Edo Historical Chess Ratings

Gifford, H.W. Birkmyre

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1873  73  2253 (75) 13 1874  74  2263 (69) 13 1875  74  2270 (67) 8 1876  72  2264 (66) 0 1877  77  2258 (63) 0 1878  80  2253 (56) 22 1879  86  2251 (64) 0 1880  97  2249 (67) 0 1881  115  2247 (68) 12 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Gifford, H.W. Birkmyre   Born: Died:   References Books    Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 145    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 225    Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 152 Web    van Reek, Jan.  [pgn file of Dutch tournaments]    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]    Winter, Edward.  [CN 5156. H. Gifford]    Winter, Edward.  [CN 5163. Blackburne and Kasparyan]    Winter, Edward.  [CN 5180. Gifford]

Tournament data

The Hague 1873	1st Netherland Chess Federation Tourney		10.5	/	13
	Gifford, H.W.B. - Blijdenstein, B.W. (2)	1 - 0
Amsterdam 1874	2nd Netherland Chess Federation Tourney		10	/	12
	Gifford, H.W.B. - de Lelie, A.	0 - 1
Rotterdam 1875	3rd Netherland Chess Federation Tournament		7	/	8
Paris 1878	Paris International Chess Congress		3.5	/	22
Paris 1881 (3)	2nd French National Tournament		4.5	/	12