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Freeman, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1856  137  2103 (122) 3 1857  139  2105 (118) 0 1858  149  2107 (112) 3 1859  166  2104 (111) 0 1860  174  2101 (108) 0 1861  193  2098 (106) 0 1862  183  2095 (102) 0 1863  179  2092 (98) 0 1864  188  2089 (92) 0 1865  195  2086 (86) 0 1866  219  2083 (78) 14 1867  219  2063 (80) 4 1868  233  2062 (83) 0 1869  233  2061 (84) 0 1870  243  2060 (83) 0 1871  258  2059 (81) 4 1872  259  2064 (82) 0 1873  261  2069 (82) 3 1874  275  2068 (83) 3 1875  291  2067 (85) 0 1876  288  2067 (86) 6 1877  290  2057 (94) 0 1878  304  2046 (100) 2 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Freeman, James      Also known as: Dr. James Freeman Born: Died:   Notes: Lawson, and Sarah's Morphy website, have 'Dr. Jabez Freeman'. Fiske and Harding have 'Dr. James Freeman', as does Staunton in the Illustrated London News (26 Apr. 1856, p.443).   References Books    Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 1, 7, 39, 40    Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 519    Harding, Doctoral thesis, page 156    Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl    Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 119, 358    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 85, 99 Periodicals    [CPC], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 117    [CPC], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1853, page 154    [CPC], vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 1855, page 257    [CPC], vol. 4, no. 8, Aug. 1856, page 248    [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98    [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 64ii    [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 109    [CPM], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 329    [CPM], vol. 3, no. 5, 1 May 1867, page 156    [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252    [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 85, 90    [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 4, Nov. 1868, page 117    [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 281, 284    [CW], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1867, page 67    [Era], vol. 17, no. 845, 3 Dec. 1854, page 5    [Era], vol. 19, no. 983, 26 July 1857, page 12    [Era], vol. 23, no. 1157, 25 Nov. 1860, page 6    [ILN], vol. 28, no. 796, 26 Apr. 1856, page 443    [ILN], vol. 28, no. 801, 24 May 1856, page 574    [ILN], vol. 29, no. 811, 19 July 1856, page 76    [ILN], vol. 33, no. 925, 3 July 1858, page 14    [ILN], vol. 59, no. 1665, 19 Aug. 1871, page 163    [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1763, 14 June 1873, page 571    [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1911, 11 Mar. 1876, page 263    [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1919, 6 May 1876, page 455    [SZ], vol. 13, no. 9, Sep. 1858, page 372 Web    Sarah.  [The Birmingham Meeting]    Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]    Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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Tournament data

Birmingham 1856	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Fanning	2 - 1
Birmingham 1858 (1)	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Gillam, J.F.	2 - 1
Worcester, England 1866	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Lewis, G.F.	2 - 1
Birmingham 1866 (1)	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Harrison, C.	0.5 - 1.5
Birmingham 1866 (2)	Birmingham Club Tournament
	Freeman, J. - Balden, S.	4 - 0
	Freeman, J. - Hill, H.S.	4 - 1
Birmingham 1867	Birmingham - Stourbridge and Wolverhampton Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Eagles, H.	1 - 3
Birmingham 1871	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Griffith, G. (1)	1 - 0
Wolverhampton 1871	Wolverhampton and Stourbridge Clubs - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Scott, A. (1)	1 - 2
Birmingham 1873 (1)	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Anthony, E.	1.5 - 1.5
Birmingham 1874 (1)	Birmingham - Cheltenham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Young, H.H.	1 - 2
Oxford 1876	Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Coker, J.	1.5 - 0.5
Birmingham 1876	Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Anthony, E.	0.5 - 0.5
Malvern 1876	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Hopkins, W.J.	1 - 2
Birmingham (?) 1878	Dudley and Stourbridge - Birmingham Club Match
	Freeman, J. - Pitchford, J.T.	1 - 1

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023