| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1886 | 856 | 1768 | (60) | 17 |  
  | 1887 | 816 | 1763 | (64) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 824 | 1757 | (63) | 12 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Hamel, J.B. |  | Also known as: J.B. Hammel |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 32, 36 |  
   | Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 15 |  |  |