Selfe, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  111  2222 (126) 3
1857  118  2220 (128) 0
1858  126  2218 (130) 0
1859  134  2216 (131) 0
1860  143  2214 (132) 0
1861  154  2212 (133) 0
1862  157  2211 (134) 0
1863  152  2209 (135) 0
1864  161  2207 (135) 0
1865  160  2205 (135) 0
1866  165  2203 (135) 0
1867  167  2201 (135) 0
1868  171  2199 (135) 0
1869  170  2198 (134) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Selfe, Henry James Selfe  
   Also known as: Henry James Selfe Page; H.S. Selfe
Born: 15 Nov. 1810
Died: 6 Sep. 1870
 
Notes:
Gaige lists him as 'Selfe, Henry James Selfe', the Westminster Papers of 1 Oct. 1870 (vol.3, p.100) gives 'Henry Self Selfe' and Löwenthal and Medley list him as 'Selfe, H.S.', so the double 'Selfe' is correct.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 384
   Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 4
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 60, 580
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 9
   Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 141
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2615, 14 Sep. 1870, page 4
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 154
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 9, Dec. 1868, page 344
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1198, 8 Sep. 1861, page 6
   [WP], vol. 1, no. 4, July 1868, page 48
   [WP], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1870, page 153
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 30, 1 Oct. 1870, page 100

Tournament data

London, England 1856 (2)     Ries' Divan Handicap Tournament    
  Selfe, H.J.S. - Boden, S.S.     2 - 1          Boden, S.S. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1869 (1)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament    
  Selfe, H.J.S. - Blackburne, J.H.     1 - 0          Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Selfe, H.J.S. - Haggard, H.D.     0 - 1          Selfe, H.J.S. gave odds of pawn and move


Player information updated: 5 May 2020