Hymes, Edward




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1889  121  2320 (88) 3
1890  121  2323 (81) 1
1891  105  2341 (73) 1
1892  97  2358 (65) 1
1893  69  2387 (55) 4
1894  52  2414 (46) 17
1895  47  2427 (49) 7
1896  50  2411 (52) 5
1897  55  2404 (56) 1
1898  58  2403 (55) 3
1899  59  2399 (53) 3
1900  60  2398 (50) 13
1901  69  2386 (57) 3
1902  106  2347 (63) 3
1903  126  2323 (70) 2
1904  170  2297 (78) 0
1905  222  2271 (84) 2
1906  242  2264 (93) 0
1907  268  2256 (101) 0
1908  287  2249 (108) 0
1909  314  2241 (114) 0
1910  324  2234 (119) 0
1911  358  2226 (124) 0
1912  364  2219 (128) 0
1913  375  2211 (133) 0
1914  373  2204 (136) 0
1915  364  2196 (140) 0
1916  385  2189 (143) 0
1917  412  2181 (147) 0
1918  429  2174 (149) 0
1919  461  2166 (152) 0
1920  515  2159 (155) 0
1921  574  2151 (157) 0
1922  620  2144 (159) 0
1923  696  2136 (162) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hymes, Edward  
Born: 13 Sep. 1871
Died: 14 May 1938
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 183
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 122
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 117, 252
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 250
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 100
   Walker, New Jersey Chess Association, page 9
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 86
Periodicals
   [NSC], 24 Feb. 1889
   [NYS], 5 Nov. 1891
   [NYTr], 28 July 1895, page 15
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Living the American Dream: Julius Finn], page 8
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - Hymes, E. 1898         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Janowsky, D.M. - Hymes, E. 1899         (f)     1   -   0
Marshall, F.J. - Hymes, E. 1900         (c)     1   -   1
Lasker, Em. - Hymes, E. 1901         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Lasker, Em. - Hymes, E. 1902         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Plainfield 1889     4th New Jersey State Tournament - Section A     4  /  4
New Brunswick and Elizabeth 1890     5th New Jersey State Tournament - Championship    
  Hymes, E. - Keyes, R.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1891 (5)     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hanham, J.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1892     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hanham, J.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1893 (1)     15th New York State Championship    
  Hymes, E. - Delmar, E. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
  Hymes, E. - Young, J.W. (1)     0 - 1    
New York 1893 (3)     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1893     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (2)     16th New York State Championship    
  Hymes, E. - Gossip, G.H.D.     1 - 0    
  Hymes, E. - Simonson, G.     0 - 1    
  Hymes, E. - Halpern, J.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Teed, F.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Teed, F.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Bradford, R.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (6)     New York Tournament     6  /  10
New York 1895 (1)     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Jasnogrodsky, N.     1 - 0    
Newark 1895 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Pillsbury, H.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1895 (2)     Newark - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Albin, A.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (10)     New York State Championship     2  /  3
New York 1895 (11)     Manhattan - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Baird, J.W.     1 - 0    
New York 1896 (2)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship     2.5  /  4
London, England and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Locock, C.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1897     2nd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Atkins, H.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Robinson, D.S.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Young, J.W. (1)     1 - 0    
New York 1900 (5)     Manhattan Club Sexangular Tournament     3.5  /  9
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Atkins, H.E.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Kaiser, J.A.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Kemeny, E.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Bellingham, G.E.H.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Bampton, S.W.     1 - 0    
New York and Chicago 1905 (1)     Manhattan Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Hymes, E. - Jelinek, V.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Pillsbury, H.N.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (12)     Marshall Club - City College Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Buss, B.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025