Barbour, Lorenzo




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  121  2276 (54) 12
1876  106  2289 (48) 27
1877  99  2288 (58) 0
1878  100  2287 (62) 0
1879  103  2286 (63) 0
1880  111  2285 (60) 4
1881  128  2282 (58) 5
1882  132  2286 (57) 0
1883  143  2289 (51) 10
1884  168  2271 (50) 13
1885  153  2292 (52) 0
1886  141  2312 (47) 24
1887  162  2293 (57) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Barbour, Lorenzo D.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Gaige lists 'Barbour, L.D.', and says flourished 1900-1930. Could this be another L.D. Barbour? The Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1874 (p.153) has 'J.D. Barbour'.
 
References
Books
   American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 3
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 23
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 104
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 72, 163
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 171
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 271
   [DCJ], no. 71, Mar. 1876, page 138
   [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1937, 9 Sep. 1876, page 255
   [MCR], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1874, page 452
   [MCR], vol. 2, no. 18, June 1875, page 206
   [SoT], 13 June 1874
   [SoT], 31 Oct. 1874
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1874, page 153
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Philadelphia 1876]

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

Bird, H.E. - Barbour, L.D. 1876         (c)     6.5   -   4.5
Mackenzie, G.H. - Barbour, L.D. 1876         (c)     1   -   1
Sellman, A.G. - Barbour, L.D. 1880         (c)     2.5   -   1.5
Teed, F.M. - Barbour, L.D. 1881         (c)     4   -   1
McConnell, Ja. (1) - Barbour, L.D. 1883         (c)     1   -   1
Barbour, L.D. - Thompson, D.S. 1883         (f)     5   -   1
Zukertort, J.H. - Barbour, L.D. 1884         (c)     6   -   1
McCalla, S.L. - Barbour, L.D. 1887         (c)     6.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1875     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     29  /  52
Philadelphia 1876     4th American Chess Congress     2  /  14
Philadelphia and New York 1883     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Barbour, L.D. - Baird, D.G.     0 - 2    
Philadelphia 1884 (1)     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     2  /  7
Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     13.5  /  24


Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026