Edo Ratings, Mellis, J.

Mellis, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1872	536	1752	(130)	3
1873	563	1749	(130)	0
1874	624	1746	(129)	0
1875	661	1743	(129)	0
1876	653	1741	(128)	3
1877	596	1726	(129)	0
1878	587	1712	(129)	0
1879	596	1698	(129)	0
1880	648	1684	(129)	0
1881	721	1670	(129)	2
1882	810	1663	(131)	2

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Mellis, James

Born: 19 Mar. 1810

Died: 1899

Notes:

Name appears as 'James Mellish' or 'Mellis' in the Illustrated London News. Alan McGowan has sent me birth and death dates from official records, and information that he was born in Jersey but joined the Edinburgh Chess Club in 1860.

References

Periodicals

[CML], vol. 2, no. 10, June 1881, page 293

[Era], vol. 35, no. 1790, 12 Jan. 1873, page 2

[ILN], vol. 61, no. 1738, 28 Dec. 1872, page 639

[ILN], vol. 62, no. 1748, 1 Mar. 1873, page 211

[ILN], vol. 65, no. 1842, 12 Dec. 1874, page 571

[TG], vol. 33, no. 6, 6 Jan. 1877, page 7

Tournament data

Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872     East and West of Scotland Match

  Mellis, J. - Tennant, A.A.     1 - 2

Edinburgh 1876     East and West of Scotland Match

  Mellis, J. - Broom, A.     2 - 1

Edinburgh 1881     East and West of Scotland Match

  Mellis, J. - Kennedy, N.     0 - 2

Edinburgh 1882     East and West of Scotland Match

  Mellis, J. - Chirrey, D.     0 - 2