Selfe, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  107  2218 (126) 3
1857  114  2216 (128) 0
1858  121  2214 (130) 0
1859  128  2212 (131) 0
1860  141  2211 (132) 0
1861  151  2209 (133) 0
1862  152  2207 (134) 0
1863  149  2205 (135) 0
1864  157  2203 (135) 0
1865  157  2201 (135) 0
1866  162  2200 (135) 0
1867  164  2198 (135) 0
1868  167  2196 (135) 0
1869  166  2194 (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