Edo Historical Chess Ratings

Blackburne, Joseph

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1861  33  2403 (58) 13 1862  32  2409 (49) 22 1863  23  2415 (53) 10 1864  23  2434 (60) 0 1865  18  2453 (63) 0 1866  15  2471 (61) 0 1867  12  2490 (56) 9 1868  11  2521 (54) 0 1869  9  2551 (45) 17 1870  7  2552 (40) 31 1871  9  2559 (44) 14 1872  8  2571 (44) 14 1873  2  2621 (41) 32 1874  2  2627 (50) 0 1875  2  2634 (51) 3 1876  3  2633 (47) 18 1877  4  2626 (48) 2 1878  3  2627 (41) 22 1879  3  2614 (42) 13 1880  3  2617 (40) 15 1881  3  2624 (35) 43 1882  4  2618 (33) 35 1883  3  2628 (32) 57 1884  2  2633 (42) 0 1885  2  2638 (37) 27 1886  2  2636 (36) 29 1887  2  2605 (31) 60 1888  7  2584 (34) 24 1889  11  2558 (29) 68 1890  15  2536 (34) 33 1891  14  2533 (39) 16 1892  10  2546 (34) 43 1893  9  2549 (42) 5 1894  10  2557 (39) 16 1895  11  2551 (35) 30 1896  14  2559 (37) 19 1897  13  2556 (36) 25 1898  16  2540 (33) 38 1899  13  2544 (36) 28 1900  19  2502 (41) 13 1901  25  2474 (43) 16 1902  28  2469 (50) 0 1903  31  2463 (48) 1 1904  28  2481 (38) 27 1905  27  2478 (34) 37 1906  27  2478 (33) 40 1907  31  2464 (33) 41 1908  37  2436 (42) 12 1909  37  2426 (46) 11 1910  37  2417 (54) 12 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Blackburne, Joseph Henry      Also known as: P.S.; R.S. Born: 10 Dec. 1841 Died: 1 Sep. 1924   Notes: Gaige gives 'P.S.' as pseudonym. Winter cites a letter by Keeble claiming that his pseudonym was initially 'R.S.'. Reichhelm gives birth year 1842. Gaige gives birth date 10-12-1841.   References Books    Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 22    Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 249, 300    Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 75    Forster, Amos Burn, page 955, 46    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 40    Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 30    Hilbert, Napier, page 219    Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 34    Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 16    Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 210 Periodicals    [ILN], vol. 40, 25 Jan. 1862, page 101    [ILN], vol. 40, 15 Feb. 1862, page 180 Web    Giffen, Glen.  [Blackburne, Joseph Henry]    Kingston, Taylor and Russell, Hanon.  [Bourzutschky Cruises to Clear First in Holiday Quiz], page 12    Sarah.  [der Schwarze Tod]    Sarah.  [Joseph Henry Blackburne]    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]    Winter, Edward.  [Chess in 1924]    Winter, Edward.  [CN 4756. Census information]    Winter, Edward.  [CN 5109. Blackburne's year of birth]

