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


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025