Penny, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  472  1738 (84) 10
1871  516  1737 (90) 0
1872  544  1737 (96) 2
1873  578  1731 (103) 0
1874  647  1725 (109) 0
1875  687  1719 (114) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Penny, Henry Francis  
Born: 1807
Died: 1881
 
Notes:
Full name and birth and death dates from Steve Mann (personal communication). Date of baptism was 5-07-1807, so date of birth was before that. Not related to another 'Henry F. Penny' from Hull, son of William Hughes Penny. The Field of 24 Apr. 1875 has 'F.H. Penny'.
 
References
Books
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 64, 76
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 966
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 107
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 25, Jan. 1861, page 6
   [Dial], 18 Jan. 1861
   [Fld], 24 Apr. 1875
   [LiM], no. 4316, 11 Dec. 1861, page 7

Tournament data

Liverpool 1870     Liverpool Club Tournament     3.5  /  10      odds player in a knight class
Liverpool 1872 (1)     Liverpool Club Handicap     0.5  /  2      odds player in knight and pawn class
Liverpool 1875     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Penny, H.F. - Fish, J.     0 - 2    


Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2022