Kennedy, Hugh




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1844  27  2379 (68) 5
1845  28  2401 (60) 6
1846  32  2397 (54) 19
1847  28  2410 (56) 17
1848  25  2424 (54) 11
1849  36  2402 (53) 14
1850  34  2404 (56) 0
1851  41  2405 (53) 19
1852  40  2392 (60) 0
1853  47  2379 (63) 8
1854  47  2371 (72) 0
1855  48  2362 (79) 0
1856  49  2354 (84) 0
1857  57  2346 (88) 0
1858  62  2338 (90) 0
1859  71  2329 (92) 0
1860  81  2321 (92) 0
1861  92  2313 (91) 1
1862  88  2314 (91) 1
1863  79  2320 (92) 0
1864  76  2327 (92) 0
1865  67  2333 (91) 4
1866  71  2321 (96) 0
1867  77  2310 (101) 1
1868  90  2294 (106) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kennedy, Hugh Alexander  
   Also known as: Captain Kennedy
Born: 1809
Died: 22 Oct. 1878
 
Notes:
Burt (The Bristol Chess Club) says Kennedy died in 1879. The Illustrated London News of 9 Nov. 1878 gives his obituary. Gaige says he died 22-10-1878. An early obituary appeared in teh 19 June 1875 issue of the Field, but this was corrected in teh 26 June 1875 issue. Called 'Major Kennedy' in the Illustrated London News of 12 Apr. 1845 (p.233), but I haven't seen this elsewhere.
 
References
Books
   Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 6, 24
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 84
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 530
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 209
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 87, 90, 576
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 122
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 321, 339
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 197
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 1
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 59, 175
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 117
Periodicals
   [BLL], 13 Apr. 1845, page 4
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 161
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 124
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page cover
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 88
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Aug. 1874, page 118
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1864, page 217
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 277
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1267, 4 Jan. 1863, page 6
   [Fld], 19 June 1875
   [Fld], 26 June 1875
   [ILN], vol. 6, no. 154, 12 Apr. 1845, page 233
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 471, 22 Feb. 1851, page 163
   [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204
   [ILN], vol. 73, no. 2054, 9 Nov. 1878, page 451
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 186
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1851, page 233
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1874, page 89
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]
   Sarah.  [Paul Meets Anderssen]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Early World Rankings], page 7
   Winter, Edward.  [Napoleon Bonaparte and Chess]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Staunton, H. - Kennedy, H.A. 1844         (f)     3.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Buckle, H.T. - Kennedy, H.A. 1845         (s)     3   -   3
Williams, E. (1) - Kennedy, H.A. 1846 (1)         (f)     4   -   2
Williams, E. (1) - Kennedy, H.A. 1846 (2)         (f)     4   -   5
Kennedy, H.A. - Harrwitz, D. 1846         (c)     1   -   3
Kennedy, H.A. - Weil, G. 1847         (f)     11.5   -   5.5
Kennedy, H.A. - Lowe, E. 1848         (f)     4   -   3
Kennedy, H.A. - Harrwitz, D. 1848         (c)     2.5   -   1.5
Lowe, E. - Kennedy, H.A. 1849         (f)     7.5   -   6.5
Journoud, P. - Kennedy, H.A. 1853         (c)     4.5   -   3.5
Kolisch, I. - Kennedy, H.A. 1861         (s)     1   -   0
Dubois, S. - Kennedy, H.A. 1862         (f)     1   -   0
Kennedy, H.A. - Berry, W. 1867         (c)     1   -   0      Kennedy, H.A. gave odds of pawn and two moves

Tournament data

London, England 1851 (1)     The International Chess Tournament    
  Kennedy, H.A. - Mayet, C.     2 - 0    
  Kennedy, H.A. - Wyvill, M.     3.5 - 4.5    
  Kennedy, H.A. - Mucklow, J.     4 - 0    
  Kennedy, H.A. - Szen, J.     0.5 - 4.5    
Bath 1865     Bristol - Bath Club Match    
  Kennedy, H.A. - Berry, W.     2 - 0          Kennedy, H.A. gave odds of a knight
  Kennedy, H.A. - Burt, J.N. (1)     0.5 - 0.5          Kennedy, H.A. gave odds of a knight
  Kennedy, H.A. - Isaacs, H.M.     0 - 1          Kennedy, H.A. gave odds of a knight
London, England and Bristol 1868     Westminster - Bristol Telegraph Match    
  Kennedy, H.A. - de Vere, C.V.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 3 Jun. 2023