Barbour, Lorenzo




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  120  2274 (54) 12
1876  106  2288 (48) 27
1877  97  2287 (58) 0
1878  100  2286 (62) 0
1879  102  2285 (63) 0
1880  109  2284 (60) 4
1881  125  2281 (58) 5
1882  130  2284 (57) 0
1883  142  2288 (51) 10
1884  166  2270 (50) 13
1885  152  2290 (52) 0
1886  139  2311 (47) 24
1887  158  2292 (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