Edo Ratings, Lewis, W.

Lewis, William

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1821	3	2540	(113)	3
1822	3	2550	(109)	3
1823	3	2548	(108)	7
1824	3	2548	(111)	0
1825	3	2548	(115)	0
1826	3	2547	(117)	0
1827	3	2547	(120)	0
1828	3	2547	(121)	0
1829	3	2547	(123)	3

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Lewis, William

Also known as: U. Ewell

Born: 9 Oct. 1787

Died: 22 Aug. 1870

Notes:

Golombek has death date 22-10-1870. Gaige has death date 22-08-1870.

References

Books

Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 28

Edinburgh Club, Games of London-Edinburgh Match, page 4

Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 426

Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 248

Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 180, 327

Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 183

Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl

Murray, History of Chess, page 878

Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 24, 30, 154

Standage, The Turk, page 206

Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lx

Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 3

Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 48

Walker, Chess and Chess Players, page 368

Periodicals

[Alb], 17 Dec. 1870

[BCM], Jan. 1906, page 8

[BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1

[BLL], no. 2615, 14 Sep. 1870, page 4

[CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1843, page 77

[CPC], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1843, page 371

[DSZ], vol. 2, 1847, page 40

[Era], vol. 24, no. 1243, 20 July 1862, page 5

[Era], vol. 32, no. 1658, 3 July 1870, page 6

[Fld], 3 Dec. 1870

[ILN], vol. 18, no. 471, 22 Feb. 1851, page 163

[ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204

[ILN], vol. 57, no. 1618, 15 Oct. 1870, page 411

[ILN], vol. 57, no. 1624, 26 Nov. 1870, page 555

[IZL], vol. 7, no. 166, 5 Sep. 1846, page 160

[MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 7, Feb. 1850, page 105

[NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 1871, page 2

[NCG], 17 Oct. 1840

[Pal], vol. 1, no. 5, 15 July 1836, page 189

[PDEB], 30 Sep. 1870

[QR], vol. 85, no. 169, 1849, page 90

[SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45

[SZ], vol. 13, no. 10, Oct. 1858, page 425

[SZ], vol. 26, no. 2, Feb. 1871, page 40

[TFF], 23 Sep. 1870

Web

Harding, Tim. [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 2

Kingston, Taylor and Russell, Hanon. [The Eighth Annual ChessCafe Holiday Quiz], page 6

Murray, H.J.R. [Howard Staunton by H.J.R. Murray]

Sarah. [William Lewis]

Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

Tomlinson, Charles. [Simpson's Divan]

Winter, Edward. [CN 4337. A chess Watergate]

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

Lewis, W. - Williams, P.U. 1819         (c)     1   -   0

Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - Lewis, W. 1821         (f)     1   -   2      Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and move

Lewis, W. - Cochrane, J. 1822         (f)     2   -   1      Lewis, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves

de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. - Lewis, W. 1823         (f)     5   -   2

Lewis, W. - Walker, G. (1) 1829         (c)     1.5   -   1.5      Lewis, W. gave odds of a knight