Congdon, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1865  232  2043 (94) 2
1866  253  2045 (90) 0
1867  238  2047 (84) 0
1868  244  2049 (77) 1
1869  244  2044 (70) 0
1870  262  2040 (59) 12
1871  273  2043 (54) 23
1872  266  2062 (57) 7
1873  268  2060 (62) 0
1874  289  2059 (64) 10
1875  302  2059 (70) 0
1876  299  2059 (73) 0
1877  285  2060 (74) 0
1878  291  2060 (73) 0
1879  290  2060 (69) 0
1880  308  2060 (63) 18
1881  339  2062 (69) 0
1882  352  2064 (72) 0
1883  381  2065 (73) 0
1884  414  2067 (72) 0
1885  416  2069 (68) 9
1886  367  2086 (68) 0
1887  353  2103 (64) 31
1888  366  2091 (65) 0
1889  375  2079 (62) 6
1890  421  2067 (63) 0
1891  447  2054 (59) 8
1892  496  2043 (59) 8
1893  474  2060 (64) 0
1894  455  2077 (65) 7
1895  485  2061 (74) 0
1896  506  2046 (79) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Congdon, James Adams  
   Also known as: Maj. Congdon; General James Adams Congdon; Lieut. Col. James A. Congdon; Brig. Gen. Congdon
Born: 1835
Died: 4 Feb. 1902
 
Notes:
Gaige says born c1835. Davies gives year of death as 1907. Gaige gives date of death as 4-02-1902.
 
References
Books
   American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 2
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 366
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 75
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 98, 136, 183
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 90
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 28
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 145
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12, 154
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 34, 60, 67, 365
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. IV, page 81
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 19, 64
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 33
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 9, Oct. 1874, page 215
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 10, Nov. 1874, page 240
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 271
   [NYC], 22 July 1865
   [NYC], 25 Jan. 1868
   [PDEB], 4 June 1864
   [PDEB], 30 June 1865
   [PDEB], 7 Sep. 1866
   [PDEB], 2 Nov. 1866
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1874, page 64
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1874, page 82
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1874, page 153
   [WSoT], 28 Oct. 1865
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [A History of the City of London Chess Magazine (Part 1)]
   Sericano, C.  [Chicago 1874]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Reichhelm, G.C. - Congdon, J.A. 1865         (c)     1   -   1      Reichhelm, G.C. gave odds of a knight
Elson, J. - Congdon, J.A. 1868         (f)     0   -   1      Elson, J. gave odds of a knight
Elson, J. - Congdon, J.A. 1870         (f)     5   -   7      Elson, J. gave odds of a knight
Delmar, E. (1) - Congdon, J.A. 1871         (c)     12.5   -   10.5      Delmar, E. (1) gave odds of a knight
Mackenzie, G.H. - Congdon, J.A. 1872         (f)     4   -   3      Mackenzie, G.H. gave odds of a knight
Sellman, A.G. - Congdon, J.A. 1885         (f)     8.5   -   0.5
Congdon, J.A. - Northrop, G.E. 1887         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Congdon, J.A. - Punchard (1) 1887         (f)     17   -   3
Congdon, J.A. - Sittser, J.A. 1887         (f)     4   -   2

Tournament data

Chicago 1874     3rd American Chess Congress     1.5  /  10
New York 1880 (1)     5th American Chess Congress     3.5  /  18
Skaneateles 1889 (1)     2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     2  /  6
Skaneateles 1891 (1)     4th New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     2  /  8
Skaneateles 1892 (2)     New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy, First Class     0.5  /  8
Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     3.5  /  7
Ontario Beach 1896 (2)     6th Staats-Zeitung Challenge Cup Tournament     0.5  /  5

Player information updated: 30 Jul. 2023