Hymes, Edward




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1889  124  2320 (88) 3
1890  124  2323 (80) 1
1891  107  2341 (73) 1
1892  98  2358 (65) 1
1893  68  2387 (55) 4
1894  53  2414 (46) 17
1895  48  2427 (49) 7
1896  50  2411 (52) 5
1897  57  2404 (56) 1
1898  58  2403 (55) 3
1899  61  2400 (54) 3
1900  65  2398 (50) 13
1901  73  2385 (57) 3
1902  108  2346 (63) 3
1903  138  2321 (70) 2
1904  192  2293 (78) 0
1905  251  2265 (85) 2
1906  260  2258 (94) 0
1907  291  2251 (101) 0
1908  307  2244 (108) 0
1909  342  2236 (114) 0
1910  352  2229 (119) 0
1911  390  2222 (124) 0
1912  403  2214 (129) 0
1913  415  2207 (133) 0
1914  402  2200 (137) 0
1915  396  2192 (140) 0
1916  423  2185 (144) 0
1917  440  2178 (147) 0
1918  465  2170 (149) 0
1919  491  2163 (152) 0
1920  553  2156 (155) 0
1921  622  2148 (157) 0
1922  661  2141 (159) 0
1923  744  2134 (162) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hymes, Edward  
Born: 13 Sep. 1871
Died: 14 May 1938
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 183
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 122
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 117, 252
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 250
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 100
   Walker, New Jersey Chess Association, page 9
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 86
Periodicals
   [NSC], 24 Feb. 1889
   [NYS], 5 Nov. 1891
   [NYTr], 28 July 1895, page 15
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Living the American Dream: Julius Finn], page 8
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - Hymes, E. 1898         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Janowsky, D.M. - Hymes, E. 1899         (f)     1   -   0
Marshall, F.J. - Hymes, E. 1900         (c)     1   -   1
Lasker, Em. - Hymes, E. 1901         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Lasker, Em. - Hymes, E. 1902         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Plainfield 1889     4th New Jersey State Tournament - Section A     4  /  4
New Brunswick and Elizabeth 1890     5th New Jersey State Tournament - Championship    
  Hymes, E. - Keyes, R.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1891 (5)     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hanham, J.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1892     New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hanham, J.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1893 (1)     15th New York State Championship    
  Hymes, E. - Delmar, E. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
  Hymes, E. - Young, J.W. (1)     0 - 1    
New York 1893 (3)     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1893     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (2)     16th New York State Championship    
  Hymes, E. - Gossip, G.H.D.     1 - 0    
  Hymes, E. - Simonson, G.     0 - 1    
  Hymes, E. - Halpern, J.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Teed, F.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Teed, F.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Bradford, R.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (6)     New York Tournament     6  /  10
New York 1895 (1)     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Jasnogrodsky, N.     1 - 0    
Newark 1895 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Pillsbury, H.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
Newark 1895 (2)     Newark - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Albin, A.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (10)     New York State Championship     2  /  3
New York 1895 (11)     Manhattan - Newark Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Baird, J.W.     1 - 0    
New York 1896 (2)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship     2.5  /  4
London, England and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Locock, C.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1897     2nd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Atkins, H.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Robinson, D.S.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Young, J.W. (1)     1 - 0    
New York 1900 (5)     Manhattan Club Sexangular Tournament     3.5  /  9
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Atkins, H.E.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Kaiser, J.A.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Mills, D.Y.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Kemeny, E.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hymes, E. - Bellingham, G.E.H.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Bampton, S.W.     1 - 0    
New York and Chicago 1905 (1)     Manhattan Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Hymes, E. - Jelinek, V.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Pillsbury, H.N.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (12)     Marshall Club - City College Club Match    
  Hymes, E. - Buss, B.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025