Bampton, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1886  424  2072 (47) 24
1887  385  2103 (43) 20
1888  432  2081 (39) 35
1889  401  2090 (43) 18
1890  359  2130 (49) 0
1891  304  2170 (44) 11
1892  202  2258 (39) 25
1893  146  2303 (37) 31
1894  149  2304 (35) 45
1895  108  2345 (34) 44
1896  79  2377 (36) 34
1897  73  2376 (37) 24
1898  92  2355 (36) 28
1899  90  2362 (35) 34
1900  116  2336 (38) 20
1901  127  2330 (40) 19
1902  136  2314 (46) 7
1903  152  2311 (49) 1
1904  141  2324 (45) 9
1905  132  2333 (42) 18
1906  160  2315 (45) 9
1907  216  2293 (45) 15
1908  283  2256 (48) 4
1909  344  2236 (46) 19
1910  399  2208 (53) 1
1911  514  2175 (54) 15
1912  533  2156 (68) 0
1913  581  2137 (78) 0
1914  610  2118 (87) 0
1915  631  2100 (94) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bampton, Samuel Warren  
Born: 3 Sep. 1863
Died: 28 Mar. 1952
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 300
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 22
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 26, 87
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 45, 216
   Hilbert, Napier, page 4
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 120, 430
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 431
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 198
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 16
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 17
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 115
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [More Recovered Chess Games: Steinitz, Pillsbury, Lasker and Capablanca]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Walbrodt, C.A. - Bampton, S.W. 1893         (c)     0.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5  /  24      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1887 (1)     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ferris, W.J.     0 - 1    
Wilmington 1887     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Knox, J.L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1887 (3)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     12  /  18
New York 1888 (1)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (1)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Densmore, D.J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1888 (1)     3rd Franklin Chess Club Championship     5  /  12      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1888 (2)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (2)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Schweitzer (2)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1888 (3)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     7.5  /  23
Philadelphia 1889 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     10  /  22
Philadelphia 1891 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     3  /  11
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1892     Junior Club - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Kemeny, E.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1892 (1)     7th Franklin Chess Club Championship     4.5  /  10
Philadelphia 1892 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     12.5  /  16
Philadelphia 1893 (1)     8th Franklin Chess Club Championship     12  /  18
Philadelphia 1893 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     10.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1894 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Magee, J.F.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - White, E.A.     0 - 1    
  Bampton, S.W. - Maguire, E.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Olly, E.N.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Olly, E.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1894 (2)     9th Franklin Chess Club Championship     15.5  /  24
Philadelphia 1894 (3)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Voigt, H.G.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ferris, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1894 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     10.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1895 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hoban, P.J.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - White, E.A.     0 - 1    
  Bampton, S.W. - Robinson, D.S.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rocamora, S.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Skaneateles 1895 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     4  /  6
Philadelphia 1895 (2)     10th Franklin Chess Club Championship     16.5  /  22
Philadelphia 1895 (6)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     11.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1896 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Morgan, J.P.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Perry-Smith, O.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Newman, C.J.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Shipley, W.P.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Jasnogrodsky, N.     0 - 1    
Ontario Beach 1896 (1)     9th New York State Chess Association Summer Congress     6  /  7
Philadelphia 1896 (3)     11th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8  /  13
Philadelphia 1896 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     8.5  /  9
Philadelphia 1897 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Maguire, E.S.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ferris, W.J.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Sweeney, F.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Newman, C.J.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Isaacson, C.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     3  /  7
Philadelphia 1897 (2)     12th Franklin Chess Club Championship     4.5  /  6
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Maguire, E.S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1897 (6)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     5  /  5
Philadelphia 1898 (1)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     6  /  8
Philadelphia 1898 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Boice, W.S.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Wyeth, D.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Bampton, S.W. - Pratt, C.H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1898 (3)     13th Franklin Chess Club Championship     5  /  11
Lake Keuka 1898     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     5  /  7
Philadelphia 1899 (1)     14th Junior Chess Club Championship     7  /  9
Philadelphia 1899 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Elson, J.     0 - 1    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rhodes (1)     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hoopes, W.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Young, J.W. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1899 (4)     14th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9.5  /  14
Saratoga Springs 1899     New York State Chess Association - Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament     4  /  7
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Jacobs, H.L.     0 - 1    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Schmidt, L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  18
Philadelphia 1901 (2)     Junior Chess Club Championship     8  /  11
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  14
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Jackson, E.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     1 - 0    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Keidanski, H.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1902     Franklin Club Championship     9.5  /  13
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hymes, E.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1904     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Uedemann, L.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1904 (1)     19th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10.5  /  12
  Bampton, S.W. - Shipley, W.P.     1.5 - 0.5    
  Bampton, S.W. - Mlotkowski, S.     1 - 1    
New York 1904 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Fox, A.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1905     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checker Club Telegraph Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Lee, H.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Roething, O.     0 - 1    
Sylvan Beach 1905 (1)     18th New York State Chess Association Meeting - Rice Trophy Competition     3  /  6
Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  10
New York 1906 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Fox, A.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1906     21st Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  10
London, England and New York 1907 (1)     9th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ward, W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1907 (3)     22nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  13
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rosenfeld, Her.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1908 (3)     Junior Chess Club Championship     5  /  7
Philadelphia 1909 (3)     12th Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rosenbaum, H.W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1909 (5)     24th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  11
Philadelphia 1909 (7)     Junior Chess Club Championship     6.5  /  9
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Goldberg, A. (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Meyer, L.B.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1911 (6)     26th Franklin Club Championship     6  /  14
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Schneider, A.F.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025