Elwell, John
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1892 |
377 |
2134 | (71) | 2 |
| 1893 |
402 |
2126 | (61) | 0 |
| 1894 |
425 |
2118 | (46) | 27 |
| 1895 |
411 |
2127 | (47) | 10 |
| 1896 |
461 |
2099 | (46) | 12 |
| 1897 |
505 |
2079 | (48) | 8 |
| 1898 |
546 |
2071 | (51) | 11 |
| 1899 |
509 |
2092 | (58) | 1 |
| 1900 |
492 |
2110 | (62) | 1 |
| 1901 |
481 |
2123 | (63) | 0 |
| 1902 |
470 |
2136 | (61) | 9 |
| 1903 |
484 |
2136 | (64) | 0 |
| 1904 |
506 |
2136 | (64) | 1 |
| 1905 |
496 |
2145 | (61) | 13 |
| 1906 |
510 |
2138 | (72) | 0 |
| 1907 |
538 |
2131 | (81) | 0 |
| 1908 |
560 |
2124 | (88) | 0 |
| 1909 |
605 |
2117 | (93) | 1 |
| 1910 |
663 |
2098 | (100) | 0 |
| 1911 |
736 |
2079 | (106) | 0 |
| 1912 |
776 |
2061 | (112) | 0 |
| 1913 |
830 |
2042 | (116) | 0 |
| 1914 |
853 |
2023 | (121) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Elwell, John Duryea |
| Born: 30 Dec. 1845 |
| Died: 11 Jan. 1932 |
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| 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 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| New York 1892 (1) |
Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Nugent, C. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1892 (2) |
Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match |
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|
Elwell, J.D. - Otten, H. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1894 (3) |
Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match |
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|
Elwell, J.D. - Doyle, P.J. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1894 (4) |
Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match |
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|
Elwell, J.D. - Ettlinger, A.K. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1894 (5) |
Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Lissner, J. |
1 - 0 |
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| Newark 1894 |
Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Lissner, J. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1894 (8) |
Brooklyn Club Championship |
4 | / | 11 |
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| New York 1895 (8) |
Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Pendleton, W. |
1 - 0 |
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| Philadelphia and New York 1895 |
Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - White, E.A. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1896 (3) |
Brooklyn Club Championship |
4.5 | / | 12 |
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| Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (2) |
10th New York State Chess Association Summer Congress - 1st Class |
3.5 | / | 8 |
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| New York 1898 (4) |
Brooklyn Club Championship |
4.5 | / | 11 |
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| New York 1898 (6) |
Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2) |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1898 (7) |
Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2) |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1899 (3) |
Brooklyn Club - Cosmpolitan Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Newman, S. (2) |
1 - 0 |
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| New York and Chicago 1900 |
Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Brown, J.H. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1904 (4) |
Brooklyn Club Team Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Blumenfeld, L. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York and Chicago 1905 (2) |
Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Jacobson, W. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1905 (3) |
Brooklyn Club Championship |
5.5 | / | 12 |
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| New York 1909 (2) |
Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Haertel, O. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1909 (3) |
Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Tennenwurzel, E. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1914 (11) |
Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match |
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Elwell, J.D. - Miller, M. |
0 - 1 |
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| Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2026 |
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