2)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class     0  /  9
Cheltenham 1874     Birmingham - Cheltenham Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Fisher, B.W.     0 - 1    
Glasgow 1875 (1)     6th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Scotland - England Match    
  Halford, J. - Jenkin, J.     0 - 1    
Stourbridge 1876     Dudley Mechanics Institute - Stourbridge Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Doughty, J.     1 - 1    
Dudley 1876     Dudley Club - Stourbridge Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Doughty, J.     2 - 0    
Oxford 1876     Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Ranken, C.E.     1 - 0    
Birmingham 1876     Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Plunkett, H.C.     0 - 1    
Malvern 1876     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Eld, F.J.     2 - 0    
Birmingham 1877 (1)     Counties Chess Association - 1st Class     5  /  10
Birmingham (?) 1878     Dudley and Stourbridge - Birmingham Club Match    
  Halford, J. - Hill, T.     3 - 0    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023