Hewitt, Thomas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  293  2035 (129) 1
1871  302  2046 (125) 1
1872  303  2053 (124) 0
1873  298  2061 (122) 0
1874  299  2068 (120) 0
1875  305  2076 (118) 0
1876  291  2083 (116) 0
1877  274  2091 (112) 0
1878  281  2098 (109) 0
1879  263  2106 (105) 0
1880  270  2113 (100) 0
1881  289  2121 (94) 0
1882  286  2128 (88) 0
1883  305  2136 (80) 0
1884  316  2143 (70) 0
1885  309  2151 (57) 15
1886  338  2125 (59) 1
1887  370  2113 (58) 15
1888  398  2091 (70) 0
1889  430  2068 (79) 1
1890  472  2054 (88) 0
1891  498  2041 (95) 0
1892  552  2027 (102) 0
1893  605  2013 (107) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hewitt, Thomas  
   Also known as: Sir Thomas Hewitt
Born: 1836
Died: 8 Jan. 1923
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 9-01-1836 and 8-01-1837. There was a player named 'Hewitt' at a tournament of the 'Stamford Institution' (in London?) in 1856 (Illustrated London News, 16 Feb. 1856, p.187)? Also, a 'Hewett' who was in the Westminster Club in 1868 (Illustrated London News, 9 May 1868, p.475).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 131
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 961
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 172
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 67, 360
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 61, 66, 315, 576
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 122, 125
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 2, 13
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 145, 191, 195
   Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 141
Periodicals
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 155
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 154
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 1867, page 27
   [Era], vol. 29, no. 1494, 12 May 1867, page 14
   [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1375, 16 June 1866, page 595
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1426, 11 May 1867, page 482
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1958, 20 Jan. 1877, page 71
   [Str], vol. 4, no. 11, Sep. 1871, page 271
   [WP], vol. 1, no. 4, July 1868, page 48
   [WP], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1870, page 153
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 56
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 3, 1 July 1871, page 47

Tournament data

London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Smith, T. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Argall, H.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1885 (9)     British Chess Association Tournament     7  /  15
Paris 1886 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Istel, I.     0 - 1    
London, England 1887 (3)     British Chess Club Handicap     7  /  15      odds player in pawn and move class
London, England 1889 (4)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Marett, C.     0 - 1    
Paris 1893     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Chaseray, C.E.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 14 May 2025