Sewall, F.H.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1900  954  1839 (142) 1
1901  931  1857 (140) 0
1902  902  1874 (137) 0
1903  878  1891 (134) 0
1904  880  1909 (131) 0
1905  878  1926 (128) 0
1906  861  1944 (124) 0
1907  867  1961 (120) 0
1908  837  1978 (116) 0
1909  877  1996 (111) 0
1910  852  2013 (105) 0
1911  824  2031 (99) 0
1912  774  2048 (91) 0
1913  734  2065 (83) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Sewall, F.H.  
Born: 26 May 1882
Died: Jan. 1982
 
Notes:
Sergeant has 'F.H. Sewell'. The American Chess Magazine of Jan. 1899 has both 'F.H. Sewell' (pp.295, 314) and 'Sewall' (p.320), the issue of June 1899 has 'Sewall' (p.513), the issue of Oct.-Nov. 1899 (p.173) has 'F. Sewall', and the issue of Dec. 1899 (p.245) has 'F.H. Sewall'. The American Chess Bulletin has 'F.H. Sewall' in several places (e.g. May 1913, p.108).
 
References
Books
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 366
Periodicals
   [ACB], vol. 10, no. 5, May 1913, page 108
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 7, Jan. 1899, page 295, 295, 314, 320
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 12, June 1899, page 513
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 4, Oct. 1899, page 173
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 6, Dec. 1899, page 245
Web
   [Frank Houghton Sewall]

Tournament data

New York 1898 (11)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Third Round    
  Sewall, F.H. - Baxter, J.K.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (12)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Fourth Round    
  Sewall, F.H. - Baxter, J.K.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York (?) 1900     2nd Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - Ellis, G.E.H.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York (?) 1901     3rd Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - Lane, H.F.W.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York (?) 1902     4th Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - Grundy, W.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1907 (3)     Manhattan Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Sewall, F.H. - King, S.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1913 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     5  /  10


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025