Fedden, Nelson




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1861  194  2117 (104) 4
1862  197  2117 (102) 0
1863  194  2116 (100) 0
1864  204  2116 (98) 1
1865  206  2121 (95) 0
1866  213  2126 (92) 1
1867  206  2134 (88) 0
1868  211  2142 (84) 0
1869  204  2149 (77) 0
1870  199  2157 (69) 0
1871  196  2165 (58) 10
1872  172  2203 (56) 13
1873  171  2206 (66) 0
1874  162  2209 (72) 0
1875  167  2211 (77) 0
1876  157  2214 (79) 0
1877  143  2217 (80) 0
1878  147  2220 (79) 0
1879  146  2223 (77) 0
1880  158  2225 (72) 0
1881  165  2228 (66) 0
1882  173  2231 (56) 4
1883  184  2239 (45) 27
1884  178  2256 (45) 16
1885  197  2244 (54) 2
1886  208  2240 (59) 4
1887  229  2222 (65) 1
1888  232  2213 (70) 4
1889  240  2202 (79) 0
1890  273  2192 (86) 0
1891  283  2181 (92) 0
1892  319  2170 (97) 0
1893  338  2159 (100) 1
1894  362  2146 (106) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Fedden, Nelson  
Born: 21 Oct. 1835
Died: 7 May 1915
 
Notes:
Gaige says only that he died at age 79 in 1915. Tom Teague (a great, great grandson of Fedden's), in a personal communication, provided exact birth and death dates. Richards gives 2 games of 'R. Fedden' at the Bristol and Clifton Handicap Tournament in 1885. I suppose this to be an error for 'N. Fedden' (although Nelson Fedden had a son named 'Robert', there seems to be no indication that he played chess). Sometimes his name is given as 'Feddon', presumably in error (e.g. the Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle, Oct. 1871, p.344). The Era of 24 Mar. 1861 (p.6) has 'Tedder'. The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Feb. 1869 (vol.1, p.155) has 'N. Fenden'.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 959
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 115
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 137, 176
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54, 85, 258, 542
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 215, 228
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 89
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1865, page 379
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 370, 384
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 155
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 277
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1155, 11 Nov. 1860, page 5
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1174, 24 Mar. 1861, page 6
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1184, 2 June 1861, page 16
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1717, 20 Aug. 1871, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 37, no. 1048, 1 Sep. 1860, page 213
   [ILN], vol. 38, no. 1084, 13 Apr. 1861, page 356
   [ILN], vol. 45, no. 1288, 19 Nov. 1864, page 523
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1408, 12 Jan. 1867, page 50
   [ILN], vol. 67, no. 1876, 24 July 1875, page 95
   [WDP], 12 Dec. 1904
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 2, 1 June 1872, page 24
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [The Reverend Charles Edward Ranken and Mid-Victorian Correspondence Chess]
   Richards, John.  [Mary Rudge: Bristol's World Chess Champion], page 7
   Richards, John.  [Remembering Mary Rudge], page 36
   Sericano, C.  [Malvern 1871]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Thorold, E. - Fedden, N. 1883         (f)     12.5   -   4.5

Tournament data

Bristol 1861 (2)     4th British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Fedden, N. - Holloway, A.     1 - 0    
  Fedden, N. - Pigott, A.S.     0.5 - 1.5          Fedden, N. gave odds of pawn and move
Cardiff 1861     Cardiff Club Tournament    
  Fedden, N. - Gamman, E.     1 - 0    
Bristol 1864 (2)     Bristol Grand Tournament    
  Fedden, N. - Withers, J.     0 - 1    
London, England and Bristol 1866     Saint George's Club - Bristol and Bath Clubs Telegraphic Match    
  Fedden, N. - Metcalfe, J.T.     1 - 0    
Cardiff 1871     Cardiff - Bristol Athenaeum Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Burt, J.N. (1)     1 - 0    
Malvern 1871 (1)     2nd Counties Chess Association Meeting, 3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup     2  /  9
Malvern 1872 (1)     3rd Counties Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class     8  /  13
Birmingham 1882     Bristol and Clifton - Birmingham Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Cook, W.     1.5 - 0.5    
Clifton 1882     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Clifton 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     1 - 1    
Bath 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1883 (1)     13th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Section A     3  /  7
London, England 1884 (7)     Saint George's Club - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Wayte, W.     0.5 - 1.5    
Bath 1884 (1)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Bath 1884 (4)     14th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Division 2     7  /  10
  Fedden, N. - Loman, R.J.     0 - 1    
  Fedden, N. - Pollock, W.H.K.     1 - 0    
Bristol 1885     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Clifton 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     1 - 1    
Bath 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Pollock, W.H.K.     1 - 1    
Bath 1887     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Hill, W.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Clifton 1888 (1)     Bristol and Clifton - City Chess and Draughts Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Burt, J.N. (1)     0.5 - 1.5    
Clifton 1888 (2)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Fedden, N. - Thorold, E.     1 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Fedden, N. - Miniati, N.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Fedden, N. - Toothill, F.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025