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Oliver, Benjamin 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1838 | 22 | 2338 | (89) | 8 |  
  | 1839 | 23 | 2342 | (81) | 0 |  
  | 1840 | 23 | 2346 | (72) | 10 |  
  | 1841 | 26 | 2353 | (60) | 52 |  
  | 1842 | 31 | 2357 | (62) | 32 |  
  | 1843 | 27 | 2387 | (62) | 21 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Oliver, Benjamin Lynde |  
   | Born: 14 Sep. 1788 |  
   | Died: 18 June 1843 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 368, 377, 385 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 311 |  
   | Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 6 |  
   | Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 154 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 1, July 1899, page 16 |  
   | [Pal], vol. 3, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1843, page 14 |  
   | [ST], no. 1904, 16 Oct. 1859, page supp.3 |  | Web |  
   | Sarah.  [Benjamin Lynde Oliver] |  
   | Sarah.  [William Schlumberger] |  |  | 
 Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
 
  | Oliver, B.L. - Picquet, A.F. 1838 (1) | (c) | 3 | - | 1 |  |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Picquet, A.F. 1838 (2) | (c) | 1 | - | 0 | Oliver, B.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Picquet, A.F. 1838 (3) | (f) | 2 | - | 1 | Oliver, B.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Greene, B.D. 1840 | (f) | 4 | - | 6 | Oliver, B.L. gave odds of a knight |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Schulten, J.W. 1841 (1) | (f) | 12 | - | 8 |  |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Schulten, J.W. 1841 (2) | (f) | 9 | - | 11 |  |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Schulten, J.W. 1841 (3) | (c) | 3 | - | 1 |  |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Vezin, C. 1841 | (c) | 2 | - | 2 |  |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Schulten, J.W. 1841 (4) | (c) | 1 | - | 3 |  |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Russell, L. 1842 | (c) | 3 | - | 2 | Oliver, B.L. gave odds of a knight |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Kielchen, A.P. 1842 | (c) | 0 | - | 3 | Oliver, B.L. gave odds of a rook |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Isnard, M. 1842 | (f) | 15 | - | 12 | Oliver, B.L. gave odds of a knight |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Hammond, G. 1843 | (c) | 3.5 | - | 1.5 | Oliver, B.L. gave odds of a knight |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Rousseau, E. 1843 | (c) | 5.5 | - | 5.5 |  |  
  | Oliver, B.L. - Vezin, C. 1843 | (c) | 3 | - | 2 |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2021 |  
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