Boden, Samuel
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1851 |
27 |
2446 | (77) | 7 |
| 1852 |
24 |
2444 | (76) | 0 |
| 1853 |
25 |
2443 | (72) | 2 |
| 1854 |
20 |
2439 | (71) | 0 |
| 1855 |
21 |
2436 | (66) | 1 |
| 1856 |
18 |
2446 | (61) | 8 |
| 1857 |
15 |
2493 | (56) | 3 |
| 1858 |
12 |
2528 | (49) | 31 |
| 1859 |
15 |
2499 | (60) | 1 |
| 1860 |
18 |
2480 | (67) | 0 |
| 1861 |
27 |
2461 | (70) | 4 |
| 1862 |
36 |
2425 | (78) | 1 |
| 1863 |
39 |
2404 | (86) | 0 |
| 1864 |
45 |
2382 | (93) | 0 |
| 1865 |
58 |
2360 | (98) | 0 |
| 1866 |
66 |
2339 | (103) | 0 |
| 1867 |
81 |
2317 | (107) | 0 |
| 1868 |
97 |
2295 | (111) | 0 |
| 1869 |
109 |
2273 | (113) | 0 |
| 1870 |
121 |
2252 | (116) | 0 |
| 1871 |
139 |
2230 | (118) | 0 |
| 1872 |
164 |
2208 | (119) | 0 |
| 1873 |
183 |
2186 | (121) | 0 |
| 1874 |
200 |
2165 | (122) | 1 |
| 1875 |
223 |
2151 | (125) | 0 |
| 1876 |
228 |
2138 | (127) | 0 |
| 1877 |
237 |
2125 | (130) | 0 |
| 1878 |
249 |
2112 | (132) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Boden, Samuel Standidge |
| Born: 4 May 1826 |
| Died: 13 Jan. 1882 |
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| Notes: |
| Not to be confused with John Thornton Boden of Settle, Yorkshire (see the Chess Player's Chronicle 1847, v.8, p.295), brother of S.S. Boden. Given as 'L.-S. Boden' in Le Palamède (1846, v.6, p.199) and as 'L.S. Boden' in Bell's Life in London (17 May 1846, p.3). I presume this is an error for S.S. Boden. Gaige gives date of birth as 04-04-1826, as does Potter in Land and Water (21 Jan. 1882); Steve Mann gives 04-05-1826, based on genealogical information. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 75 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 44 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 34 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 67 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 22 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 174, 281 |
| Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 92 |
| Hindle, Mystery of Edward Pindar, page 16 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 41 |
| Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 147 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 75, 94, 185 |
| Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lxx |
| Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 162 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 17 May 1846, page 3 |
| [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1 |
| [CPC], vol. 8, no. 21, 22 May 1847, page 159, 163, 164 |
| [CPC], vol. 8, no. 22, 29 May 1847, page 167 |
| [CPC], vol. 8, no. 38, 18 Sep. 1847, page 295 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 1851, page 68 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 12, Dec. 1851, page 353 |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1854, page 61 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1864, page 242 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 109 |
| [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252 |
| [CPM], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5 |
| [Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5 |
| [ILN], vol. 11, no. 270, 3 July 1847, page 11 |
| [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204 |
| [LW], 21 Jan. 1882 |
| [WP], vol. 9, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1876, page 89 |
| Web |
| Hilbert, John S. [The Reverend Charles Edward Ranken and Mid-Victorian Correspondence Chess] |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Samuel Standidge Boden] |
| Sarah. [Paul Morphy's Contenders] |
| Sarah. [Samuel Boden] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Early World Rankings], page 7 |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 5007. Samuel Boden] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Boden, S.S. - Szen, J. 1853 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Tassinari, G. - Boden, S.S. 1855 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Boden, S.S. - Owen, J. 1858 (1) |
(f) |
8 | - | 3 |
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| Boden, S.S. - Owen, J. 1858 (2) |
(f) |
1 | - | 3 |
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| Boden, S.S. - Owen, J. 1858 (3) |
(f) |
5 | - | 1 |
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| Morphy, P.C. - Boden, S.S. 1858 |
(c) |
6.5 | - | 2.5 |
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| Morphy, P.C. - Boden, S.S. 1859 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Boden, S.S. 1861 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Dubois, S. - Boden, S.S. 1862 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Tournament data
| London, England 1851 (2) |
Provincial Tournament |
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Boden, S.S. - Angas, S. |
2 - 0 |
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Boden, S.S. - Brien, R.B. |
2.5 - 1.5 |
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Boden, S.S. - Ranken, C.E. |
2 - 1 |
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| London, England 1856 (2) |
Ries' Divan Handicap Tournament |
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Boden, S.S. - Selfe, H.J.S. |
1 - 2 |
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Boden, S.S. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
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Boden, S.S. - Trelawny, J.S. |
2 - 3 |
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Boden, S.S. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Manchester 1857 (1) |
1st British Chess Association Congress |
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Boden, S.S. - Soul, J. |
1 - 0 |
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Boden, S.S. - Pindar, E.D. |
1 - 0 |
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Boden, S.S. - Lowenthal, J.J. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Birmingham 1858 (2) |
2nd British Chess Association Congress - Minor Tournament |
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Boden, S.S. - Kipping, J.S. |
1 - 0 |
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| Bristol 1861 (1) |
4th British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament |
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Boden, S.S. - Horwitz, B. |
1 - 0 |
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Boden, S.S. - Wayte, W. |
1 - 0 |
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Boden, S.S. - Paulsen, L. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1874 (9) |
City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match |
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Boden, S.S. - Dredge, R. |
0 - 1 |
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Boden, S.S. gave odds of a knight |
| London, England 1878 (2) |
City of London Club Handicap |
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Boden, S.S. - Cutler, C.G. |
0 - 1 |
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Boden, S.S. gave odds of a rook |
| Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025 |
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