Edo Ratings, Congdon, J.A.

Congdon, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1865	258	2042	(94)	2
1866	281	2044	(90)	0
1867	269	2046	(84)	0
1868	275	2048	(77)	1
1869	276	2044	(70)	0
1870	289	2039	(59)	12
1871	307	2042	(53)	23
1872	298	2061	(57)	7
1873	300	2059	(62)	0
1874	313	2058	(64)	10
1875	329	2058	(70)	0
1876	327	2058	(73)	0
1877	317	2058	(74)	0
1878	327	2059	(73)	0
1879	321	2059	(69)	0
1880	337	2059	(63)	18
1881	372	2060	(69)	0
1882	384	2062	(72)	0
1883	413	2063	(73)	0
1884	448	2064	(72)	0
1885	450	2065	(68)	9
1886	412	2081	(68)	0
1887	398	2097	(64)	31
1888	417	2085	(65)	0
1889	432	2073	(62)	6
1890	466	2061	(63)	0
1891	482	2049	(59)	8
1892	533	2038	(59)	8
1893	527	2055	(64)	0
1894	508	2073	(65)	7
1895	541	2059	(73)	0
1896	560	2044	(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: 14 Feb. 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]

[James Congdon]

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