Barbour, Lorenzo




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  120  2274 (54) 12
1876  106  2287 (48) 27
1877  97  2286 (58) 0
1878  99  2285 (62) 0
1879  101  2284 (63) 0
1880  108  2283 (60) 4
1881  124  2280 (58) 5
1882  129  2284 (57) 0
1883  139  2288 (51) 10
1884  165  2270 (50) 13
1885  151  2290 (52) 0
1886  138  2310 (47) 24
1887  159  2291 (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
Teed, F.M. - Barbour, L.D. 1881         (c)     4   -   1
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: 11 Jan. 2026