McConnell, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1849  108  2130 (106) 15
1850  109  2127 (104) 15
1851  111  2131 (105) 0
1852  103  2135 (106) 0
1853  113  2139 (106) 0
1854  112  2144 (105) 0
1855  121  2148 (104) 0
1856  129  2152 (102) 0
1857  133  2156 (100) 0
1858  139  2160 (96) 2
1859  144  2178 (97) 0
1860  144  2195 (98) 0
1861  148  2212 (97) 0
1862  135  2230 (96) 0
1863  123  2247 (94) 0
1864  115  2264 (90) 0
1865  110  2281 (86) 0
1866  98  2299 (81) 0
1867  86  2316 (73) 10
1868  74  2336 (76) 0
1869  67  2356 (77) 0
1870  57  2377 (75) 0
1871  48  2397 (72) 0
1872  34  2417 (66) 0
1873  29  2438 (57) 36
1874  33  2436 (66) 0
1875  37  2435 (73) 0
1876  39  2434 (77) 0
1877  36  2432 (79) 0
1878  38  2431 (79) 0
1879  41  2430 (78) 0
1880  46  2429 (75) 0
1881  52  2427 (70) 0
1882  51  2426 (62) 0
1883  56  2425 (50) 17
1884  52  2425 (46) 22
1885  59  2412 (54) 0
1886  63  2398 (56) 0
1887  75  2385 (52) 20
1888  79  2375 (62) 4
1889  96  2355 (73) 0
1890  116  2335 (82) 0
1891  129  2315 (89) 0
1892  159  2295 (94) 0
1893  179  2275 (99) 0
1894  206  2255 (103) 0
1895  231  2235 (106) 0
1896  256  2215 (109) 0
1897  287  2195 (111) 0
1898  331  2175 (113) 0
1899  375  2155 (114) 2
1900  410  2144 (117) 0
1901  443  2133 (119) 0
1902  486  2122 (122) 0
1903  520  2111 (124) 0
1904  568  2099 (125) 0
1905  598  2088 (126) 0
1906  627  2077 (127) 1
1907  658  2069 (129) 0
1908  697  2060 (130) 0
1909  765  2052 (132) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: McConnell, James  
   Also known as: Judge James McConnell
Born: 5 Sep. 1829
Died: 21 Nov. 1914
 
Notes:
Sarah's Paul Morphy site says 'died in 1894'. Gaige gives death date '21-11-1914'.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 39, 419
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 275
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 123
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 193, 321
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 352
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 43
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 21
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 63, 132
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 39
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VI, page 45
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 41, 259
Periodicals
   [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1857, page 112
   [CW], vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1865, page 293
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 8, Nov. 1867, page 291
   [FLIN], 30 Aug. 1856
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1345, 2 Dec. 1865, page 547
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1873, page 116
   [TFF], 21 Sep. 1867
   [TFF], 28 Sep. 1867
Web
   Phillips, John Paul.  [The McConnell Family Notebooks, Part I]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Morphy, P.C. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1849         (c)     14   -   1
Morphy, P.C. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1850         (c)     15   -   0
Montgomery, W.W. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1858         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Mackenzie, G.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1867         (s)     7   -   1
McConnell, Ja. (1) - Stanley, C.H. 1867         (s)     1   -   1
Mackenzie, G.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1873 (1)         (c)     14   -   13
Mackenzie, G.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1873 (2)         (s)     9   -   0
Steinitz, W. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1883         (c)     11.5   -   3.5
McConnell, Ja. (1) - Barbour, L.D. 1883         (c)     1   -   1
Zukertort, J.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1884         (c)     15.5   -   6.5
Mackenzie, G.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1887 (1)         (c)     11   -   3
Mackenzie, G.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1887 (2)         (c)     5   -   1
Mackenzie, G.H. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1888         (c)     2   -   1
McConnell, Ja. (1) - von der Lasa, T. 1888         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1899         (c)     2   -   0
Maroczy, G.J. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1906         (c)     1   -   0
Capablanca, J.R. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1909         (c)     6   -   0

Player information updated: 14 May 2025