Lewis, Frederic




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  88  2279 (153) 1
1859  95  2280 (152) 0
1860  93  2282 (150) 0
1861  97  2284 (148) 0
1862  95  2285 (147) 0
1863  88  2287 (145) 0
1864  90  2289 (142) 0
1865  89  2290 (140) 0
1866  88  2292 (138) 0
1867  86  2294 (135) 0
1868  86  2295 (132) 0
1869  85  2297 (128) 0
1870  83  2299 (125) 2
1871  91  2292 (123) 1
1872  97  2279 (124) 0
1873  111  2266 (124) 0
1874  118  2253 (123) 0
1875  135  2240 (123) 0
1876  131  2227 (122) 0
1877  132  2214 (121) 0
1878  150  2201 (119) 0
1879  165  2188 (118) 0
1880  197  2175 (115) 0
1881  235  2161 (113) 0
1882  248  2148 (109) 0
1883  287  2135 (106) 0
1884  330  2122 (101) 1
1885  333  2118 (99) 1
1886  332  2120 (99) 1
1887  340  2115 (100) 1
1888  343  2113 (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