Hamel, Ludwig




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1859  211  1990 (169) 1
1860  226  1985 (169) 0
1861  243  1979 (169) 0
1862  242  1973 (169) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hamel, Ludwig  
   Also known as: Louis Hamel; Ludovic Hamel
Born:
Died: 10 Dec. 1870
 
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.
 
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]

Tournament data

Manchester and Liverpool 1859     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match    
  Hamel, L. - Schull, L.     1 - 0    
Manchester and Liverpool 1860     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match    
  Hamel, L. - Ashton, Ar.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1862 (1)     Manchester Club Tournament    
  Hamel, L. - Kyllmann, M.H.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022