Muñoz, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  521  1816 (68) 25
1874  562  1824 (77) 0
1875  591  1831 (84) 0
1876  552  1839 (90) 0
1877  496  1846 (94) 0
1878  492  1854 (97) 0
1879  482  1861 (100) 0
1880  511  1869 (102) 0
1881  565  1876 (103) 0
1882  597  1883 (104) 0
1883  642  1891 (104) 0
1884  687  1898 (103) 0
1885  660  1906 (102) 0
1886  641  1913 (100) 0
1887  617  1921 (98) 4
1888  636  1908 (100) 0
1889  637  1895 (102) 2
1890  680  1893 (106) 0
1891  685  1891 (109) 1
1892  724  1881 (113) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Muñoz, John B.  
   Also known as: Juan Muñoz
Born: 1844
Died: 18 Mar. 1894
 
Notes:
Brother of Manuel Muñoz, jr., and son of Manuel Muñoz, sr. (Manuel Muñoz y Castro). The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 9 Dec. 1872 gives 'T.B. Munoz'. The obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 29 Mar. 1894 says he died 'Sunday week', which I take to mean 18 Mar. 1894. He died at age 49, so was born between 19 Mar. 1844 and 18 Mar. 1845. The passenger list of the Ida, which arrived in Philadelphia on 24 July 1862 from Venezuela, has 'Juan Munoz' age 17, which further constrains his data of birth to no earlier than 25 July 1844. The Brookly Daily Eagle of 25 Oct. 1885 (p.16) has 'J.I. Munoz', which I am guessing is an error for 'J.B. Munoz'.
 
References
Books
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 118
   Rogers, New York State Chess Association, page 22
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 27, 31, 500
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. III, page 99
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. IV, page 131, 138
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 13
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 293, 9 Dec. 1872, page 3
   [BDE], vol. 34, no. 166, 16 July 1873, page 2
   [BDE], vol. 42, no. 52, 22 Feb. 1881, page 4
   [BDE], vol. 43, no. 291, 20 Oct. 1882, page 3
   [BDE], vol. 44, no. 278, 7 Oct. 1883, page 8
   [BDE], vol. 46, no. 296, 25 Oct. 1885, page 16
   [BDE], vol. 46, no. 310, 7 Nov. 1886, page 10
   [BDE], vol. 52, no. 19, 18 Jan. 1892, page 1
   [BDE], vol. 54, no. 87, 29 Mar. 1894, page 8
   [CCC], vol. 4, no. 9, 7 Mar. 1889, page 87
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1698, 9 Apr. 1871, page 7
   [SoT], 12 Nov. 1870
Web
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4652. Chess by circulation]

Tournament data

New York 1873     Brooklyn Club Tournament     10  /  25      odds player in pawn and two moves class
New York 1887 (1)     10th New York State Championship    
  Munoz, J.B. - Bixby, W.C.     1 - 0    
  Munoz, J.B. - Shipley, W.P.     1 - 0    
  Munoz, J.B. - Angresius, C.F.     0 - 1    
  Munoz, J.B. - Mintz, F.     0 - 1    
New York 1889 (1)     11th New York State Championship    
  Munoz, J.B. - Loyd, S.     0 - 1    
  Munoz, J.B. - Bishop, A.     1 - 0    
  Munoz, J.B. - Catlin, H.C.     0 - 1    
New York 1891 (5)     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Munoz, J.B. - Baird, D.G.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1892 (1)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Munoz, J.B. - Broughton, L.D.     0 - 1    
New York 1892 (2)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Munoz, J.B. - Broughton, L.D.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 25 Dec. 2021