O'Sullivan, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1838  29  2150 (116) 3
1839  32  2165 (114) 0
1840  35  2181 (112) 0
1841  38  2196 (109) 0
1842  45  2212 (106) 0
1843  49  2227 (102) 0
1844  50  2243 (97) 0
1845  54  2258 (91) 8
1846  63  2249 (93) 0
1847  69  2240 (94) 0
1848  67  2231 (95) 0
1849  90  2223 (94) 0
1850  92  2214 (92) 0
1851  100  2205 (89) 0
1852  93  2196 (85) 0
1853  104  2187 (80) 0
1854  106  2178 (73) 5
1855  115  2171 (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