Cunningham, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1879  571  1767 (114) 2
1880  606  1774 (108) 0
1881  673  1782 (102) 4
1882  754  1768 (103) 2
1883  805  1770 (108) 1
1884  901  1765 (114) 0
1885  842  1759 (119) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Cunningham, James Gavin  
Born: 1838
Died: 13 Aug. 1905
 
Notes:
Sergeant says he was 67 when he died on 13 Aug. 1905, so he was born between 14 Aug. 1837 and 13 Aug. 1838.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 958
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 80
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 72, 574
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 330
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 340
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 196, 206, 246
Periodicals
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 2, Apr. 1870, page 47
   [LeM], vol. 116, no. 12783, 31 Mar. 1879, page 3
   [LeM], no. 13380, 26 Feb. 1881, page 7
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1881: Zukertort Simultaneous Blindfold Display, Huddersfield]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1882: J. G. Cunningham in Dewsbury]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - James Gavin Cunningham]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4652. Chess by circulation]

Tournament data

Leeds 1879     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Cunningham, J.G. - Zollner, L.L.     0 - 2    
Leeds 1881 (2)     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Cunningham, J.G. - Heap, J.     1.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1881 (1)     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Cunningham, J.G. - Wood, M.B.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leeds 1882 (4)     Leeds - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Cunningham, J.G. - Crake, J.A.     0 - 2    
London, England 1883 (2)     City of London Club 3rd Class - Cambridge University Club Match    
  Cunningham, J.G. - Gibson, J.T.     1 - 0    
London, England 1885 (3)     City of London - Universities Match    
  Cunningham, J.G. - Locock, C.D.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 27 Apr. 2021