O'Sullivan, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1838  29  2154 (116) 3
1839  32  2169 (114) 0
1840  35  2184 (112) 0
1841  38  2200 (109) 0
1842  45  2215 (106) 0
1843  49  2231 (102) 0
1844  49  2246 (97) 0
1845  54  2262 (91) 8
1846  63  2253 (93) 0
1847  69  2244 (94) 0
1848  67  2235 (95) 0
1849  91  2226 (94) 0
1850  92  2217 (92) 0
1851  100  2208 (89) 0
1852  92  2199 (85) 0
1853  103  2190 (80) 0
1854  105  2182 (73) 5
1855  115  2175 (71) 27

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: O'Sullivan, John L.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
The Chess Monthly of Mar. 1860 (p.85) has 'J.S. O'Sullivan'. The Era of 9 Nov. 1862 (p.13) has 'Colonel Sulivan late American Ambassador at the Court of Lisbon'. I presume that this should be Colonel O'Sullivan.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 101, 109
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 402
   Kieseritzky, Cinquante Parties, page 12
Periodicals
   [BLL], 12 July 1840, page 2
   [BLL], 23 July 1843, page 2
   [BLL], 14 Dec. 1845, page 3
   [BLL], 24 Jan. 1847, page 8
   [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1860, page 85
   [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 11, Nov. 1860, page 352
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 8, Aug. 1843, page 248
   [CPC], vol. 6, no. 12, Dec. 1845, page 385
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 13
   [Era], vol. 17, no. 875, 1 July 1855, page 10
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1158, 2 Dec. 1860, page 13
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1259, 9 Nov. 1862, page 13
   [FLIN], 19 Jan. 1856
   [FLIN], 2 Feb. 1856
   [FLIN], 4 Oct. 1856
   [ILN], vol. 7, no. 187, 29 Nov. 1845, page 352
   [ILN], vol. 35, no. 1000, 29 Oct. 1859, page 428
   [NR], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1860, page 10, 30
   [NR], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1861, page 123
   [NYSP], 27 Oct. 1860
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 11, 15 Nov. 1845, page 524
   [SoT], 14 Feb. 1846

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Picquet, A.F. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1838         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
O'Sullivan, J.L. - Spreckley, G.S. 1845         (s)     1   -   1
O'Sullivan, J.L. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1845         (c)     1   -   0
Horwitz, B. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1845         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Pulling, W. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1845         (c)     3.5   -   0.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1855         (f)     22.5   -   4.5

Tournament data

New York 1854     New York Chess Club Tournament    
  O'Sullivan, J.L. - Loyd, T.     2 - 3    


Player information updated: 27 Oct. 2019