Hannah, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  65  2228 (74) 8
1847  66  2250 (73) 0
1848  60  2272 (69) 11
1849  73  2274 (76) 0
1850  75  2277 (80) 0
1851  78  2280 (83) 0
1852  72  2282 (84) 0
1853  76  2285 (84) 0
1854  74  2288 (82) 0
1855  74  2291 (79) 0
1856  76  2293 (74) 6
1857  73  2306 (66) 21
1858  76  2309 (69) 0
1859  80  2312 (68) 0
1860  85  2315 (65) 1
1861  80  2333 (60) 0
1862  63  2352 (50) 30

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hannah, James Washington  
Born: 1826
Died: 22 Jan. 1863
 
Notes:
I am guessing that the 'W. Hannah' who appears in Tomlinson's Chess Player's Annual 1856, and in the Era of 25 May 1862 (p.5) and 20 Jul. 1862 (p.5), is actually James Washington Hannah. The latter is given as 'J. Hannah' on p.173 of Löwenthal's book of the 1862 Congress in London, but as 'J.W. Hannah' on p.xl.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 161
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 37, 575
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 41, 51
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page 173, xl
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 94, 115
   Tomlinson, Chess Player's Annual 1856, page 245
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 69
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [Era], vol. 24, no. 1235, 25 May 1862, page 5
   [Era], vol. 24, no. 1243, 20 July 1862, page 5
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1271, 1 Feb. 1863, page 7
   [NYC], 7 Mar. 1863
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

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

Staunton, H. - Hannah, J.W. 1846         (f)     5.5   -   2.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of a knight
Williams, E. (1) - Hannah, J.W. 1848         (f)     7   -   4
MacGregor, E.A.M. - Hannah, J.W. 1856         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Hannah, J.W. - Lowe, E. 1857         (f)     13   -   8
MacDonnell, G.A. - Hannah, J.W. 1862         (f)     2.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

London, England 1860 (3)     St. James's Club Handicap Tournament    
  Hannah, J.W. - Arndt, A.     1 - 0          Hannah, J.W. gave odds of a knight
  Hannah, J.W. - Wormald, R.B.     0 - 1    
London, England 1862 (1)     London Club - St. James Club Match    
  Hannah, J.W. - Mongredien, A. (1)     0 - 1    
London, England 1862 (3)     British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament     4.5  /  11
London, England 1862 (4)     British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Hannah, J.W. - Young, H.T.     2 - 0          Hannah, J.W. gave odds of the move
  Hannah, J.W. - Falkbeer, E.K.     2 - 0          Falkbeer, E.K. gave odds of the move
  Hannah, J.W. - Deacon, F.H.     0.5 - 1.5          Deacon, F.H. gave odds of the move
  Hannah, J.W. - Deacon, F.H.     0.5 - 1.5    
  Hannah, J.W. - Green, V.     2 - 0    
  Hannah, J.W. - Solomons, S.     3 - 2          Hannah, J.W. gave odds of the move


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022