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Newman, Charles

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1882  90  2350 (62) 17 1883  88  2364 (60) 2 1884  85  2380 (56) 6 1885  57  2413 (54) 0 1886  41  2447 (46) 21 1887  47  2439 (46) 17 1888  47  2443 (53) 0 1889  35  2447 (53) 10 1890  45  2433 (61) 0 1891  54  2419 (66) 0 1892  62  2405 (68) 0 1893  67  2392 (67) 0 1894  78  2378 (62) 0 1895  93  2364 (54) 4 1896  96  2355 (45) 17 1897  93  2345 (40) 23 1898  83  2364 (42) 12 1899  64  2393 (40) 16 1900  58  2402 (39) 24 1901  99  2352 (44) 16 1902  124  2327 (53) 8 1903  157  2303 (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

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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