Goddard, E.L.


Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  171  2168 (187) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Goddard, E.L.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Gilberg gives 'E.W. Goddard' as the participant in the 2nd class tournament at Cleveland 1871 (p.85), but lists an 'E.L. Goddard' as one of Mackenzie's opponents in a simultaneous exhibition at the same Congress (p.87). The Westminster Papers of 1 Feb. 1872 (vol.4, p.172) has 'E.L. Goddard'. Staunton gives 'Gortclard' in the Illustrated London News. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 9 Dec. 1871 (p.4) has 'E.W. Goddard', but the issue of 21 Dec. 1871 (p.2) has 'E.L. Goddard'. The Spirit of the Times of 16 Dec. 1871 had 'E.W. Godard', but the issue of 23 Dec. 1871 has 'E.L. Goddard'. Van Winsen has 'E.W. Goddard'.
 
References
Books
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 85
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 23
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 31, no. 289, 9 Dec. 1871, page 4
   [BDE], vol. 31, no. 299, 21 Dec. 1871, page 2
   [Fld], 30 Dec. 1871
   [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1688, 13 Jan. 1872, page 51
   [SoT], 16 Dec. 1871
   [SoT], 23 Dec. 1871
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1872, page 172

Tournament data

Cleveland 1871 (2)     2nd American Chess Congress - 2nd Class Tournament     4  /  5


Player information updated: 30 Jul. 2023