Elwell, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  318  2170 (78) 2
1893  330  2164 (69) 0
1894  339  2159 (58) 16
1895  345  2157 (58) 10
1896  383  2127 (58) 0
1897  441  2097 (54) 8
1898  496  2083 (54) 11
1899  466  2103 (60) 1
1900  451  2119 (64) 1
1901  439  2133 (64) 0
1902  427  2147 (62) 9
1903  433  2150 (65) 0
1904  443  2153 (65) 1
1905  422  2165 (62) 13
1906  429  2165 (74) 0
1907  438  2166 (83) 0
1908  448  2166 (90) 0
1909  482  2167 (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 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    
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: 31 Jan. 2025