Congdon, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1865  258  2043 (94) 2
1866  280  2045 (90) 0
1867  268  2047 (84) 0
1868  275  2049 (77) 1
1869  276  2045 (70) 0
1870  289  2040 (59) 12
1871  307  2043 (53) 23
1872  297  2062 (57) 7
1873  300  2060 (62) 0
1874  312  2059 (64) 10
1875  327  2059 (70) 0
1876  326  2059 (73) 0
1877  316  2059 (74) 0
1878  327  2060 (73) 0
1879  320  2060 (69) 0
1880  337  2060 (63) 18
1881  372  2061 (69) 0
1882  383  2063 (72) 0
1883  410  2064 (73) 0
1884  447  2065 (72) 0
1885  449  2067 (68) 9
1886  404  2083 (68) 0
1887  387  2099 (64) 31
1888  406  2088 (65) 0
1889  416  2076 (62) 6
1890  450  2064 (63) 0
1891  478  2052 (59) 8
1892  529  2041 (59) 8
1893  512  2059 (64) 0
1894  494  2077 (65) 7
1895  529  2063 (73) 0
1896  546  2048 (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


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025