Sewall, F.H.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1900  960  1841 (142) 1
1901  935  1858 (140) 0
1902  906  1876 (137) 0
1903  883  1893 (134) 0
1904  881  1911 (131) 0
1905  882  1928 (128) 0
1906  860  1945 (124) 0
1907  873  1963 (120) 0
1908  842  1980 (116) 0
1909  884  1998 (111) 0
1910  854  2015 (105) 0
1911  831  2033 (99) 0
1912  779  2050 (91) 0
1913  750  2067 (83) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Sewall, F.H.  
Born: 26 May 1882
Died: Jan. 1982
 
Notes:
Sergeant has 'F.H. Sewell'. The American Chess Magazine of Jan. 1899 has both 'F.H. Sewell' (pp.295, 314) and 'Sewall' (p.320), the issue of June 1899 has 'Sewall' (p.513), the issue of Oct.-Nov. 1899 (p.173) has 'F. Sewall', and the issue of Dec. 1899 (p.245) has 'F.H. Sewall'. The American Chess Bulletin has 'F.H. Sewall' in several places (e.g. May 1913, p.108).
 
References
Books
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 366
Periodicals
   [ACB], vol. 10, no. 5, May 1913, page 108
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 7, Jan. 1899, page 295, 295, 314, 320
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 12, June 1899, page 513
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 4, Oct. 1899, page 173
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 6, Dec. 1899, page 245
Web
   [Frank Houghton Sewall]

Tournament data

New York 1898 (11)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Third Round    
  Sewall, F.H. - Baxter, J.K.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (12)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Fourth Round    
  Sewall, F.H. - Baxter, J.K.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York (?) 1900     2nd Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - Ellis, G.E.H.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York (?) 1901     3rd Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - Lane, H.F.W.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York (?) 1902     4th Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - Grundy, W.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1907 (3)     Manhattan Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - King, S.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1913 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     5  /  10


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025