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Séguin, James 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1881 | 245 | 2163 | (62) | 32 |  
  | 1882 | 225 | 2183 | (64) | 0 |  
  | 1883 | 220 | 2204 | (60) | 24 |  
  | 1884 | 223 | 2214 | (59) | 22 |  
  | 1885 | 219 | 2217 | (64) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 220 | 2221 | (63) | 27 |  
  | 1887 | 220 | 2231 | (68) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 212 | 2241 | (71) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 196 | 2251 | (70) | 17 |  
  | 1890 | 167 | 2279 | (75) | 4 |  
  | 1891 | 158 | 2285 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 160 | 2291 | (89) | 2 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Séguin, James DeBenneville |  
   | Born: 11 Sep. 1853 |  
   | Died: 28 Nov. 1916 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 383 |  
   | Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 500 |  
   | Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 2 |  
   | New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, New Orleans Club 1881, page 3, 25, 30 |  
   | New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, New Orleans Club 1882, page 24 |  | Web |  
   | Sarah.  [Chess, Checkers and Whist Club] |  
   | Winter, Edward.  [CN 5173. Steinitz and who?] |  |  | 
 Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
 
 Tournament data 
  | New Orleans 1881 (1) | 1st New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament | 7.5 | / | 10 |  |  |  |  |  
  | New Orleans 1881 (2) | 2nd New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament | 20 | / | 30 |  |  |  |  |  
  | New Orleans 1883 | 4th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament | 20 | / | 24 |  |  |  |  |  
  | New Orleans 1884 | 5th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament | 17.5 | / | 22 |  |  |  |  |  
  | New Orleans 1886 (1) | New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Handicap Tournament |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Seguin, J.D. - Tennison, O.M. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  | Seguin, J.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  | New Orleans 1886 (2) | 7th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament | 23 | / | 26 |  |  |  |  |  
  | New Orleans 1889 | 9th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament | 13.5 | / | 17 |  |  |  |  |  
  | New Orleans 1890 | 5th New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Clup Handicap Tournament |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Seguin, J.D. - Pritchett, G.D. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  | Seguin, J.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  |  | Seguin, J.D. - Favrot, H.L. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  | Seguin, J.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  |  | Seguin, J.D. - Cooley, W.H. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  | Seguin, J.D. gave odds of a knight |  
  |  | Seguin, J.D. - Labatt, L.L. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Seguin, J.D. - Dameron, F. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | New York and New Orleans 1892 | Manhattan - New Orleans telegraph match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Seguin, J.D. - Baird, D.G. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 6 May 2022 |  
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