Edo Ratings, Wilson, Ja.

Wilson, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1856	87	2274	(77)	13
1857	105	2249	(84)	0
1858	116	2224	(89)	0
1859	133	2200	(93)	0
1860	149	2175	(96)	0
1861	170	2150	(99)	3

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Wilson, James

Born:

Died:

Notes:

I am tentatively identifing the player named 'Wilson' at the Ries' Divan Tournament in 1856 as the James Wilson who was involved with the St. James Club in the early 1860s.

References

Books

Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl

Periodicals

[CPC], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1856, page 141

[CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165

[CPC], vol. 3, no. 32, Aug. 1861, page 225

[CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98

[Era], vol. 23, no. 1181, 12 May 1861, page 5

[Era], vol. 23, no. 1184, 2 June 1861, page 16

[Era], vol. 24, no. 1212, 15 Dec. 1861, page 5

Tournament data

London, England 1856 (2)     Ries' Divan Handicap Tournament

  Wilson, Ja. - Green, V.     3.5 - 1.5          Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move

  Wilson, Ja. - Lowe, E.     3 - 0          Lowe, E. gave odds of pawn and move

  Wilson, Ja. - Solomons, S.     3 - 2

London, England 1861 (2)     St. James's Club Handicap Tournament

  Wilson, Ja. - Puller, A.G.     1 - 2          Wilson, Ja. gave odds of pawn and move