Hammond, R.K.  
  
 
 Ratings 
  
  | Year       | 
  Rank   | 
   Edo    | 
  Dev.   | 
  Games  | 
 
  | 1866  | 
  355  | 
  1920 |  (81) |   5 | 
 
  | 1867  | 
  343  | 
  1922 |  (74) |   20 | 
 
  | 1868  | 
  346  | 
  1939 |  (75) |   8 | 
 
  | 1869  | 
  356  | 
  1935 |  (78) |   0 | 
 
  | 1870  | 
  390  | 
  1931 |  (78) |   0 | 
 
  | 1871  | 
  424  | 
  1927 |  (74) |   10 | 
 
  | 1872  | 
  429  | 
  1936 |  (73) |   15 | 
 
  | 1873  | 
  460  | 
  1913 |  (76) |   0 | 
 
  | 1874  | 
  516  | 
  1890 |  (76) |   9 | 
 
  | 1875  | 
  557  | 
  1878 |  (79) |   9 | 
 
  
Rating table notes
 
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| Biographical data |  
   | Name: Hammond, R.K.   | 
 
   | Born:  | 
 
   | Died:  | 
 
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   | Notes: | 
 
   | The Age of 31 Mar. 1866 (p.6) has 'T.K. Hammond'. The Australasian of 12 Dec. 1868 (p.12) has 'N.K. Hammond'. | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Chess Association of Victoria, Victoria versus New South Wales 1870, page 3 | 
 
| Periodicals |  
   |    [Age], no. 3562, 31 Mar. 1866, page 6 | 
 
   |    [Argus], no. 6180, 28 Mar. 1866, page 5 | 
 
   |    [Aus], vol. 2, no. 62, 8 June 1867, page 716 | 
 
   |    [Aus], vol. 5, no. 141, 12 Dec. 1868, page 748 | 
 
   |    [Aus], vol. 12, no. 321, 25 May 1872, page 653 | 
 
   |    [Aus], vol. 16, no. 423, 9 May 1874, page 588 | 
 
   |    [Aus], vol. 18, no. 477, 22 May 1875, page 653 | 
 
   |    [CW], vol. 3, no. 6, Sep. 1867, page 228 | 
 
   |    [SyM], 19 Nov. 1870 | 
 
 
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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
 Tournament data 
  | Melbourne 1866     | 
Victorian Tournament     | 
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   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Ellis, L.     | 
  2 - 3     | 
   |  |  | 
       Ellis, L. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
  | Melbourne 1867     | 
Melbourne Club Handicap Tournament     | 
   9  |  /  |  20  | 
       odds player in knight for two moves class  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Melbourne 1871     | 
Melbourne Club Handicap Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Trowell, T.J.     | 
  2 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Long (2)     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Thompson (4)     | 
  1 - 2     | 
   |  |  | 
       Thompson (4) gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Chamier, A.F.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Phillips, L.S.     | 
  1 - 2     | 
   |  |  | 
       Phillips, L.S. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
  | Melbourne 1872     | 
Melbourne Club Handicap     | 
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   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Goldsmith, B.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  | 
       Hammond, R.K. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Runting, W.J.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Goldsmith, L.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Goldsmith, L. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Stephen, W.R.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Stephen, W.R. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Trowell, T.J.     | 
  2 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Chamier, A.F.     | 
  2.5 - 1.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Henderson, R.C.     | 
  0 - 2     | 
   |  |  | 
       Hammond, R.K. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Melbourne 1874 (1)     | 
Melbourne Handicap Challenge Cup Tournament     | 
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   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Baynes, G.W.     | 
  3 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Baynes, G.W. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - A'Beckett, E.F.     | 
  1.5 - 3.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Melbourne 1875 (1)     | 
Melbourne Handicap Challenge Cup Tournament     | 
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   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Hamel, J.     | 
  3 - 0     | 
   |  |  | 
       Hamel, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
   | 
    Hammond, R.K. - Sedgefield, S.W.     | 
  2 - 3     | 
   |  |  | 
       Sedgefield, S.W. gave odds of a knight  | 
 
  | Melbourne 1875 (2)     | 
Melbourne Club Married - Single Match     | 
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    Hammond, R.K. - Black (1)     | 
  0 - 1     | 
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