Young, Franklin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  175  2258 (74) 2
1886  157  2283 (63) 12
1887  159  2288 (58) 5
1888  196  2256 (54) 35
1889  210  2239 (68) 0
1890  237  2222 (78) 0
1891  254  2205 (86) 0
1892  293  2188 (93) 0
1893  314  2170 (99) 0
1894  342  2153 (103) 0
1895  374  2136 (107) 0
1896  395  2119 (111) 0
1897  431  2102 (114) 0
1898  494  2085 (116) 1
1899  529  2074 (121) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Young, Franklin Knowles  
Born: 21 Oct. 1857
Died: 19 Dec. 1931
 
Notes:
Sarah's Chess Journal web site gives birth date 21-12-1857. Gaige gives birth date 21-10-1857. Di Felice has a 'Young' in the 1st England versus USA University cable match, 1899?
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 473
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 348
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 223
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 139
   Hilbert, Napier, page 118
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 285
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 7
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 338
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 405
   Pope, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Vol.1, page 20
   Winter, Chess Explorations, page 203
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 1, July 1899, page 18
   [BDE], vol. 58, no. 29, 30 Jan. 1898, page 27
Web
   Sarah.  [Mandarins of the Yellow Buttons]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - Young, F.K. 1885 (1)         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Young, F.K. 1885 (2)         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Young, F.K. - Ware, P. 1886         (f)     5   -   7      Young, F.K. gave odds of pawn and move
Young, F.K. - Hanham, J.M. 1887         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Burille, C.F. - Young, F.K. 1888         (c)     13.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Boston, Massachusetts 1888     Paine Tournament     12  /  20
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Young, F.K. - Jackson, E.M.     0 - 1    
Boston, Massachusetts 1899     Boston - New England Match    
  Young, F.K. - Barry, J.F.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025