Johnston, Sidney




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1889  232  2207 (102) 5
1890  242  2216 (95) 0
1891  233  2225 (88) 0
1892  228  2233 (79) 0
1893  217  2242 (67) 15
1894  196  2258 (67) 0
1895  183  2274 (64) 4
1896  138  2308 (60) 6
1897  105  2336 (58) 0
1898  82  2363 (50) 13
1899  53  2409 (46) 18
1900  50  2414 (44) 16
1901  55  2400 (50) 0
1902  74  2386 (48) 7
1903  58  2408 (48) 27
1904  79  2380 (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

Illinois 1895     2nd Illinois State Chess Association Tournament    
  Johnston, S.P. - Eyler, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Johnston, S.P. - Phillips, C.W.     1 - 0    
  Johnston, S.P. - Sonnenschein, M.     0 - 1    
  Johnston, S.P. - Baldwin, D.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Chicago 1896     Chicago Club Quadrangular Championship     4  /  6
Chicago 1898     Illinois State 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    
Chicago 1899     Illinois State Chess Association Tournament    
  Johnston, S.P. - Sonnenschein, M.     1 - 0    
  Johnston, S.P. - Blanchard, O.M.     1 - 0    
  Johnston, S.P. - Uedemann, L.     1 - 0    
  Johnston, S.P. - Taylor, J.W.     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: 24 Aug. 2025