Sewall, F.H.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1900  959  1841 (142) 1
1901  934  1858 (140) 0
1902  905  1876 (137) 0
1903  880  1893 (134) 0
1904  880  1910 (131) 0
1905  880  1928 (128) 0
1906  861  1945 (124) 0
1907  870  1963 (120) 0
1908  842  1980 (116) 0
1909  882  1998 (111) 0
1910  853  2015 (105) 0
1911  830  2032 (99) 0
1912  777  2050 (91) 0
1913  746  2067 (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