Schulten, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1841  27  2337 (58) 80
1842  33  2321 (55) 67
1843  36  2323 (52) 21
1844  35  2343 (47) 66
1845  33  2360 (48) 28
1846  39  2361 (46) 51
1847  37  2364 (55) 0
1848  38  2366 (57) 0
1849  47  2369 (52) 0
1850  45  2371 (40) 250
1851  49  2371 (51) 0
1852  50  2371 (54) 0
1853  52  2370 (49) 26
1854  50  2367 (52) 0
1855  47  2364 (48) 12
1856  67  2314 (42) 97
1857  84  2284 (48) 24
1858  99  2265 (50) 0
1859  118  2246 (43) 67
1860  100  2278 (46) 24
1861  99  2297 (58) 0
1862  89  2317 (64) 0
1863  70  2337 (68) 0
1864  61  2356 (68) 0
1865  52  2376 (65) 3
1866  43  2406 (64) 0
1867  31  2435 (59) 0
1868  24  2465 (50) 26
1869  24  2465 (58) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Schulten, John William  
   Also known as: Johann Wilhelm Schulten
Born: Mar. 1814
Died: 25 Dec. 1875
 
Notes:
The personal web site of Andreas West has date of birth of a Johann Wilhelm Schulten as 3 Jan. 1821, in Ratingen, citing a record in the Zivilstandsregister of the Bürgermeisterei Ratingen (Germany). His English Wikipedia page also has 1821. Chessgames.com has date of birth as about 1814, based apparently on birth and death records of a Johann Wilhelm Schulten born in Dusseldorf and died 25 Dec. 1875 at age 61 years, 9 months, reported by 'Tabanus'. It is not clear which birth record is the right one, but I will guess that Tabanus has it right.
 
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 Mar. 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
   [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1864, page 51
   [NBSZ], vol. 5, no. 5, May 1868, page 160
   [NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1869, page 48
   [NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 11, Nov. 1869, page 322
   [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 5, May 1871, page 130
   [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
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 7, 1 July 1872, page 49
   [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
   [SZ], vol. 16, no. 4, Apr. 1861, page 130
   [SZ], vol. 24, no. 2, Feb. 1869, page 58
   [SZ], vol. 24, no. 6, June 1869, page 177
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 6, June 1870, page 176
Web
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   West, Andreas.  [Genealogy research Andreas West]
   Winter, Edward.  ['The Swiss Gambit']
   [John William Schulten]
   [John William Schulten]
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
Schulten, J.W. - Minckwitz, J. 1869         (c)     4   -   3

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: 17 Jul. 2025