Johnston, Sidney




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  22  2475 (60) 7
1900  20  2470 (51) 16
1901  27  2461 (56) 0
1902  33  2453 (56) 2
1903  39  2444 (54) 23
1904  57  2414 (68) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Johnston, Sidney Paine  
Born: 29 Nov. 1869
Died: 19 Mar. 1905
 
Notes:
Presumably not the same as Sidney L. Johnston (Winter, A Chess Omnibus, p.34)?
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 196
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 199
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 282, 302
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 269
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 45, 80, 80, 204
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 103
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L. 1899         (f)     5   -   1
Marshall, F.J. - Johnston, S.P. 1900         (f)     8   -   7
Johnston, S.P. - Kemeny, E. 1902         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Johnston, S.P. - Eppens, J.C. 1903         (f)     2   -   1

Tournament data

London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Locock, C.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York and Chicago 1900     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Richardson, P.     1 - 0    
Chicago 1903     4th Western Chess Association Tournament     14.5  /  17
  Johnston, S.P. - Judd, Max     0.5 - 1.5    
  Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1904     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Voigt, H.G.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 17 Dec. 2024