Pindar, E.D. - Blackburne, J.H. 1861 (1)	(f)	5	-	0
Pindar, E.D. - Blackburne, J.H. 1861 (2)	(f)	2	-	6
Anderssen (offhand) - Blackburne, J.H. 1862	(c)	1	-	1
Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H. 1863	(f)	8	-	2
Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H. 1870	(f)	5.5	-	0.5
Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H. 1876	(f)	7	-	0
Blackburne, J.H. - Zukertort, J.H. 1877	(f)	1	-	1
Mason, Ja. - Blackburne, J.H. 1879	(f)	2	-	1
Bird, H.E. - Blackburne, J.H. 1879	(f)	2	-	5
Blackburne, J.H. - Gunsberg, I.A. 1881	(f)	8.5	-	5.5
Zukertort, J.H. - Blackburne, J.H. 1881	(f)	9.5	-	4.5
Mackenzie, G.H. - Blackburne, J.H. 1882	(f)	2	-	1
Blackburne, J.H. - MacDonnell, G.A. 1887	(f)	2.5	-	1.5
Blackburne, J.H. - Zukertort, J.H. 1887	(f)	9	-	5
Gunsberg, I.A. - Blackburne, J.H. 1887	(f)	8	-	5
Blackburne, J.H. - Mackenzie, G.H. 1888	(f)	2.5	-	0.5
Blackburne, J.H. - Bird, H.E. 1888	(f)	4	-	1
Blackburne, J.H. - Priester, A. 1889	(c)	1	-	1
Blackburne, J.H. - Voigt, H.G. 1889	(c)	0	-	1
Blackburne, J.H. - Stark, E.D. 1889	(c)	3	-	2
Blackburne, J.H. - Lee, F.J. 1890	(f)	8.5	-	5.5
Blackburne, J.H. - Golmayo, C.F. 1891	(f)	6	-	4
Blackburne, J.H. - Vazquez, A.C. 1891	(f)	5	-	1
Lasker, Em. - Blackburne, J.H. 1892	(f)	8	-	2
Blackburne, J.H. - von Bardeleben, C. 1895	(f)	4.5	-	4.5

