| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1868 | 333 | 1948 | (188) | 6 |  
  | 1869 | 338 | 1958 | (188) | 0 |  
  | 1870 | 355 | 1967 | (187) | 4 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Pim, Joseph B. |  
   | Born: 1817 |  
   | Died: 1902 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Dec. 1870 (vol.2, p.185) has 'J.P. Pim'. The Westminster Papers of Feb. 1870 (vol.2, p.152) has 'Pem'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 331 |  
   | Harding, Steinitz in London, page 274, 275 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPM], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1865, page 343 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1866, page 22 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 6, Dec. 1870, page 185 |  
   | [Era], vol. 28, no. 1411, 8 Oct. 1865, page 5 |  
   | [Era], vol. 28, no. 1420, 10 Dec. 1865, page 4 |  
   | [Era], vol. 33, no. 1675, 30 Oct. 1870, page 2 |  
   | [Fld], 29 Oct. 1870 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 51, no. 1462, 28 Dec. 1867, page 722 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1620, 29 Oct. 1870, page 458 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1923, 3 June 1876, page 551 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1978, 9 June 1877, page 551 |  
   | [WP], vol. 1, no. 3, June 1868, page 31 |  
   | [WP], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1870, page 152 |  | Web |  
   | Harding, Tim.  [The Last Homecoming of Mars], page 6 |  |  |