Cheney, George
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1857 |
18 |
2474 | (64) | 20 |
| 1858 |
21 |
2473 | (63) | 13 |
| 1859 |
19 |
2476 | (56) | 40 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Cheney, George Nelson |
| Born: 2 Apr. 1837 |
| Died: 21 July 1861 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 57, 146 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 69 |
| Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 70 |
| Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 60, 95 |
| Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 47 |
| van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 172 |
| Periodicals |
| [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1857, page 319 |
| [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1858, page 25 |
| [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1858, page 128 |
| [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1858, page 349 |
| [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 1859, page 263 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1214, 29 Dec. 1861, page 4 |
| [FLIN], 30 May 1857 |
| [FLIN], 23 Nov. 1861 |
| [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1593, 7 May 1870, page 491 |
| [NYC], 18 July 1857 |
| [NYC], 12 Dec. 1857 |
| [NYC], 1 Feb. 1862 |
| [ST], no. 1859, 5 Dec. 1858, page 10 |
| Web |
| Sarah. [Morphy Plays Cheney] |
| Sarah. [Paul Morphy's Contenders] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Lichtenhein, T. - Cheney, G.N. (1) 1857 |
(c) |
10 | - | 10 |
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| Cheney, G.N. (1) - Fiske, W.O. 1858 |
(f) |
7 | - | 2 |
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| Morphy, P.C. - Cheney, G.N. (1) 1859 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight |
| Cheney, G.N. (1) - Lichtenhein, T. 1859 |
(c) |
14.5 | - | 12.5 |
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| Cheney, G.N. (1) - Julien, D. 1859 |
(c) |
5.5 | - | 5.5 |
Cheney, G.N. (1) gave odds of a knight |
Tournament data
| Player information updated: 27 Oct. 2019 |
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