Tournament data

Liverpool?, Manchester? 1862	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Wellington, S.	3 - 0
London 1862 (2)	Grand Tournament (5th British Chess Association?)		5	/	14
London 1862 (3)	Handicap Tournament (5th British Chess Association?)
	Blackburne, J.H. - Solomons, M.	1 - 2				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move
Dundee 1867 (1)	Dundee Tournament		5	/	8
Dundee 1867 (2)	Dundee Handicap Tournament
	Blackburne, J.H. - Neumann, G.R.L.	0 - 1
London 1869 (1)	London Handicap Tournament (British Chess Association?)
	Blackburne, J.H. - Selfe, H.J.S.	0 - 1				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
	Blackburne, J.H. - de Vere, C.V.	1 - 0
	Blackburne, J.H. - Ide, E.G.	1 - 0				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of a knight
	Blackburne, J.H. - Franklin, S.	1 - 0				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move
	Blackburne, J.H. - Green, V.	1 - 0				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move
London 1869 (2)	Glowworm Prize Tournament
	Blackburne, J.H. - Smith, T. (1)	0.5 - 0.5
	Blackburne, J.H. - Lord, J.	0 - 1
London 1869 (3)	2nd British Chess Association Challenge Cup		8.5	/	10
	Blackburne, J.H. - de Vere, C.V.	1 - 0
Baden-Baden 1870	Baden-Baden Tournament		10	/	16
London 1870 (2)	3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup		4.5	/	9
London 1871 (2)	City of London Club Handicap - Section 2
	Blackburne, J.H. - Johns	2 - 0				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of a knight
	Blackburne, J.H. - Keates	2 - 1				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
	Blackburne, J.H. - Manley	2 - 1				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of a knight
	Blackburne, J.H. - Potter, W.N.	2 - 3
London 1871 (7)	Westminster - City of London Club Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Ensor, F.S.	1 - 0
London 1872 (2)	British Chess Association Grand Tourney		5	/	7
London 1872 (3)	4th British Chess Association Challenge Cup		3	/	7
Vienna 1873	Vienna International Tournament		21.5	/	30
	Blackburne, J.H. - Steinitz, W.	0 - 2
London 1874 (2)	City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Dawkins	1 - 0				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of a knight
Glasgow 1875 (3)	6th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament
	Blackburne, J.H. - Bird, H.E.	1 - 0
	Blackburne, J.H. - Allaire, J.E.	1 - 0				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
	Blackburne, J.H. - Ranken, C.E.	1 - 0				Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of a pawn for the move
London 1876 (7)	City of London Club - Athenaeum Club Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Baxter, A.B.	1 - 0
London 1876 (8)	Simpson's Divan Tournament		10	/	11
Paris 1878	Paris International Chess Congress		14.5	/	22
London 1879 (1)	Lowenthal Tourney, 1st Class		1.5	/	3
Wiesbaden 1880	Wiesbaden Meisterturnier		11	/	15
Berlin 1881 (1)	2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		13	/	15
Vienna 1882 (2)	Vienna International Tournament		19.5	/	32
London 1883 (1)	London Tournament		23.5	/	39
Nuremberg 1883 (5)	3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		13.5	/	18
Hamburg 1885 (6)	4th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		11.5	/	17
Hereford 1885 (1)	15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Master Tournament		8	/	10
London 1886 (1)	British Chess Club Master Tourney		6.5	/	7
London 1886 (3)	2nd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tourney		8.5	/	12
	Blackburne, J.H. - Burn, A.	1.5 - 0.5
Belfast 1886 (1)	2nd Irish Chess Association Congress		7	/	8
Frankfurt 1887 (4)	5th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		13.5	/	20
London 1887 (1)	3rd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament		6.5	/	9
Bradford, Yorkshire 1888 (1)	British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section		10	/	16
New York 1889	6th American Chess Congress		29.5	/	43
Breslau 1889 (3)	6th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		9	/	17
Manchester 1890 (1)	6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section		12.5	/	19
London 1892 (6)	British Chess Club Invitational Tournament		6	/	8
Dresden 1892 (1)	7th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		8	/	16
Belfast 1892 (1)	North of Ireland Congress		5.5	/	9
London 1893	Black and White Tourney		3.5	/	5
Leipzig 1894 (1)	9th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		10.5	/	16
Hastings 1895 (7)	Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament		10.5	/	21
London and New York 1896	1st Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Pillsbury, H.N.	1 - 0
Nuremberg 1896	Nuremberg Tournament		9	/	18
London and New York 1897	2nd Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Pillsbury, H.N.	0.5 - 0.5
Berlin 1897 (7)	11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		11	/	17
London 1897 (3)	City of London Club Summer Tournament		5	/	7
London and New York 1898	3rd Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Pillsbury, H.N.	0.5 - 0.5
Vienna 1898 (3)	Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier		17.5	/	37
London and New York 1899	4th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Pillsbury, H.N.	1 - 0
London 1899 (2)	London Major Tournament		15.5	/	27
London and New York 1900	5th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Pillsbury, H.N.	0.5 - 0.5
London 1900 (1)	City of London Club Invitation Tournament		7.5	/	12
Monte Carlo 1901	Monte Carlo Tournament		7	/	15
London and New York 1901	6th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Pillsbury, H.N.	0 - 1
London and New York 1903	8th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Barry, J.F.	0 - 1
London 1904 (1)	City of London Club Tournament		11	/	16
Hastings 1904 (1)	1st British Chess Federation Championship		7.5	/	11
Ostend 1905 (1)	Ostend Tournament		10.5	/	26
Southport 1905	2nd British Chess Federation Tournament		6.5	/	11
Ostend 1906 (1)	Ostend Tournament - First Stage, Section A - Section B		5.5	/	9
Ostend 1906 (3)	Ostend Tournament - Second Stage, Section A - Section C		3.5	/	6
Ostend 1906 (14)	Rice Gambit Tournament		7	/	14
Shrewsbury 1906	3rd British Chess Federation Championship		6.5	/	11
London and New York 1907	9th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Voigt, H.G.	0.5 - 0.5
Ostend 1907 (3)	Ostend Master Tournament		15.5	/	29
London 1907 (1)	4th British Chess Federation Championship		6.5	/	11
London and New York 1908	10th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Hodges, A.B.	0.5 - 0.5
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (1)	5th British Chess Federation Championship		6	/	11
London and New York 1909	11th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Marshall, F.J.	0 - 1
Scarborough 1909	6th British Chess Federation Championship		6	/	10
London and New York 1910	12th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Blackburne, J.H. - Marshall, F.J.	0 - 1
Oxford 1910 (1)	7th British Chess Federation Championship		7.5	/	11