Elwell, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  371  2132 (71) 2
1893  382  2124 (61) 0
1894  402  2116 (46) 27
1895  392  2124 (47) 10
1896  449  2096 (46) 12
1897  485  2075 (48) 8
1898  528  2067 (51) 11
1899  492  2090 (58) 1
1900  474  2109 (62) 1
1901  459  2124 (63) 0
1902  444  2139 (61) 9
1903  441  2142 (65) 0
1904  461  2145 (65) 1
1905  444  2157 (62) 13
1906  445  2158 (73) 0
1907  456  2159 (83) 0
1908  453  2159 (90) 0
1909  497  2160 (97) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Elwell, John Duryea  
Born: 30 Dec. 1845
Died: 11 Jan. 1932
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 107
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 207, 209
   Hilbert, Napier, page 20
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 137
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 163
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 94, 138
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 15, 250
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 159
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 12, 29
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 78
Periodicals
   [MCR], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1874, page 494
   [SoT], 24 Oct. 1874
Web
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Chess Disputes], page 11

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

Broughton, L.D. - Elwell, J.D. 1894         (f)     7   -   5
Lipschutz, S. - Elwell, J.D. 1895         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Elwell, J.D. - Taber, J.R. 1895         (f)     5   -   2
Curt, C. - Elwell, J.D. 1902         (f)     5.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

New York 1892 (1)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Nugent, C.     1 - 0    
New York 1892 (2)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Otten, H.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Doyle, P.J.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Ettlinger, A.K.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Lissner, J.     1 - 0    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Lissner, J.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (8)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4  /  11
New York 1895 (8)     Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Pendleton, W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - White, E.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1896 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4.5  /  12
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (2)     10th New York State Chess Association Summer Congress - 1st Class     3.5  /  8
New York 1898 (4)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4.5  /  11
New York 1898 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1898 (7)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2)     1 - 0    
New York 1899 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmpolitan Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2)     1 - 0    
New York and Chicago 1900     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Brown, J.H.     1 - 0    
New York 1904 (4)     Brooklyn Club Team Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Blumenfeld, L.     0 - 1    
New York and Chicago 1905 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Jacobson, W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1905 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     5.5  /  12
New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Haertel, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1909 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Tennenwurzel, E.     1 - 0    
New York 1914 (11)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Elwell, J.D. - Miller, M.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025