Johnston, Sidney




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1889  215  2230 (103) 5
1890  224  2239 (97) 0
1891  202  2249 (89) 0
1892  199  2258 (81) 0
1893  180  2268 (70) 15
1894  162  2290 (70) 0
1895  140  2313 (68) 0
1896  116  2335 (63) 6
1897  89  2357 (60) 0
1898  72  2379 (51) 13
1899  46  2421 (48) 14
1900  47  2422 (44) 16
1901  50  2406 (50) 0
1902  69  2391 (49) 7
1903  54  2412 (48) 27
1904  75  2384 (63) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Johnston, Sidney Paine  
Born: 29 Nov. 1869
Died: 19 Mar. 1905
 
Notes:
Presumably not the same as Sidney L. Johnston (Winter, A Chess Omnibus, p.34)?
 
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

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
Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W. 1898         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L. 1899         (f)     5   -   1
Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, D.T. 1899         (f)     5.5   -   0.5
Marshall, F.J. - Johnston, S.P. 1900         (f)     8   -   7
Howell, C.S. - Johnston, S.P. 1902         (c)     4.5   -   0.5
Johnston, S.P. - Kemeny, E. 1902         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Johnston, S.P. - Eppens, J.C. 1903         (f)     2   -   1

Tournament data

Chicago 1896     Chicago Club Quadrangular Championship     4  /  6
Chicago 1898     Illinois Chess Association Tournament    
  Johnston, S.P. - Lee, H.F.     1 - 0    
  Johnston, S.P. - Saulson, C.M.     1 - 0    
  Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W.     0 - 1    
  Johnston, S.P. - Pardee, H.T.     0 - 1    
Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago 1898     Boston - Chicago Telegraphic Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Walcott, G.H.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Locock, C.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago 1899     Boston - Chicago Telegraphic Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Barry, J.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York and Chicago 1900     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Richardson, P.     1 - 0    
Chicago 1903 (1)     Chicago Chess and Checker Club Championship    
  Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W.     3 - 1    
Chicago 1903 (2)     4th Western Chess Association Tournament     14.5  /  17
  Johnston, S.P. - Judd, Max     0.5 - 1.5    
  Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1904     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Voigt, H.G.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025