Johnston, Sidney




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  25  2462 (61) 7
1900  31  2454 (52) 15
1901  33  2449 (57) 0
1902  38  2444 (57) 2
1903  43  2439 (54) 23
1904  64  2410 (68) 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
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L. 1899         (f)     5   -   1
Marshall, F.J. - Johnston, S.P. 1900         (f)     8   -   7
Johnston, S.P. - Kemeny, E. 1902         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Johnston, S.P. - Eppens, J.C. 1903         (f)     2   -   1

Tournament data

London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Johnston, S.P. - Locock, C.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
Chicago 1903     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: 7 Nov. 2023