Barbour, Lorenzo




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  118  2271 (55) 12
1876  105  2285 (48) 27
1877  96  2286 (58) 0
1878  96  2286 (63) 0
1879  96  2286 (65) 0
1880  103  2287 (63) 4
1881  114  2288 (63) 0
1882  119  2290 (60) 0
1883  137  2291 (53) 10
1884  158  2272 (50) 13
1885  147  2291 (52) 0
1886  136  2311 (47) 24
1887  154  2292 (57) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Barbour, Lorenzo D.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Gaige lists 'Barbour, L.D.', and says flourished 1900-1930. Could this be another L.D. Barbour? The Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1874 (p.153) has 'J.D. Barbour'.
 
References
Books
   American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 3
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 23
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 104
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 72, 163
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 171
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 271
   [DCJ], no. 71, Mar. 1876, page 138
   [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1937, 9 Sep. 1876, page 255
   [MCR], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1874, page 452
   [MCR], vol. 2, no. 18, June 1875, page 206
   [SoT], 13 June 1874
   [SoT], 31 Oct. 1874
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1874, page 153
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Philadelphia 1876]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Bird, H.E. - Barbour, L.D. 1876         (c)     6.5   -   4.5
Mackenzie, G.H. - Barbour, L.D. 1876         (c)     1   -   1
Sellman, A.G. - Barbour, L.D. 1880         (c)     2.5   -   1.5
McConnell, Ja. (1) - Barbour, L.D. 1883         (c)     1   -   1
Barbour, L.D. - Thompson, D.S. 1883         (f)     5   -   1
Zukertort, J.H. - Barbour, L.D. 1884         (c)     6   -   1
McCalla, S.L. - Barbour, L.D. 1887         (c)     6.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1875     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     29  /  52
Philadelphia 1876     4th American Chess Congress     2  /  14
Philadelphia and New York 1883     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Barbour, L.D. - Baird, D.G.     0 - 2    
Philadelphia 1884 (1)     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     2  /  7
Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     13.5  /  24


Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024