| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1863 | 203 | 2082 | (87) | 10 |  
  | 1864 | 213 | 2074 | (90) | 0 |  
  | 1865 | 235 | 2067 | (92) | 0 |  
  | 1866 | 255 | 2059 | (93) | 3 |  
  | 1867 | 249 | 2061 | (94) | 0 |  
  | 1868 | 258 | 2064 | (95) | 0 |  
  | 1869 | 254 | 2066 | (94) | 3 |  
  | 1870 | 271 | 2056 | (99) | 0 |  
  | 1871 | 293 | 2046 | (102) | 1 |  
  | 1872 | 314 | 2037 | (107) | 0 |  
  | 1873 | 327 | 2027 | (111) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 348 | 2018 | (115) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 379 | 2008 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1876 | 387 | 1999 | (121) | 0 |  
  | 1877 | 384 | 1989 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 1878 | 399 | 1980 | (125) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 399 | 1970 | (127) | 0 |  
  | 1880 | 431 | 1961 | (129) | 0 |  
  | 1881 | 502 | 1952 | (130) | 0 |  
  | 1882 | 542 | 1942 | (131) | 0 |  
  | 1883 | 598 | 1933 | (131) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 664 | 1923 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 666 | 1914 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 684 | 1904 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 679 | 1895 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 698 | 1885 | (131) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 692 | 1876 | (130) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 737 | 1866 | (129) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 747 | 1857 | (128) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 816 | 1847 | (127) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 857 | 1838 | (125) | 0 |  
  | 1894 | 887 | 1828 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 1895 | 906 | 1819 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 923 | 1809 | (117) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 943 | 1800 | (114) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 940 | 1790 | (110) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 982 | 1781 | (106) | 7 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Lindsay, David |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Gaige (Chess Personalia) has A. Lindsay, died 1933 age 71? |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 228 |  
   | Harding, Steinitz in London, page 155 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1866, page 191 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 3, no. 9, 1 Sep. 1867, page 287 |  
   | [DCA], 13 Dec. 1862 |  
   | [DCA], 2 May 1863 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1523, 30 Jan. 1869, page 123 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1653, 3 June 1871, page 555 |  
   | [WP], vol. 4, no. 2, 1 June 1871, page 19 |  |  |