Edo Ratings, Congdon, J.A.

Congdon, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1865	253	2041	(94)	2
1866	272	2043	(90)	0
1867	266	2045	(84)	0
1868	266	2047	(77)	1
1869	263	2042	(70)	0
1870	278	2038	(59)	12
1871	293	2040	(54)	23
1872	287	2059	(57)	7
1873	287	2058	(62)	0
1874	303	2056	(64)	10
1875	317	2057	(70)	0
1876	318	2058	(73)	0
1877	304	2058	(74)	0
1878	314	2059	(73)	0
1879	302	2059	(69)	0
1880	321	2060	(63)	18
1881	359	2062	(69)	0
1882	374	2063	(72)	0
1883	399	2065	(73)	0
1884	431	2066	(72)	0
1885	435	2068	(68)	9
1886	392	2085	(68)	0
1887	376	2102	(64)	31
1888	392	2089	(65)	0
1889	403	2077	(62)	6
1890	442	2065	(63)	0
1891	465	2052	(59)	8
1892	526	2041	(59)	8
1893	506	2058	(64)	0
1894	483	2076	(65)	7
1895	513	2061	(74)	0
1896	539	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: 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