McConnell, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1849  108  2127 (106) 15
1850  109  2123 (104) 15
1851  111  2128 (105) 0
1852  103  2132 (106) 0
1853  113  2136 (106) 0
1854  112  2140 (105) 0
1855  121  2144 (104) 0
1856  129  2149 (102) 0
1857  133  2153 (100) 0
1858  138  2157 (96) 2
1859  144  2174 (97) 0
1860  144  2191 (98) 0
1861  148  2209 (97) 0
1862  135  2226 (96) 0
1863  123  2243 (94) 0
1864  117  2260 (90) 0
1865  110  2278 (86) 0
1866  97  2295 (81) 0
1867  85  2312 (73) 10
1868  75  2332 (76) 0
1869  67  2353 (77) 0
1870  57  2373 (75) 0
1871  49  2393 (72) 0
1872  35  2414 (66) 0
1873  29  2434 (57) 36
1874  33  2433 (66) 0
1875  36  2432 (73) 0
1876  39  2431 (77) 0
1877  36  2430 (79) 0
1878  38  2429 (79) 0
1879  40  2428 (78) 0
1880  46  2427 (75) 0
1881  52  2426 (70) 0
1882  52  2425 (62) 0
1883  56  2424 (50) 17
1884  50  2424 (46) 22
1885  59  2411 (54) 0
1886  63  2397 (56) 0
1887  74  2384 (52) 20
1888  79  2373 (62) 4
1889  94  2353 (73) 0
1890  115  2333 (82) 0
1891  129  2313 (89) 0
1892  158  2293 (94) 0
1893  178  2273 (99) 0
1894  204  2253 (103) 0
1895  229  2233 (106) 0
1896  256  2213 (109) 0
1897  286  2193 (111) 0
1898  328  2173 (113) 0
1899  371  2153 (114) 2
1900  404  2142 (117) 0
1901  441  2131 (119) 0
1902  482  2120 (122) 0
1903  513  2109 (124) 0
1904  560  2098 (125) 0
1905  592  2086 (126) 0
1906  619  2075 (127) 1
1907  652  2067 (129) 0
1908  692  2058 (130) 0
1909  759  2050 (131) 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