Schulten, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1841  27  2338 (58) 80
1842  33  2322 (55) 67
1843  36  2324 (52) 21
1844  35  2344 (47) 66
1845  33  2361 (48) 28
1846  38  2362 (46) 51
1847  38  2365 (55) 0
1848  41  2368 (57) 0
1849  49  2371 (52) 0
1850  47  2373 (40) 250
1851  49  2373 (51) 0
1852  50  2373 (54) 0
1853  52  2372 (49) 26
1854  48  2369 (52) 0
1855  46  2366 (48) 12
1856  69  2316 (42) 97
1857  83  2285 (48) 24
1858  95  2267 (50) 0
1859  115  2248 (43) 67
1860  97  2278 (46) 24
1861  97  2296 (58) 0
1862  87  2314 (65) 0
1863  72  2331 (68) 0
1864  62  2349 (69) 0
1865  53  2367 (67) 3
1866  47  2393 (67) 0
1867  38  2420 (63) 0
1868  31  2446 (56) 26

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Schulten, John William  
Born: 3 Jan. 1821
Died: 25 Dec. 1875
 
Notes:
The date of birth comes from the personal web site of Andreas West, who cites a record in the Zivilstandsregister of the Bürgermeisterei Ratingen (Germany).
 
References
Books
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 94
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 414
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 380
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 73
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 345
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 6
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 60, 300, 375
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 166
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 57
Periodicals
   [BLL], 12 Jan. 1845, page 2
   [BLL], 15 Mar. 1846, page 3
   [BLL], no. 2516, 2 Oct. 1869, page 8
   [BLL], no. 2562, 12 May 1870, page 8
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 4, Apr. 1852, page 121
   [Era], vol. 30, no. 1553, 28 June 1868, page 6
   [Era], vol. 31, no. 1594, 11 Apr. 1869, page 5
   [FLIN], 2 Feb. 1856
   [ILN], vol. 23, no. 658, 17 Dec. 1853, page 515
   [ILN], vol. 29, no. 824, 11 Oct. 1856, page 377
   [NR], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1860, page 8, 10
   [NR], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1860, page 75
   [NYTi], vol. 25, no. 7578, 29 Dec. 1875, page 4
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 11, 15 Jan. 1837, page 387
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 6, 15 May 1842, page 248
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1843, page 14
   [Pal], vol. 4, no. 12, 15 Dec. 1844, page 557
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1850, page 173
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 44
   [Str], vol. 2, no. 6, 15 June 1868, page 112, 116
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45
   [SZ], vol. 10, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 73, 75
Web
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   West, Andreas.  [Genealogy research Andreas West]
   Winter, Edward.  ['The Swiss Gambit']
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

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. - Schulten, J.W. 1841 (4)         (c)     1   -   3
Rousseau, E. - Schulten, J.W. 1841 (1)         (c)     7   -   4
Rousseau, E. - Schulten, J.W. 1841 (2)         (f)     10   -   11
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1842         (c)     11   -   1
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - Schulten, J.W. 1842         (c)     3   -   2      Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Schulten, J.W. - Leveque 1842         (c)     27   -   23
Rousseau, E. - Schulten, J.W. 1843         (c)     13   -   8
Stanley, C.H. - Schulten, J.W. 1844 (1)         (f)     13.5   -   11.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1844         (s)     19   -   5
Stanley, C.H. - Schulten, J.W. 1844 (2)         (f)     11.5   -   5.5
Stanley, C.H. - Schulten, J.W. 1845         (f)     15   -   13
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1846         (c)     21   -   0
Schulten, J.W. - Stanley, C.H. 1846 (1)         (f)     13   -   9
Schulten, J.W. - Perigal, G. 1846         (c)     4   -   1
Schulten, J.W. - Stanley, C.H. 1846 (2)         (f)     0   -   3
von der Lasa, T. - Schulten, J.W. 1850         (c)     4   -   1
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1850 (1)         (c)     112   -   39
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1850 (2)         (c)     15.5   -   5.5
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1850 (3)         (c)     53.5   -   15.5
Schulten, J.W. - Laroche, J.A. 1850         (s)     3   -   1
Harrwitz, D. - Schulten, J.W. 1853         (c)     21   -   5
Schulten, J.W. - de Riviere, J.A. 1855         (f)     7   -   5
de Riviere, J.A. - Schulten, J.W. 1856 (1)         (f)     7   -   1
de Riviere, J.A. - Schulten, J.W. 1856 (2)         (f)     63   -   26
Morphy, P.C. - Schulten, J.W. 1857         (c)     23   -   1
Schulten, J.W. - Thompson, J. (1) 1859         (s)     1   -   0
Harrwitz, D. - Schulten, J.W. 1859         (c)     61.5   -   4.5
Schulten, J.W. - Perrin, F. 1860         (c)     12.5   -   11.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Schulten, J.W. 1868 (1)         (c)     8.5   -   0.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Schulten, J.W. 1868 (2)         (c)     2   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Schulten, J.W. 1868         (c)     4.5   -   3.5
Schulten, J.W. - Kolisch, I. 1868         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Schulten, J.W. - Rosenthal, S. 1868         (c)     1.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1865     Berliner Schachgesellschaft Tournament    
  Schulten, J.W. - Neumann, G.R.L.     0 - 2    
  Schulten, J.W. - Knorre, V.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023