Lewis, Frederic




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  88  2279 (153) 1
1859  94  2281 (152) 0
1860  93  2282 (150) 0
1861  96  2284 (149) 0
1862  92  2286 (147) 0
1863  85  2287 (145) 0
1864  87  2289 (143) 0
1865  89  2291 (140) 0
1866  88  2292 (138) 0
1867  87  2294 (135) 0
1868  88  2296 (132) 0
1869  85  2297 (129) 0
1870  83  2299 (125) 2
1871  91  2293 (123) 1
1872  94  2280 (124) 0
1873  109  2267 (124) 0
1874  118  2254 (123) 0
1875  132  2241 (123) 0
1876  130  2228 (122) 0
1877  130  2214 (121) 0
1878  148  2201 (119) 0
1879  165  2188 (118) 0
1880  190  2175 (115) 0
1881  230  2162 (113) 0
1882  243  2149 (109) 0
1883  282  2136 (106) 0
1884  324  2123 (101) 1
1885  330  2119 (99) 1
1886  327  2121 (99) 1
1887  337  2116 (100) 1
1888  339  2114 (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