Fedden, Nelson




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1861  189  2114 (103) 4
1862  189  2113 (102) 0
1863  186  2112 (100) 0
1864  196  2112 (98) 1
1865  199  2117 (95) 0
1866  204  2122 (92) 1
1867  199  2129 (88) 0
1868  201  2137 (84) 0
1869  192  2144 (77) 0
1870  189  2152 (69) 0
1871  183  2159 (58) 10
1872  164  2197 (56) 13
1873  162  2200 (66) 0
1874  154  2203 (73) 0
1875  156  2206 (77) 0
1876  155  2209 (80) 0
1877  140  2211 (80) 0
1878  141  2214 (80) 0
1879  136  2217 (77) 0
1880  147  2220 (73) 0
1881  162  2223 (67) 0
1882  169  2226 (57) 2
1883  178  2233 (45) 27
1884  178  2249 (45) 16
1885  194  2238 (54) 2
1886  206  2234 (59) 4
1887  223  2216 (65) 1
1888  231  2208 (70) 4
1889  240  2197 (79) 0
1890  271  2187 (86) 0
1891  284  2176 (92) 0
1892  312  2166 (97) 0
1893  328  2155 (100) 1
1894  346  2142 (106) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Fedden, Nelson  
Born: 21 Oct. 1835
Died: 7 May 1915
 
Notes:
Gaige says only that he died at age 79 in 1915. Tom Teague (a great, great grandson of Fedden's), in a personal communication, provided exact birth and death dates. Richards gives 2 games of 'R. Fedden' at the Bristol and Clifton Handicap Tournament in 1885. I suppose this to be an error for 'N. Fedden' (although Nelson Fedden had a son named 'Robert', there seems to be no indication that he played chess). Sometimes his name is given as 'Feddon', presumably in error (e.g. the Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle, Oct. 1871, p.344). The Era of 24 Mar. 1861 (p.6) has 'Tedder'. The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Feb. 1869 (vol.1, p.155) has 'N. Fenden'.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 959
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 115
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 137, 176
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54, 85, 258, 542
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 215, 228
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 89
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1865, page 379
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 370, 384
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 155
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 277
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1155, 11 Nov. 1860, page 5
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1174, 24 Mar. 1861, page 6
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1184, 2 June 1861, page 16
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1717, 20 Aug. 1871, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 37, no. 1048, 1 Sep. 1860, page 213
   [ILN], vol. 38, no. 1084, 13 Apr. 1861, page 356
   [ILN], vol. 45, no. 1288, 19 Nov. 1864, page 523
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1408, 12 Jan. 1867, page 50
   [ILN], vol. 67, no. 1876, 24 July 1875, page 95
   [WDP], 12 Dec. 1904
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 2, 1 June 1872, page 24
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [The Reverend Charles Edward Ranken and Mid-Victorian Correspondence Chess]
   Richards, John.  [Mary Rudge: Bristol's World Chess Champion], page 7
   Richards, John.  [Remembering Mary Rudge], page 36
   Sericano, C.  [Malvern 1871]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Thorold, E. - Fedden, N. 1883         (f)     12.5   -   4.5

Tournament data

Bristol 1861 (2)     4th British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Fedden, N. - Holloway, A.     1 - 0    
  Fedden, N. - Pigott, A.S.     0.5 - 1.5          Fedden, N. gave odds of pawn and move
Cardiff 1861     Cardiff Club Tournament    
  Fedden, N. - Gamman, E.     1 - 0    
Bristol 1864 (2)     Bristol Grand Tournament    
  Fedden, N. - Withers, J.     0 - 1    
London, England and Bristol 1866     Saint George's Club - Bristol and Bath Clubs Telegraphic Match    
  Fedden, N. - Metcalfe, J.T.     1 - 0    
Cardiff 1871     Cardiff - Bristol Athenaeum Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Burt, J.N. (1)     1 - 0    
Malvern 1871 (1)     2nd Counties Chess Association Meeting, 3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup     2  /  9
Malvern 1872 (1)     3rd Counties Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class     8  /  13
Birmingham 1882     Bristol and Clifton - Birmingham Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Cook, W.     1.5 - 0.5    
Clifton 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     1 - 1    
Bath 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1883 (1)     13th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Section A     3  /  7
London, England 1884 (7)     Saint George's Club - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Wayte, W.     0.5 - 1.5    
Bath 1884 (1)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Bath 1884 (4)     14th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Division 2     7  /  10
  Fedden, N. - Loman, R.J.     0 - 1    
  Fedden, N. - Pollock, W.H.K.     1 - 0    
Bristol 1885     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Clifton 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     1 - 1    
Bath 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Pollock, W.H.K.     1 - 1    
Bath 1887     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Hill, W.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Clifton 1888 (1)     Bristol and Clifton - City Chess and Draughts Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Burt, J.N. (1)     0.5 - 1.5    
Clifton 1888 (2)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     1 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Fedden, N. - Miniati, N.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Fedden, N. - Toothill, F.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022