Edo Ratings, Congdon, J.A.

Congdon, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1865	255	2040	(94)	2
1866	275	2042	(90)	0
1867	268	2044	(84)	0
1868	271	2045	(77)	1
1869	271	2041	(70)	0
1870	286	2037	(59)	12
1871	304	2039	(53)	23
1872	298	2058	(57)	7
1873	299	2057	(62)	0
1874	308	2055	(64)	10
1875	322	2056	(70)	0
1876	321	2056	(73)	0
1877	307	2057	(74)	0
1878	317	2058	(73)	0
1879	305	2058	(69)	0
1880	323	2059	(63)	18
1881	361	2060	(69)	0
1882	374	2061	(72)	0
1883	401	2063	(73)	0
1884	435	2064	(72)	0
1885	439	2066	(68)	9
1886	396	2082	(68)	0
1887	378	2098	(64)	31
1888	394	2087	(65)	0
1889	404	2075	(63)	6
1890	443	2063	(63)	0
1891	469	2051	(59)	8
1892	525	2040	(59)	8
1893	504	2057	(64)	0
1894	483	2075	(65)	7
1895	516	2061	(74)	0
1896	537	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