Edo Historical Chess Ratings



Evans, William D.





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1826  10  2293 (169) 3
1827  10  2295 (169) 0
1828  10  2296 (168) 0
1829  10  2298 (168) 0
1830  10  2299 (167) 0
1831  11  2301 (166) 0
1832  11  2303 (165) 0
1833  12  2304 (164) 0
1834  12  2306 (163) 0
1835  13  2307 (162) 0
1836  12  2309 (161) 0
1837  13  2310 (159) 0
1838  13  2312 (158) 0
1839  15  2314 (156) 0
1840  18  2315 (154) 0
1841  16  2317 (152) 0
1842  21  2318 (150) 0
1843  27  2320 (148) 1
1844  25  2314 (150) 0
1845  33  2307 (151) 0
1846  37  2301 (152) 0
1847  38  2294 (152) 0
1848  37  2288 (153) 0
1849  50  2282 (154) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Evans, William Davies  
   Also known as: Captain Evans
Born: 27 Jan. 1790
Died: 3 Aug. 1872
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 26, 243
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 111
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 111
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 107
   Murray, History of Chess, page 880
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 29, 160
   Utterberg, De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, page 14
Periodicals
   [BLL], 8 Mar. 1835, page 2
   [BLL], 3 July 1836, page 2
   [BLL], 5 Feb. 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 30 Apr. 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 27 Aug. 1837, page 4
   [BLL], 7 Mar. 1841, page 2
   [BLL], 6 Mar. 1842, page 4
   [BLL], 13 Apr. 1845, page 2
   [CPC], vol. 4, May 1843, page 147
   [ILN], vol. 17, 28 Sep. 1850, page 263
   [Pal], vol. 1, 15 Apr. 1842, page 202
   [Reg], vol. 2, Oct. 1850, page 317
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Evans Gambit Reloaded], page 2
   Harding, Tim.  [In the Footsteps of Harold Murray], page 7
   Harding, Tim.  [The Search for Truth in the Evans Gambit (Part 1)], page 1
   Hilbert, John S.  [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [The Telegraph, the Velocipede, and the Bristol Sloth, Part One], page 2
   Thomas, W.R.  [Captain William Evans]
   Tomlinson, Charles.  [Simpson's Divan]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4878. Evans the doffer]

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

Evans, W.D. - McDonnell, A. 1826         (c)     3   -   0      McDonnell, A. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Evans, W.D. 1843         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Evans, W.D. - Donaldson, Jo. 1849         (c)     0.5   -   0.5