Rhodes, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  61  2275 (106) 1
1847  61  2275 (102) 5
1848  62  2265 (103) 0
1849  76  2255 (105) 0
1850  83  2246 (105) 0
1851  90  2236 (105) 0
1852  83  2226 (104) 0
1853  92  2216 (103) 0
1854  96  2206 (101) 0
1855  103  2197 (98) 0
1856  116  2187 (95) 2
1857  123  2174 (94) 3
1858  133  2157 (98) 0
1859  153  2140 (100) 0
1860  159  2123 (102) 1
1861  175  2111 (105) 0
1862  176  2100 (107) 0
1863  176  2088 (108) 0
1864  192  2077 (109) 0
1865  212  2065 (110) 1
1866  235  2058 (112) 0
1867  234  2050 (113) 1
1868  252  2035 (117) 0
1869  267  2019 (120) 0
1870  296  2003 (123) 0
1871  333  1988 (125) 0
1872  357  1972 (127) 0
1873  386  1956 (129) 0
1874  430  1941 (131) 0
1875  469  1925 (132) 0
1876  472  1910 (133) 0
1877  456  1894 (134) 0
1878  464  1878 (135) 0
1879  480  1863 (135) 0
1880  521  1847 (136) 0
1881  606  1831 (136) 0
1882  684  1816 (136) 0
1883  758  1800 (135) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rhodes, John  
Born: 26 Aug. 1814
Died: 16 May 1898
 
Notes:
Sergeant gives date of death as 15 May 1898; Gaige gives 16 May 1898.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 519
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 352
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 119
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 96, 233
   Whyld, English Tournaments, page 12
   Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 142
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 127
Periodicals
   [BLL], 25 June 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 15 Oct. 1837, page 2
   [BLL], 16 May 1847, page 6
   [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, 10 July 1841, page 172
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 8, 18 Dec. 1841, page 124
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Feb. 1843, page 57
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1854, page 59
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 110
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 7, 1 July 1867, page 217
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 89
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1393, 4 June 1865, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 11, no. 284, 9 Oct. 1847, page 238
   [ILN], vol. 29, no. 832, 29 Nov. 1856, page 553
   [ILN], vol. 36, no. 1034, 2 June 1860, page 542
   [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1430, 8 June 1867, page 586
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2026, 27 Apr. 1878, page 399
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2028, 11 May 1878, page 446
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 June 1842, page 314
   [Pal], vol. 6, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1846, page 139
   [Pal], vol. 6, no. 5, 15 May 1846, page 197
   [Pal], vol. 7, no. 5, 15 May 1847, page 212
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1850, page 194
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1865: 1st Redcar Meeting]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1866: NYDCA, 2nd Redcar Meeting]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - John Rhodes]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Original Yorkshire Chess Association]
   Sarah.  [The Birmingham Meeting]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sarah.  [The Sacrificial Morphy]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rhodes, J. 1846         (c)     0   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Rhodes, J. - Cronhelm, E. 1847         (f)     4   -   1
Harrwitz, D. - Rhodes, J. 1860         (c)     1   -   0      Harrwitz, D. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Watkinson, J. - Rhodes, J. 1865         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Leeds 1856     Leeds - Huddersfield Club Match    
  Rhodes, J. - Watkinson, J.     1 - 1    
Leeds 1857 (1)     Leeds - Huddersfield Club Tournament, Section 1     2  /  3
Leeds 1867     West Riding - North Riding Match    
  Rhodes, J. - Grimshaw, W.     1 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Rhodes, J. - Cooper, R.O.     0.5 - 1.5    

Player information updated: 6 Mar. 2021