Campbell, Joseph




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  23  2438 (58) 11
1857  26  2449 (51) 3
1858  26  2462 (39) 73
1859  23  2467 (47) 22
1860  24  2471 (59) 1
1861  26  2468 (67) 18
1862  28  2456 (78) 0
1863  28  2444 (87) 0
1864  30  2432 (95) 0
1865  35  2420 (102) 0
1866  42  2408 (108) 0
1867  48  2397 (113) 0
1868  56  2385 (118) 0
1869  62  2373 (122) 0
1870  65  2361 (126) 0
1871  75  2349 (129) 0
1872  77  2337 (132) 0
1873  84  2326 (135) 0
1874  87  2314 (138) 0
1875  104  2302 (140) 0
1876  104  2290 (142) 0
1877  102  2278 (144) 0
1878  110  2266 (146) 0
1879  121  2255 (148) 0
1880  143  2243 (149) 0
1881  162  2231 (150) 0
1882  185  2219 (152) 0
1883  220  2207 (153) 0
1884  243  2195 (154) 0
1885  255  2183 (155) 0
1886  274  2172 (155) 0
1887  298  2160 (156) 0
1888  309  2148 (156) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Campbell, Joseph Graham  
   Also known as: J.G.C.
Born: May 1830
Died: 2 Jan. 1891
 
Notes:
Gaige, Hooper and Whyld, Winter and La Grande Storia degli Scacchi give name as 'Joseph Graham Campbell'. Winter indicates that MacDonnell gave his name incorrectly as 'James G. Campbell'. Sergeant also gives the latter. Staunton (The Chess Tournament, p.lix; Chess Player's Chronicle, 1851, p.282) has a J. Campbell of Paris as a subscriber of the Great Tournament of 1851, but that could be John Campbell? Winter notes that the Chess Monthly gave date of death as 02-01-1891. Sergeant says that his date of death 'is variously given as' 31-12-1890 and 01-01-1891. Walker in Bell's Life in London (28 Mar. 1868, p.12) has 'H.G. Campbell' playing in 1855, but this must be an error for J.G. Campbell.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 43
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 62
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 47, 298, 535
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 41
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 55
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 66
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 199
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 150
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 94, 105, 115, 214
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2397, 28 Mar. 1868, page 12
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 74
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1856, page 155
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 6, June 1856, page 203
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 8, Nov. 1868, page 287
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1194, 11 Aug. 1861, page 12
   [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1502, 19 Sep. 1868, page 283
   [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1522, 23 Feb. 1869, page 99
Web
   Sarah.  [Random Clippings]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Early World Rankings], page 7
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5048. A nineteenth-century figure]
   [Dictionary of Irish Biography]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Campbell, Jos.G. - Kenny, C. 1856         (f)     7.5   -   3.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Falkbeer, E.K. 1857         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Kenny, C. 1858 (1)         (f)     7   -   4
Campbell, Jos.G. - Kenny, C. 1858 (2)         (f)     11.5   -   7.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Zytogorski, A. 1858         (f)     3   -   2
Campbell, Jos.G. - Barnes, T.W. 1858         (f)     8   -   7
de Riviere, J.A. - Campbell, Jos.G. 1859         (c)     1   -   0
Campbell, Jos.G. - Wormald, R.B. 1859         (f)     11.5   -   9.5
Campbell, Jos.G. - Wormald, R.B. 1860         (f)     1   -   0
Campbell, Jos.G. - Mayall, M.J. 1861         (c)     13.5   -   2.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Campbell, Jos.G. 1861         (c)     0.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

London, England 1858     Philidorian Chess Rooms Pools     13  /  23
London, England 1888 (2)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Campbell, Jos.G. - Ranken, C.E.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022