| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1904 | 954 | 1851 | (66) | 10 |  
  | 1905 | 963 | 1872 | (64) | 17 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Abbott, James (2) |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Di Felice gives the player at Sylvan Beach 1904 and Excelsior 1905 as 'Abbott, Joseph William', but he was English, so I am sceptical. This might possibly be 'James Abbott', however, born in New York, in 1852 (Chess Personalia), and president of the Chicago Chess and Checker Club around 1906 (Hilbert and Lahde, p.291). |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 46 |  
   | Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 291 |  
   | Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 7 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [ACB], vol. 2, no. 9, Sep. 1905, page 285 |  
   | [MiJ], 22 Aug. 1905, page 8 |  |  |