Sewall, F.H.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1900  954  1837 (142) 1
1901  926  1855 (140) 0
1902  896  1872 (137) 0
1903  868  1889 (134) 0
1904  871  1907 (131) 0
1905  874  1924 (128) 0
1906  857  1941 (124) 0
1907  864  1959 (120) 0
1908  833  1976 (116) 0
1909  874  1994 (111) 0
1910  849  2011 (105) 0
1911  819  2028 (99) 0
1912  769  2046 (91) 0
1913  733  2063 (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