Kennedy, Hugh




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1844  26  2381 (68) 5
1845  28  2403 (60) 6
1846  32  2399 (54) 19
1847  27  2412 (56) 17
1848  25  2426 (54) 11
1849  36  2405 (53) 14
1850  34  2406 (56) 0
1851  41  2408 (53) 19
1852  39  2394 (60) 0
1853  47  2381 (63) 8
1854  47  2373 (72) 0
1855  50  2364 (79) 0
1856  51  2356 (84) 0
1857  58  2348 (88) 0
1858  63  2340 (90) 0
1859  72  2331 (92) 0
1860  83  2323 (92) 0
1861  92  2315 (91) 1
1862  89  2316 (91) 1
1863  80  2322 (92) 0
1864  77  2328 (92) 0
1865  71  2335 (91) 4
1866  76  2323 (96) 0
1867  85  2312 (101) 1
1868  93  2295 (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