Edo Ratings, Congdon, J.A.

Congdon, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1865	258	2040	(94)	2
1866	277	2041	(90)	0
1867	268	2043	(84)	0
1868	271	2045	(77)	1
1869	272	2040	(70)	0
1870	286	2036	(59)	12
1871	308	2038	(53)	23
1872	298	2057	(57)	7
1873	300	2056	(62)	0
1874	309	2055	(64)	10
1875	322	2055	(70)	0
1876	321	2056	(73)	0
1877	307	2056	(74)	0
1878	317	2057	(73)	0
1879	305	2058	(69)	0
1880	323	2058	(63)	18
1881	360	2060	(69)	0
1882	373	2061	(72)	0
1883	402	2062	(73)	0
1884	436	2064	(72)	0
1885	437	2065	(68)	9
1886	395	2082	(68)	0
1887	380	2098	(64)	31
1888	397	2086	(65)	0
1889	404	2075	(63)	6
1890	443	2063	(63)	0
1891	471	2051	(59)	8
1892	527	2039	(59)	8
1893	503	2057	(64)	0
1894	485	2075	(65)	7
1895	519	2061	(73)	0
1896	541	2046	(79)	5

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Congdon, James Adams

Also known as: Maj. Congdon; General James Adams Congdon; Lieut. Col. James A. Congdon; Brig. Gen. Congdon

Born: 14 Feb. 1835

Died: 4 Feb. 1902

Notes:

Gaige says born c1835. Davies gives year of death as 1907. Gaige gives date of death as 4-02-1902.

References

Books

American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 2

Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 366

Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 75

Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 98, 136, 183

Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 90

Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 28

Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 145

Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12, 154

van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 34, 60, 67, 365

van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. IV, page 81

van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 19, 64

van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 33

Periodicals

[CLCM], vol. 1, no. 9, Oct. 1874, page 215

[CLCM], vol. 1, no. 10, Nov. 1874, page 240

[CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 271

[NYC], 22 July 1865

[NYC], 25 Jan. 1868

[PDEB], 4 June 1864

[PDEB], 30 June 1865

[PDEB], 7 Sep. 1866

[PDEB], 2 Nov. 1866

[WP], vol. 7, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1874, page 64

[WP], vol. 7, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1874, page 82

[WP], vol. 7, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1874, page 153

[WSoT], 28 Oct. 1865

Web

Harding, Tim. [A History of the City of London Chess Magazine (Part 1)]

Sericano, C. [Chicago 1874]

[James Congdon]

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

Reichhelm, G.C. - Congdon, J.A. 1865         (c)     1   -   1      Reichhelm, G.C. gave odds of a knight

Elson, J. - Congdon, J.A. 1868         (f)     0   -   1      Elson, J. gave odds of a knight

Elson, J. - Congdon, J.A. 1870         (f)     5   -   7      Elson, J. gave odds of a knight

Delmar, E. (1) - Congdon, J.A. 1871         (c)     12.5   -   10.5      Delmar, E. (1) gave odds of a knight

Mackenzie, G.H. - Congdon, J.A. 1872         (f)     4   -   3      Mackenzie, G.H. gave odds of a knight

Sellman, A.G. - Congdon, J.A. 1885         (f)     8.5   -   0.5

Congdon, J.A. - Northrop, G.E. 1887         (f)     3.5   -   1.5

Congdon, J.A. - Punchard (1) 1887         (f)     17   -   3

Congdon, J.A. - Sittser, J.A. 1887         (f)     4   -   2

Tournament data

Chicago 1874     3rd American Chess Congress     1.5 / 10

New York 1880 (1)     5th American Chess Congress     3.5 / 18

Skaneateles 1889 (1)     2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     2 / 6

Skaneateles 1891 (1)     4th New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     2 / 8

Skaneateles 1892 (2)     New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy, First Class     0.5 / 8

Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     3.5 / 7

Ontario Beach 1896 (2)     6th Staats-Zeitung Challenge Cup Tournament     0.5 / 5