Bodé, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1855  143  2039 (128) 2
1856  157  2044 (127) 0
1857  161  2048 (126) 0
1858  174  2053 (124) 0
1859  187  2058 (122) 0
1860  195  2063 (119) 0
1861  207  2068 (117) 0
1862  213  2073 (113) 0
1863  207  2078 (109) 0
1864  211  2083 (105) 0
1865  217  2087 (100) 1
1866  240  2083 (97) 0
1867  236  2078 (92) 0
1868  249  2073 (87) 0
1869  252  2068 (81) 3
1870  247  2080 (78) 0
1871  259  2092 (73) 5
1872  264  2096 (73) 0
1873  258  2099 (72) 0
1874  256  2102 (68) 13
1875  296  2077 (72) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bodé, Charles H.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Forster has name listed as 'Bodé, [Adolphe]', so first name not certain. A correspondence game of 'C.H. Bode' appears in the Chess Player's Chronicle of 1853 (p.266), with no indication of his location, but, according to Tim Harding, 'C.H. Bode' appears in the list of annual subscribers to the Chess Association as a member of the Manchester Club. Bodé was in the Manchester Chess Club at least from 1853 to 1871. I am guessing that he is also the 'Bode' or 'Bodé' who played at the City of London Club in 1874 and 1875. This seems likely, as 'C.H. Bodé' is listed as a participant at Wiesbaden in 1880, saying that he was 'a former resident of London'. His first name 'Charles' comes from genealogical and census research by Tim Harding. That research suggests the possibility that this was Charles Henry Christian Adolph Bode, but this identification is not certain.
 
References
Books
   Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5, 40
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 955
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 30
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 236
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 163
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 2, Mar. 1875, page 40
   [CML], vol. 1, no. 12, Aug. 1880, page 354
   [CP], vol. 3, June 1853, page 319
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 9, Sep. 1852, page 266
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1853, page 180
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 5, May 1855, page 176
   [Era], vol. 16, no. 807, 12 Mar. 1854, page 5
   [Era], vol. 18, no. 919, 4 May 1856, page 14
   [Fld], 18 July 1874
   [HoCM], vol. 1, no. 2, 28 Feb. 1865, page 29
   [ILN], vol. 22, no. 623, 21 May 1853, page 403
   [ILN], vol. 28, no. 797, 3 May 1856, page 483
   [ILN], vol. 55, no. 1569, 4 Dec. 1869, page 578
   [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1644, 8 Apr. 1871, page 347
   [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1821, 18 July 1874, page 67
   [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1863, 24 Apr. 1875, page 403
   [IZL], vol. 19, no. 487, 30 Oct. 1852, page 288
   [LiM], no. 7230, 27 Mar. 1871, page 6
Web
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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

Steinitz, W. - Bode, C.H. 1874         (f)     9.5   -   3.5      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

Liverpool 1855     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Gruning, L.     2 - 0    
Manchester 1855 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Sinclair, J.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1865     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Wellington, S.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1869     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Soul, J.     0 - 3    
Liverpool 1871     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Dufresne, G.     1 - 2    
Manchester 1871     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Kidson, H.E.     1 - 1    
London, England 1875 (5)     City of London Club Old Members - New Members Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Manning, J.A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1875 (8)     City of London Club Knight Class - Chelmsford Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Nicholas, A.     0.5 - 1.5    
London, England 1875 (9)     City of London Club Knight Class - Endeavour Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Peyer, V.C.     1 - 1    
London, England 1875 (13)     City of London Club Knight Class - Endeavour Club Match    
  Bode, C.H. - Wilson, J. (3)     0 - 2    


Player information updated: 3 Jun. 2023