Hymes, Edward




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1889  121  2323 (88) 3
1890  121  2325 (80) 1
1891  105  2344 (73) 1
1892  98  2361 (65) 1
1893  69  2390 (55) 4
1894  52  2417 (46) 17
1895  47  2429 (49) 7
1896  50  2413 (52) 5
1897  55  2407 (56) 1
1898  57  2405 (55) 3
1899  59  2402 (53) 3
1900  61  2401 (50) 13
1901  70  2389 (57) 3
1902  107  2350 (63) 3
1903  128  2326 (70) 2
1904  176  2300 (78) 0
1905  224  2274 (84) 2
1906  242  2266 (93) 0
1907  271  2259 (101) 0
1908  289  2251 (108) 0
1909  320  2244 (114) 0
1910  332  2236 (119) 0
1911  361  2228 (124) 0
1912  370  2221 (128) 0
1913  380  2213 (133) 0
1914  377  2206 (137) 0
1915  369  2198 (140) 0
1916  394  2191 (143) 0
1917  417  2183 (147) 0
1918  432  2176 (149) 0
1919  470  2168 (152) 0
1920  521  2161 (155) 0
1921  588  2153 (157) 0
1922  631  2146 (159) 0
1923  711  2138 (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