Pillsbury, Harry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  100  2342 (69) 9
1891  77  2387 (60) 3
1892  39  2446 (47) 19
1893  21  2503 (34) 44
1894  13  2528 (35) 32
1895  2607 (33) 35
1896  2619 (29) 54
1897  2622 (33) 29
1898  2658 (29) 64
1899  2633 (30) 64
1900  2646 (31) 51
1901  2642 (37) 13
1902  2616 (31) 43
1903  2580 (31) 44
1904  11  2533 (38) 29
1905  13  2517 (57) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Pillsbury, Harry Nelson  
Born: 5 Dec. 1872
Died: 17 June 1906
 
Notes:
Reichhelm gives birth year 1870. Gaige gives date of birth 5-12-1872. Hilbert (in his book on Napier, p.98), citing Napier, gives Pillsbury's date of birth as 6-12-1872.
 
References
Books
   Bird, Chess History and Reminiscences, page 118
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 363
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 278, 304
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 91
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 447, 967
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 154, 165
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 330
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 240
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 349, 356, 377, 446, 579
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 185, 290
   Hilbert, Napier, page 98
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 107, 284
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 253
   Murray, History of Chess, page 890
   Pope, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Vol.1
   Pope, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Vol.2
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 19
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 160
Web
   Giffen, Glen.  [Pillsbury, Harry Nelson]
   Sarah.  [Monte Carlo 1902 - Page 1]
   Sarah.  [Monte Carlo 1902 - The Players]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4397. Ancestry]

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

Pillsbury, H.N. - Stone, H.N. 1890         (f)     6   -   3      Stone, H.N. gave odds of the move
Steinitz, W. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1892         (c)     1   -   2      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Pillsbury, H.N. - Dresel, E.L. 1892         (f)     5   -   1
Pillsbury, H.N. - Burille, C.F. 1892         (f)     7   -   3      Burille, C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
Pillsbury, H.N. - Walbrodt, C.A. 1893         (f)     2.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Barry, J.F. 1893         (f)     5.5   -   4.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Bates, E. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Kemeny, E. 1893         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Morgan, M. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Morgan, J.P. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Barrett, S.R. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Shipley, W.P. 1893         (c)     0   -   1
Pillsbury, H.N. - Schottlander, A. 1893         (f)     2.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Richardson, P. 1894         (c)     4   -   2
Pillsbury, H.N. - Southwick, A.W. 1894 (1)         (f)     5   -   0      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a rook
Pillsbury, H.N. - Southwick, A.W. 1894 (2)         (f)     2   -   1      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a rook
Pillsbury, H.N. - Southwick, A.W. 1895         (f)     6   -   1      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a rook
Pillsbury, H.N. - Marquez Sterling, M. 1895         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Robinson, D.S. 1895         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1895         (c)     1   -   0
Kemeny, E. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1895         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Englisch, B. 1896         (f)     2.5   -   2.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Showalter, J.W. 1897         (f)     11.5   -   9.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Showalter, J.W. 1898         (f)     8   -   4
Pillsbury, H.N. - Shipley, W.P. 1898         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1898         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Robinson, D.S. 1898         (c)     2   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Newman, C.J. 1898         (c)     1   -   0
Judd, Max - Pillsbury, H.N. 1898 (1)         (c)     1   -   0
Judd, Max - Pillsbury, H.N. 1898 (2)         (f)     0   -   4
Pillsbury, H.N. - Claiborne, F. 1899         (c)     2   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Dixon, B.V.B. 1899         (c)     3   -   2      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a knight
Pillsbury, H.N. - Farrar, E.H. 1899 (1)         (c)     4   -   1      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a knight
Pillsbury, H.N. - Monroe, F.A. 1899         (c)     2   -   0      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a rook
Pillsbury, H.N. - Mellen, D.C. 1899         (c)     2   -   0      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a knight
Pillsbury, H.N. - Rainold, F.E. 1899         (c)     2   -   0      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a knight
Pillsbury, H.N. - Field, O.W. 1899         (c)     2   -   2      Pillsbury, H.N. gave odds of a knight
Pillsbury, H.N. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1899         (c)     2   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Wilcox, C.O. 1899         (c)     2   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Labatt, L.L. 1899         (c)     3.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Farrar, E.H. 1899 (2)         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Kemeny, E. 1899         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Barry, J.F. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1899         (f)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Showalter, J.W. 1899         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Griffith, R.B. 1899         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Judd, Max 1900         (f)     2   -   1
Pillsbury, H.N. - Ruiz, J. 1900         (c)     1   -   0
Ettlinger, A.K. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1900         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Corzo, J. 1900         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Vazquez, A.C. 1900         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Gavilan, A. 1900         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Fiol, A. 1900         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Iglesias, R. 1900         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Lasker, Em. 1900         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Judd, Max 1901         (f)     2   -   0
Chigorin, M.I. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1902         (f)     1   -   0
Sournin, V.N. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1903         (f)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Hodges, A.B. 1904         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Labatt, L.L. 1904         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Dixon, B.V.B. 1904         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1904         (f)     0   -   1
Pillsbury, H.N. - Voigt, H.G. 1904         (c)     4.5   -   4.5

Tournament data

Boston, Massachusetts 1891     Massachusetts Chess Association Tournament     2  /  3
New York 1893 (13)     Impromptu International Tournament     7  /  13
New York 1893 (14)     Manhattan Café Tournament     7  /  9
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Showalter, J.W.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Showalter, J.W.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Nadler, F.C.     1 - 0    
Buffalo 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy Competition     3.5  /  6
New York 1894 (6)     New York Tournament     4  /  9
New York 1895 (2)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Ryan, J.S.     1 - 0    
Newark 1895 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Hymes, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (13)     Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Taubenhaus, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Showalter, J.W.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     15.5  /  20
Saint Petersburg 1896     Saint Petersburg Tournament     8  /  18
London, England and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Blackburne, J.H.     0 - 1    
Nuremberg 1896     Nuremberg Tournament     12  /  18
Budapest 1896     Budapest Tournament     7.5  /  12
London, England and New York 1897     2nd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Blackburne, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     6.5  /  7
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Blackburne, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1898 (3)     Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier     28.5  /  37
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Tarrasch, S.     1.5 - 2.5    
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Blackburne, J.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1899 (3)     London Major Tournament     18  /  27
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Blackburne, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Paris 1900     Paris International Tournament     13.5  /  18
Munich 1900 (1)     12th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     12  /  15
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Maroczy, G.     1 - 0    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Schlechter, C.A.H.     2 - 2    
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Blackburne, J.H.     1 - 0    
Buffalo 1901     New York State Chess Association Tournament     9  /  10
Monte Carlo 1902     Monte Carlo International Tournament     17  /  24
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Lawrence, T.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hanover 1902 (1)     13th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     12  /  17
Monte Carlo 1903     Monte Carlo Tournament     18.5  /  26
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Lawrence, T.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1903 (1)     King's Gambit Accepted Tournament     10  /  18
Cambridge Springs 1904     Cambridge Springs Tournament     7  /  15
New York 1904 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Marshall, F.J.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Pillsbury, H.N. - Hymes, E.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 7 Nov. 2023