Edo Historical Chess Ratings


Bird, Henry





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  36  2293 (65) 16
1848  33  2295 (61) 0
1849  45  2297 (53) 14
1850  35  2334 (49) 28
1851  38  2347 (44) 46
1852  32  2358 (57) 0
1853  33  2369 (64) 0
1854  28  2381 (67) 0
1855  23  2392 (66) 0
1856  19  2403 (62) 0
1857  19  2415 (54) 17
1858  25  2414 (55) 14
1859  30  2406 (61) 4
1860  30  2413 (68) 0
1861  30  2420 (71) 0
1862  27  2427 (73) 0
1863  20  2435 (72) 0
1864  20  2442 (68) 0
1865  19  2449 (62) 0
1866  17  2456 (52) 24
1867  16  2448 (58) 0
1868  19  2439 (59) 0
1869  21  2431 (55) 9
1870  19  2442 (57) 0
1871  21  2452 (55) 6
1872  18  2484 (50) 0
1873  14  2515 (37) 73
1874  13  2523 (42) 14
1875  14  2527 (43) 1
1876  11  2550 (30) 252
1877  10  2546 (42) 0
1878  11  2542 (39) 24
1879  12  2525 (42) 10
1880  12  2513 (42) 25
1881  16  2501 (45) 0
1882  22  2490 (36) 28
1883  26  2503 (32) 50
1884  27  2490 (39) 6
1885  24  2507 (32) 51
1886  29  2484 (31) 55
1887  42  2447 (35) 18
1888  42  2453 (33) 36
1889  26  2483 (26) 103
1890  28  2487 (34) 31
1891  41  2452 (37) 18
1892  60  2408 (35) 39
1893  97  2354 (40) 20
1894  95  2358 (45) 3
1895  87  2370 (41) 21
1896  123  2321 (44) 12
1897  118  2320 (47) 13
1898  122  2316 (52) 0
1899  125  2312 (50) 26

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bird, Henry Edward  
Born: 14 July 1830
Died: 11 Apr. 1908
 
Notes:
Reichhelm gives year of birth as 1831. Gaige gives date of birth as 14-07-1830. Staunton gives his name as 'J.H.S. Bird' in the Mar. 1849 issue of the Chess Player's Chronicle (p.66).
 
References
Books
   Bird, Chess History and Reminiscences
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 241
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 249, 300
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 75, 122
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 954, 200
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 39
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 107
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 29
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 31
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 13
Periodicals
   [BLL], 8 July 1849, page 5
   [CPC], vol. 9, Sep. 1848, page 272
   [CPC], vol. 10, Mar. 1849, page 66
   [CPC], vol. 10, June 1849, page 174
Web
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Early World Rankings], page 7
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5376. H.E. Bird in America]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Buckle, H.T. - Bird, H.E. 1847         (f)     9   -   7      Buckle, H.T. gave odds of pawn and move
Medley, G.W. - Bird, H.E. 1849         (f)     7   -   4
Bird, H.E. - Hughes, H. 1850 (1)         (s)     0   -   1      Bird, H.E. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Bird, H.E. - Hughes, H. 1850 (2)         (s)     2   -   0      Bird, H.E. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Bird, H.E. - Smith, C.F. 1850         (f)     10.5   -   3.5
Bird, H.E. - Lowe, E. 1850         (f)     7   -   4
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Bird, H.E. 1851         (c)     8   -   2
Horwitz, B. - Bird, H.E. 1851         (f)     9   -   5
Anderssen (offhand) - Bird, H.E. 1851         (c)     9   -   9
Falkbeer, E.K. - Bird, H.E. 1857         (f)     8.5   -   8.5
Morphy, P.C. - Bird, H.E. 1858         (c)     10.5   -   1.5
Steinitz, W. - Bird, H.E. 1866         (f)     9.5   -   7.5
Bird, H.E. - Wisker, J. 1873 (1)         (f)     7   -   7
Bird, H.E. - Wisker, J. 1873 (2)         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Bird, H.E. - Baucher, H. 1873         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Bird, H.E. - Wisker, J. 1873 (3)         (f)     9.5   -   11.5
Bird, H.E. - Wisker, J. 1874         (f)     5.5   -   3.5
Bird, H.E. - Lord, J. 1874         (f)     4   -   0
Mason, Ja. - Bird, H.E. 1876 (1)         (f)     13   -   6
Bird, H.E. - Alberoni, E. 1876 (1)         (c)     20.5   -   19.5
Bird, H.E. - Barbour, L.D. 1876         (c)     6.5   -   4.5
Bird, H.E. - Davidson, H. 1876         (c)     3   -   6
Bird, H.E. - Elson, J. 1876         (c)     6   -   1
Bird, H.E. - Martinez, D.M. 1876         (c)     25   -   22
Bird, H.E. - Neill, B.M. 1876         (c)     0   -   2
Bird, H.E. - Roberts, A. 1876         (c)     1   -   1
Bird, H.E. - Ryan, J.S. 1876         (c)     6   -   1
Mason, Ja. - Bird, H.E. 1876 (2)         (c)     7   -   21
Bird, H.E. - Alberoni, E. 1876 (2)         (c)     7   -   0
Bird, H.E. - Ensor, A.W. 1876         (c)     12   -   2
Bird, H.E. - Blackburne, J.H. 1879         (f)     2   -   5
Bird, H.E. - Skipworth, A.B. 1885         (f)     5   -   2
Bird, H.E. - Burn, A. 1886         (f)     9   -   9
Gunsberg, I.A. - Bird, H.E. 1886         (f)     6.5   -   2.5
Bird, H.E. - Shipley, W.P. 1887         (s)     2   -   1
Blackburne, J.H. - Bird, H.E. 1888         (f)     4   -   1
Bird, H.E. - Shipley, W.P. 1889         (f)     5.5   -   3.5
Bird, H.E. - Elson, J. 1889         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Bird, H.E. - Martinez, C.S. 1889         (c)     6   -   6
Bird, H.E. - Newman, C.J. 1889         (c)     3   -   4
Bird, H.E. - Priester, A. 1889         (c)     4   -   0
Bird, H.E. - Robinson, A.K. 1889         (c)     5.5   -   4.5
Bird, H.E. - Young, J.W. (1) 1889         (c)     5   -   1
Gunsberg, I.A. - Bird, H.E. 1889         (f)     3   -   2
Lasker, Em. - Bird, H.E. 1890         (f)     8.5   -   3.5
Lasker, Em. - Bird, H.E. 1892         (f)     5   -   0
Bird, H.E. - Loman, R.J. 1892         (f)     4   -   2
Bird, H.E. - Jasnogrodsky, N. 1893         (f)     7.5   -   7.5
Lee, F.J. - Bird, H.E. 1897         (f)     8   -   5

