Newnes, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1880  326  2070 (122) 1
1881  369  2065 (119) 2
1882  390  2060 (121) 0
1883  432  2054 (122) 1
1884  482  2044 (125) 0
1885  505  2034 (127) 0
1886  510  2024 (129) 0
1887  523  2014 (131) 0
1888  548  2004 (132) 1
1889  558  1999 (134) 0
1890  587  1994 (136) 1
1891  611  1984 (138) 0
1892  668  1973 (141) 0
1893  709  1963 (143) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Newnes, George  
   Also known as: Sir George Newnes
Born: 13 Mar. 1851
Died: 9 June 1910
 
Notes:
Name given in error as 'Newness' in several places in Hilbert and Lahde (including the index).
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 966
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 110
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 302
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 147, 392, 546, 553, 578
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 197, 300
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 189, 198, 221, 253
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 84
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13
   Hilbert, John S.  [Victorian Restraint... Or Lack Thereof], page 6
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Winter, Edward.  [Chess and the House of Commons]

Tournament data

Liverpool 1880     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Newnes, G. - Wellington, S.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1881 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Newnes, G. - Green, R.F.     1 - 1    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Newnes, G. - Glaser, H.     1 - 0    
Paris 1888 (3)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Newnes, G. - de Tamisier, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Paris 1890 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Newnes, G. - de Tamisier, E.     1 - 0    
Paris 1891     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Newnes, G. - Istel, J.     1 - 0    
Paris 1893     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Newnes, G. - Istel, I.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026