Lewis, William

Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1821 |
3 |
2537 | (112) | 3 |
| 1822 |
3 |
2545 | (109) | 3 |
| 1823 |
3 |
2541 | (109) | 0 |
| 1824 |
3 |
2536 | (108) | 0 |
| 1825 |
3 |
2531 | (106) | 7 |
| 1826 |
3 |
2531 | (110) | 0 |
| 1827 |
3 |
2532 | (113) | 0 |
| 1828 |
3 |
2532 | (115) | 0 |
| 1829 |
3 |
2532 | (118) | 3 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Lewis, William |
| Also known as: U. Ewell |
| Born: 9 Oct. 1787 |
| Died: 22 Aug. 1870 |
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| Notes: |
| Golombek has death date 22-10-1870. Gaige has death date 22-08-1870. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 28 |
| Edinburgh Club, Games of London-Edinburgh Match, page 4 |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 426 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 248 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 180, 327 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 183 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl |
| Murray, History of Chess, page 878 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 24, 30, 154 |
| Standage, The Turk, page 206 |
| Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lx |
| Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 3 |
| Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 48 |
| Walker, Chess and Chess Players, page 368 |
| Periodicals |
| [Alb], 17 Dec. 1870 |
| [BCM], vol. 26, no. 1, Jan. 1906, page 8 |
| [BCM], vol. 26, no. 2, Feb. 1906, page 49 |
| [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1 |
| [BLL], no. 2615, 14 Sep. 1870, page 4 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1843, page 77 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1843, page 371 |
| [DSZ], vol. 2, 1847, page 40 |
| [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 2, Feb. 1873, page 22 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1243, 20 July 1862, page 5 |
| [Era], vol. 32, no. 1658, 3 July 1870, page 6 |
| [Fld], 3 Dec. 1870 |
| [ILN], vol. 18, no. 471, 22 Feb. 1851, page 163 |
| [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204 |
| [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1618, 15 Oct. 1870, page 411 |
| [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1624, 26 Nov. 1870, page 555 |
| [IZL], vol. 7, no. 166, 5 Sep. 1846, page 160 |
| [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 7, Feb. 1850, page 105 |
| [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 1871, page 2 |
| [NCG], 17 Oct. 1840 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 5, 15 July 1836, page 189 |
| [PDEB], 30 Sep. 1870 |
| [QR], vol. 85, no. 169, 1849, page 90 |
| [Str], vol. 6, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1873, page 97 |
| [SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45 |
| [SZ], vol. 13, no. 10, Oct. 1858, page 425 |
| [SZ], vol. 26, no. 2, Feb. 1871, page 40 |
| [TFF], 23 Sep. 1870 |
| Web |
| Harding, Tim. [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 2 |
| Kingston, Taylor and Russell, Hanon. [The Eighth Annual ChessCafe Holiday Quiz], page 6 |
| Murray, H.J.R. [Howard Staunton by H.J.R. Murray] |
| Sarah. [William Lewis] |
| Sarah. [William Lewis] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Tomlinson, Charles. [Simpson's Divan] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 4337. A chess Watergate] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Lewis, W. - Williams, P.U. 1819 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - Lewis, W. 1821 |
(f) |
1 | - | 2 |
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Lewis, W. - Cochrane, J. 1822 |
(f) |
2 | - | 1 |
Lewis, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. - Lewis, W. 1825 |
(f) |
5 | - | 2 |
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| Lewis, W. - Walker, G. (1) 1829 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 1.5 |
Lewis, W. gave odds of a knight |
| Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025 |
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