Johnston, Sidney
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1889 |
240 |
2208 | (102) | 5 |
| 1890 |
242 |
2217 | (95) | 0 |
| 1891 |
233 |
2226 | (88) | 0 |
| 1892 |
231 |
2235 | (78) | 0 |
| 1893 |
223 |
2244 | (67) | 15 |
| 1894 |
206 |
2260 | (67) | 0 |
| 1895 |
184 |
2276 | (63) | 4 |
| 1896 |
140 |
2310 | (60) | 6 |
| 1897 |
107 |
2338 | (58) | 0 |
| 1898 |
81 |
2366 | (50) | 13 |
| 1899 |
52 |
2412 | (46) | 18 |
| 1900 |
50 |
2417 | (44) | 16 |
| 1901 |
54 |
2404 | (50) | 0 |
| 1902 |
75 |
2390 | (47) | 7 |
| 1903 |
56 |
2415 | (45) | 35 |
| 1904 |
76 |
2386 | (61) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Johnston, Sidney Paine |
| Born: 29 Nov. 1869 |
| Died: 19 Mar. 1905 |
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| Notes: |
| Presumably not the same as Sidney L. Johnston (Winter, A Chess Omnibus, p.34)? |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 196 |
| Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 199 |
| Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 282, 302 |
| Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 269 |
| Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 45, 80, 80, 204 |
| Urcan, Julius Finn, page 103 |
| Periodicals |
| [BDE], vol. 58, no. 29, 30 Jan. 1898, page 27 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Phillips, D.T. - Johnston, S.P. 1889 |
(f) |
0 | - | 5 |
Phillips, D.T. gave odds of a knight |
| Uedemann, L. - Johnston, S.P. 1893 |
(f) |
3 | - | 5 |
Uedemann, L. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Phillips, D.T. - Johnston, S.P. 1893 |
(f) |
2 | - | 5 |
Phillips, D.T. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Uedemann, L. - Johnston, S.P. 1898 |
(f) |
3 | - | 3 |
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| Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W. 1898 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L. 1899 |
(f) |
5 | - | 1 |
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| Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, D.T. 1899 |
(f) |
5.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Marshall, F.J. - Johnston, S.P. 1900 |
(f) |
8 | - | 7 |
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| Howell, C.S. - Johnston, S.P. 1902 |
(c) |
4.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Johnston, S.P. - Kemeny, E. 1902 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Johnston, S.P. - Eppens, J.C. 1903 |
(f) |
2 | - | 1 |
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Tournament data
| Illinois 1895 |
2nd Illinois State Chess Association Tournament |
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Johnston, S.P. - Eyler, J.H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W. |
1 - 0 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Sonnenschein, M. |
0 - 1 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Baldwin, D.S. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Chicago 1896 |
Chicago Club Quadrangular Championship |
4 | / | 6 |
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| Chicago 1898 |
Illinois State Chess Association Tournament |
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Johnston, S.P. - Lee, H.F. |
1 - 0 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Saulson, C.M. |
1 - 0 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W. |
0 - 1 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Pardee, H.T. |
0 - 1 |
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| Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago 1898 |
Boston - Chicago Telegraphic Match |
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Johnston, S.P. - Walcott, G.H. |
0 - 1 |
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| Chicago 1899 |
Illinois State Chess Association Tournament |
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Johnston, S.P. - Sonnenschein, M. |
1 - 0 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Blanchard, O.M. |
1 - 0 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L. |
1 - 0 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Taylor, J.W. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England and New York 1899 (1) |
4th Anglo-American Cable Match |
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Johnston, S.P. - Locock, C.D. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago 1899 |
Boston - Chicago Telegraphic Match |
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Johnston, S.P. - Barry, J.F. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York and Chicago 1900 |
Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match |
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Johnston, S.P. - Richardson, P. |
1 - 0 |
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| Chicago 1903 (1) |
Chicago Chess and Checker Club Championship |
6.5 | / | 8 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W. |
3 - 1 |
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| Chicago 1903 (2) |
4th Western Chess Association Tournament |
14.5 | / | 17 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Judd, Max |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Philadelphia and Chicago 1904 |
Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match |
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Johnston, S.P. - Voigt, H.G. |
0 - 1 |
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| Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026 |
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