Lewis, Frederic




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  90  2274 (153) 1
1859  95  2276 (152) 0
1860  97  2278 (150) 0
1861  105  2279 (149) 0
1862  101  2281 (147) 0
1863  95  2283 (145) 0
1864  96  2284 (143) 0
1865  94  2286 (140) 0
1866  92  2287 (138) 0
1867  92  2289 (135) 0
1868  93  2291 (132) 0
1869  88  2292 (129) 0
1870  87  2294 (125) 2
1871  92  2287 (123) 1
1872  100  2274 (124) 0
1873  117  2261 (124) 0
1874  121  2248 (124) 0
1875  138  2235 (123) 0
1876  133  2222 (122) 0
1877  138  2209 (121) 0
1878  153  2196 (120) 0
1879  168  2183 (118) 0
1880  199  2170 (115) 0
1881  236  2157 (113) 0
1882  248  2144 (109) 0
1883  290  2131 (106) 0
1884  336  2118 (101) 1
1885  335  2114 (99) 1
1886  334  2115 (99) 1
1887  344  2110 (100) 1
1888  343  2109 (103) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Lewis, Frederic Hyman  
Born: 23 June 1834
Died: 23 Sep. 1889
 
Notes:
Sergeant gives date of death 23-07-1889. Gaige gives date of death 23-09-1889.
 
References
Books
   Bird, Chess History and Reminiscences
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 963
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 248
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 231, 241, 258, 268, 577
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 272, 306
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page lxviii
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 13
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 373
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 185, 195, 211
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 33, Sep. 1861, page 281
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1865, page 334
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 6, Apr. 1869, page 177
   [Era], vol. 24, no. 1243, 20 July 1862, page 5
   [NYSP], 18 Aug. 1860
   [WP], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1870, page 153
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 56
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 3, 1 July 1871, page 44
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1874, page 200
Web
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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Morphy, P.C. - Lewis, F.H. 1858         (c)     0.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - van der Velde     2 - 0    
London, England 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - Cole, A.J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1884 (7)     Saint George's Club - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - Mills, D.Y.     0 - 1    
London, England 1885 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - Heppell, J.T.     0 - 1    
London, England 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - Wainwright, G.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - Hooke, G.A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - Loman, R.J.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (4)     Cambridge University - British Chess Club Match    
  Lewis, F.H. - Carr, F.P.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 19 Aug. 2022