Barbour, Lorenzo




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  113  2273 (55) 12
1876  100  2287 (48) 27
1877  93  2287 (58) 0
1878  94  2288 (63) 0
1879  93  2288 (65) 0
1880  97  2289 (63) 4
1881  107  2290 (63) 0
1882  115  2291 (60) 0
1883  130  2293 (53) 10
1884  151  2274 (50) 13
1885  140  2293 (52) 0
1886  130  2311 (47) 24
1887  149  2291 (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
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: 8 Jan. 2024