Young, Franklin




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  175  2259 (74) 2
1886  159  2284 (63) 12
1887  162  2289 (58) 5
1888  199  2257 (54) 35
1889  212  2240 (68) 0
1890  236  2223 (78) 0
1891  253  2206 (86) 0
1892  289  2189 (93) 0
1893  315  2171 (98) 0
1894  347  2154 (103) 0
1895  380  2137 (107) 0
1896  394  2120 (111) 0
1897  439  2103 (114) 0
1898  501  2086 (116) 1
1899  529  2075 (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