Sellman, Alexander
Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1880 |
35 |
2445 | (48) | 52 |
1881 |
42 |
2440 | (52) | 0 |
1882 |
46 |
2436 | (48) | 5 |
1883 |
55 |
2427 | (40) | 37 |
1884 |
60 |
2416 | (55) | 0 |
1885 |
64 |
2405 | (63) | 12 |
1886 |
70 |
2386 | (76) | 0 |
1887 |
86 |
2368 | (87) | 5 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: Sellman, Alexander G. |
Born: 15 Jan. 1856 |
Died: 7 Oct. 1888 |
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Notes: |
Sergeant and Feenstra Kuiper have death on 8-09-1888. Gaige has death on 7-10-1888. Reichhelm has death on 17-10-1888. Landsberger, in The Steinitz Papers, gives his name incorrectly as 'Sellman, Alexander D.' on p.306, but correctly as 'A.G. Sellman' on p.38 (quoting the Chess Monthly). |
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References |
Books |
Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 94 |
Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 384 |
Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 136 |
Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 191, 580 |
Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 10 |
Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 60, 173, 187 |
Landsberger, Steinitz Papers, page 306 |
Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 13 |
Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 186, 209 |
Web |
Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
Winter, Edward. [CN 4652. Chess by circulation] |
Winter, Edward. [Steinitz Quotes] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Sellman, A.G. - Pleasants, S.S. 1880 (1) |
(f) |
7 | - | 9 |
Sellman, A.G. gave odds of pawn and move |
Sellman, A.G. - Pleasants, S.S. 1880 (2) |
(f) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Sellman, A.G. - Pleasants, S.S. 1880 (3) |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 1.5 |
Sellman, A.G. gave odds of pawn and move |
Mackenzie, G.H. - Sellman, A.G. 1880 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
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Sellman, A.G. - Martinez, D.M. 1880 |
(c) |
0 | - | 2 |
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Sellman, A.G. - Elson, J. 1880 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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Sellman, A.G. - Barbour, L.D. 1880 |
(c) |
2.5 | - | 1.5 |
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Steinitz, W. - Sellman, A.G. 1882 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
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Zukertort, J.H. - Sellman, A.G. 1883 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
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Steinitz, W. - Sellman, A.G. 1885 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
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Sellman, A.G. - Congdon, J.A. 1885 |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 0.5 |
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Sellman, A.G. - Koch, F.W. 1887 |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
Sellman, A.G. gave odds of a knight |
Tournament data
Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024 |
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