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Freeman, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1856  135  2106 (122) 3 1857  139  2109 (118) 0 1858  146  2111 (112) 3 1859  163  2108 (111) 0 1860  171  2105 (108) 0 1861  181  2102 (106) 0 1862  176  2099 (102) 0 1863  170  2096 (98) 0 1864  182  2093 (92) 0 1865  189  2090 (86) 0 1866  212  2088 (78) 14 1867  215  2068 (80) 4 1868  227  2067 (83) 0 1869  231  2066 (84) 0 1870  242  2064 (83) 0 1871  257  2063 (81) 4 1872  261  2069 (82) 0 1873  261  2074 (82) 3 1874  275  2072 (83) 3 1875  289  2072 (85) 0 1876  284  2071 (86) 6 1877  286  2061 (94) 0 1878  300  2051 (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 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: 5 Jan. 2023