Newman, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1882  86  2351 (62) 17
1883  84  2365 (60) 2
1884  80  2381 (56) 6
1885  56  2415 (54) 0
1886  42  2449 (46) 21
1887  46  2441 (46) 17
1888  47  2444 (53) 0
1889  35  2448 (53) 10
1890  46  2434 (61) 0
1891  53  2421 (66) 0
1892  62  2407 (68) 0
1893  65  2394 (67) 0
1894  75  2380 (62) 0
1895  90  2366 (54) 4
1896  90  2357 (45) 17
1897  89  2348 (40) 23
1898  78  2367 (42) 12
1899  64  2397 (40) 16
1900  57  2406 (39) 24
1901  95  2356 (44) 16
1902  119  2330 (53) 8
1903  151  2306 (67) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Newman, Charles John  
Born: 24 Apr. 1856
Died: 18 May 1903
 
Notes:
Gaige gives date of death as 18-05-1903; Hilbert gives 05-05-1903 o p.39 of his book on Shipley, but 24-05-1903 on p.251.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 302
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 232
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 181
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 37
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 30, 36, 39, 218, 251
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 15

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

Weiss, M. - Newman, C.J. 1889         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
Bird, H.E. - Newman, C.J. 1889         (c)     3   -   4
Pillsbury, H.N. - Newman, C.J. 1898         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1882     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     11  /  17
Philadelphia and New York 1883     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Hanham, J.M.     1 - 1    
Philadelphia 1884 (1)     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     4  /  7
Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     16.5  /  21
Philadelphia 1887 (2)     2nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     10.5  /  17      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1895 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Newman, C.J. - Hale, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Newman, C.J. - Barrett, S.R.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Jasnogrodsky, N.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Newman, C.J. - Magee, J.F.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Ferris, W.J.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Bampton, S.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Ettlinger, A.K.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (3)     11th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  13
Philadelphia 1897 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Newman, C.J. - Voigt, H.G.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Robinson, D.S.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Teimer     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Bampton, S.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Hanham, J.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     2.5  /  7
Philadelphia 1897 (2)     12th Franklin Chess Club Championship     6  /  11
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Wyeth, D.R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1898 (3)     13th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  11
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Bellingham, G.E.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Roething, O.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1899 (4)     14th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  14
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Ward, W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Delmar, E. (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     13  /  18
  Newman, C.J. - Kemeny, E.     2.5 - 1.5    
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  14
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Jacobs, H.L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Blake, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Finn, J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1902     Franklin Club Championship     9.5  /  13
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Michell, R.P.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 7 Nov. 2023