Edo Ratings, Congdon, J.A.

Congdon, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1865	259	2038	(94)	2
1866	278	2040	(90)	0
1867	268	2042	(84)	0
1868	273	2043	(77)	1
1869	273	2039	(70)	0
1870	287	2035	(59)	12
1871	308	2037	(53)	23
1872	299	2056	(57)	7
1873	302	2055	(62)	0
1874	312	2054	(64)	10
1875	326	2054	(70)	0
1876	324	2055	(73)	0
1877	314	2056	(74)	0
1878	322	2056	(73)	0
1879	311	2057	(69)	0
1880	327	2057	(63)	18
1881	361	2059	(69)	0
1882	375	2060	(72)	0
1883	406	2062	(73)	0
1884	440	2063	(72)	0
1885	440	2065	(68)	9
1886	397	2081	(68)	0
1887	384	2097	(64)	31
1888	398	2086	(65)	0
1889	409	2074	(63)	6
1890	444	2062	(63)	0
1891	473	2050	(59)	8
1892	529	2039	(59)	8
1893	506	2057	(64)	0
1894	487	2075	(65)	7
1895	520	2060	(73)	0
1896	543	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