Tennison, Otto
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1860 |
231 |
1999 | (133) | 3 |
| 1861 |
246 |
1992 | (133) | 0 |
| 1862 |
264 |
1985 | (133) | 0 |
| 1863 |
260 |
1978 | (133) | 0 |
| 1864 |
275 |
1970 | (132) | 0 |
| 1865 |
304 |
1963 | (131) | 0 |
| 1866 |
334 |
1956 | (130) | 0 |
| 1867 |
330 |
1949 | (129) | 0 |
| 1868 |
353 |
1942 | (127) | 0 |
| 1869 |
363 |
1935 | (126) | 0 |
| 1870 |
400 |
1927 | (123) | 0 |
| 1871 |
434 |
1920 | (121) | 0 |
| 1872 |
451 |
1913 | (118) | 0 |
| 1873 |
477 |
1906 | (115) | 0 |
| 1874 |
515 |
1899 | (111) | 0 |
| 1875 |
552 |
1891 | (107) | 0 |
| 1876 |
539 |
1884 | (102) | 0 |
| 1877 |
513 |
1877 | (96) | 0 |
| 1878 |
526 |
1870 | (90) | 0 |
| 1879 |
529 |
1863 | (82) | 0 |
| 1880 |
562 |
1855 | (72) | 0 |
| 1881 |
633 |
1848 | (60) | 30 |
| 1882 |
625 |
1894 | (57) | 24 |
| 1883 |
663 |
1894 | (55) | 24 |
| 1884 |
698 |
1909 | (55) | 22 |
| 1885 |
707 |
1895 | (56) | 16 |
| 1886 |
757 |
1865 | (56) | 31 |
| 1887 |
765 |
1830 | (61) | 8 |
| 1888 |
762 |
1842 | (66) | 0 |
| 1889 |
736 |
1854 | (66) | 17 |
| 1890 |
771 |
1849 | (75) | 0 |
| 1891 |
782 |
1845 | (80) | 0 |
| 1892 |
841 |
1841 | (85) | 0 |
| 1893 |
876 |
1836 | (87) | 0 |
| 1894 |
915 |
1832 | (89) | 0 |
| 1895 |
924 |
1827 | (89) | 4 |
| 1896 |
915 |
1830 | (89) | 0 |
| 1897 |
919 |
1833 | (88) | 0 |
| 1898 |
917 |
1836 | (86) | 0 |
| 1899 |
946 |
1839 | (82) | 0 |
| 1900 |
973 |
1842 | (77) | 0 |
| 1901 |
965 |
1845 | (70) | 33 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Tennison, Otto M. |
| Born: Nov. 1834 |
| Died: 10 June 1909 |
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| Notes: |
| Name given as 'Tennyson' in the 15 Nov. 1882 issue of the Brooklyn Chess Chronicle (p.27), but 'Tennison' elsewhere in the same volume. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 422 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 349 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 416 |
| New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, New Orleans Club 1881, page 30 |
| New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, New Orleans Club 1882, page 31 |
| New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, New Orleans Club 1889, page 30 |
| New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, New Orleans Club 1890, page 30 |
| Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 135 |
| Periodicals |
| [BCC], vol. 1, no. 2, 15 Oct. 1882, page 14 |
| [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1860, page 158 |
| [Reg], vol. 1, no. 4, 15 Nov. 1882, page 27 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| Saint Louis 1860 (2) |
Western Chess Congress |
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Tennison, O.M. - Brown, T.M. |
1 - 2 |
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| New Orleans 1881 (2) |
2nd New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
5.5 | / | 30 |
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| New Orleans 1882 |
3rd New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
9.5 | / | 24 |
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| New Orleans 1883 |
4th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
10 | / | 24 |
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| New Orleans 1884 |
5th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
9.5 | / | 22 |
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| New Orleans 1885 |
6th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
7 | / | 16 |
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| New Orleans 1886 (1) |
New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Handicap Tournament |
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Tennison, O.M. - Seguin, J.D. |
1 - 0 |
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Seguin, J.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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Tennison, O.M. - Dunn, M.F. |
1 - 0 |
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Dunn, M.F. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Tennison, O.M. - Claudel, L. |
1 - 0 |
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Tennison, O.M. - Blanchard, J.G. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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| New Orleans 1886 (2) |
7th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
11.5 | / | 26 |
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| New Orleans 1887 |
8th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
1 | / | 8 |
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| New Orleans 1889 |
9th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament |
9 | / | 17 |
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| New Orleans 1901 |
New Orleans Chess, Checker and Whist Club Tournament |
22 | / | 33 |
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| Player information updated: 4 Mar. 2020 |
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