Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1859 |
214 |
1994 | (169) | 1 |
| 1860 |
230 |
1988 | (169) | 0 |
| 1861 |
246 |
1982 | (169) | 0 |
| 1862 |
261 |
1977 | (169) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Hamel, Ludwig |
| Also known as: Louis Hamel; Ludovic Hamel |
| Born: |
| Died: 10 Dec. 1870 |
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| Notes: |
| The Chess Player's Chronicle of Dec. 1852 has 'Hamell'; the issue of Oct. 1853 has 'Hamill'. I suspect the 'Hamel' who played in several Manchester events in the 1850s and 1860s was 'L. Hamel' of Glasgow rather than 'F.J. Hamel'. The connection is suggested by a mention in the 7 Feb. 1857 issue of the Illustrated London News (p.124) of a 'Hamel (of Glasgow)' at the annual soirée of the Manchester Club. Tim Harding (personal communication) has provided a birth year for F.J. Hamel of 1862, and evidence that F.J. Hamel was the son of Ludwig Hamel, who may have been L. Hamel, the chess player, but Ludwig died in 1870 and a Hamel played for Manchester in 1871. Possibly 'L. Hamel' was not Ludwig, or possibly he was, and the 'Hamel' who played for Manchester in 1871 might have been, for example, Sigismund. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 26, 54 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 92, 166 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 13, no. 3, Mar. 1852, page 85 |
| [CPC], vol. 13, no. 7, July 1852, page 210 |
| [CPC], vol. 13, no. 12, Dec. 1852, page 361 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1853, page 312 |
| [ILN], vol. 21, no. 567, 3 July 1852, page 11 |
| [ILN], vol. 30, no. 843, 7 Feb. 1857, page 124 |
| [ILN], vol. 76, no. 2134, 24 Apr. 1880, page 414 |
| [Reg], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1850, page 123 |
| Web |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Sigismund Hamel] |
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