Tournament data

London 1849     Ries' Divan tournament    
  Bird, H.E. - Medley, G.W.     1 - 2    
London 1851 (1)     The International Chess Tournament    
  Bird, H.E. - Horwitz, B.     1.5 - 2.5    
Birmingham 1858 (2)     2nd British Chess Association Congress    
  Bird, H.E. - Brien, R.B.     1 - 1    
London 1859 (1)     Purssell's Chess Rooms Handicap    
  Bird, H.E. - Falkbeer, E.K.     1.5 - 2.5    
London 1866 (1)     1st British Chess Association Challenge Cup     1  /  7
London 1869 (3)     2nd British Chess Association Challenge Cup     3.5  /  9
London 1871 (1)     City of London Club Handicap - Section 1    
  Bird, H.E. - Huckvale, J.A.     2 - 1          Bird, H.E. gave odds of pawn and move
  Bird, H.E. - Parr, G.     1 - 2          Bird, H.E. gave odds of a knight
Vienna 1873     Vienna International Tournament     14.5  /  24
London 1874 (2)     City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match    
  Bird, H.E. - Watts, J.J.     0 - 1          Bird, H.E. gave odds of a knight
Glasgow 1875 (3)     6th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Bird, H.E. - Blackburne, J.H.     0 - 1    
New York 1876 (1)     Cafe International Tournament     20.5  /  28
Philadelphia 1876     4th American Chess Congress     8.5  /  14
New York 1876 (2)     Clipper Tournament     15  /  17
Paris 1878     Paris International Chess Congress     13  /  22
  Bird, H.E. - Mackenzie, G.H.     0 - 2    
London 1879 (1)     Lowenthal Tourney, 1st Class     2  /  3
Wiesbaden 1880     Wiesbaden Meisterturnier     9  /  15
Gouda 1880     8th Netherland Chess Federation Tourney     9.5  /  10
Vienna 1882 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     11  /  28
London 1883 (1)     London Tournament     14.5  /  32
Nuremberg 1883 (5)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     10.5  /  18
Bath 1884 (1)     14th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Division 1     3.5  /  6
London 1885     British Chess Association Tournament     12  /  15
Hamburg 1885 (6)     4th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8  /  17
Hereford 1885 (1)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Master Tournament     7.5  /  10
  Bird, H.E. - Schallopp, E.     1 - 1    
London 1886 (1)     British Chess Club Master Tourney     5  /  7
London 1886 (3)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tourney     2.5  /  12
Nottingham 1886 (1)     Counties Chess Association - International Masters' Tournament     5.5  /  9
Stamford 1887     Counties Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class Tournament     3  /  6
London 1887 (1)     3rd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     3  /  9
London 1888     Simpson's Divan Handicap Tournament     12  /  16
Bradford, Yorkshire 1888 (1)     British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     7  /  16
New York 1889     6th American Chess Congress     18  /  39
London 1889 (1)     5th British Chess Association Tournament     7.5  /  10
Manchester 1890 (1)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     12  /  19
London 1891 (4)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Summer     6  /  9
London 1891 (5)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Winter     6.5  /  9
London 1892 (4)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     6.5  /  11
London 1892 (6)     British Chess Club Invitational Tournament     1  /  8
Belfast 1892 (1)     North of Ireland Congress     5  /  9
London 1893     Black and White Tourney     0.5  /  5
London 1894     Simpson's Divan Tournament     1.5  /  3
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     9  /  21
London and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Bird, H.E. - Burille, C.F.     0 - 1    
London 1896 (1)     Simpson's Divan Tournament     4  /  11
London 1899 (2)     London Major Tournament     6  /  26