Smith, Sydney (1)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1865  461  1312 (172) 2
1866  504  1314 (171) 0
1867  483  1316 (170) 0
1868  510  1318 (170) 0
1869  492  1320 (169) 0
1870  573  1321 (168) 0
1871  622  1323 (167) 0
1872  658  1325 (166) 0
1873  687  1327 (165) 0
1874  768  1329 (164) 0
1875  806  1331 (162) 0
1876  792  1333 (161) 0
1877  696  1334 (160) 0
1878  681  1336 (158) 0
1879  673  1338 (156) 0
1880  719  1340 (154) 0
1881  793  1342 (152) 0
1882  920  1344 (150) 0
1883  967  1346 (148) 2
1884  1096  1349 (148) 0
1885  970  1352 (149) 2
1886  959  1354 (153) 0
1887  882  1356 (156) 0
1888  880  1359 (160) 0
1889  868  1361 (163) 0
1890  933  1363 (166) 0
1891  908  1365 (169) 0
1892  961  1367 (171) 0
1893  987  1370 (174) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Smith, Sydney (1)  
Born: 1829
Died: 1909
 
Notes:
Steve Mann gives year of birth as 1828 or 1829 and year of death as 1908 or 1909 (his death was registered in the first quarter of 1909). I am guessing that the 'Sydney-Smith' or 'Sydney Smith' who played for the British Chess Club against Paris in 1891 and 1893 was a different person.
 
References
Periodicals
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1865, page 251
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1866, page 218
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1867, page 61
   [SRI], vol. 52, no. 5488, 25 Jan. 1871, page 4
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Sheffield Chess History - 1851: Sheffield Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute Chess Club Annual Meeting]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Sydney Smith]

Tournament data

Sheffield 1865     Sheffield Athenaeum Club Tournament    
  Smith, Sy. (1) - Cocking, G.B.     0 - 2          Cocking, G.B. gave odds of pawn and move
Sheffield 1883 (1)     Sheffield Athenaeum - Rest of Sheffield and District Match    
  Smith, Sy. (1) - Rowley, A.B.     0.5 - 1.5    
Penistone 1885     Sheffield and District - Huddersfield and Holmfirth Match    
  Smith, Sy. (1) - Moorhouse, Jo.     1 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Smith, Sy. (1) - Thomas, E.C.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2020