Sewall, F.H.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1900  950  1841 (142) 1
1901  920  1858 (140) 0
1902  888  1876 (137) 0
1903  856  1893 (134) 0
1904  864  1910 (131) 0
1905  862  1928 (128) 0
1906  842  1945 (124) 0
1907  847  1963 (120) 0
1908  826  1980 (116) 0
1909  863  1998 (111) 0
1910  842  2015 (105) 0
1911  812  2033 (99) 0
1912  765  2050 (91) 0
1913  729  2068 (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 1913 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     5  /  10


Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025