Hymes, Edward




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1889  121  2324 (88) 3
1890  120  2326 (80) 1
1891  105  2345 (73) 1
1892  98  2362 (65) 1
1893  68  2391 (55) 4
1894  53  2418 (46) 17
1895  48  2430 (49) 7
1896  51  2414 (52) 5
1897  56  2408 (56) 1
1898  57  2406 (55) 3
1899  59  2403 (53) 3
1900  61  2402 (50) 13
1901  70  2390 (57) 3
1902  107  2351 (63) 3
1903  129  2328 (70) 2
1904  176  2301 (78) 0
1905  225  2275 (84) 2
1906  244  2268 (93) 0
1907  273  2260 (101) 0
1908  292  2253 (108) 0
1909  321  2245 (114) 0
1910  335  2237 (119) 0
1911  364  2230 (124) 0
1912  373  2222 (128) 0
1913  386  2215 (133) 0
1914  379  2207 (137) 0
1915  369  2200 (140) 0
1916  400  2192 (143) 0
1917  423  2185 (147) 0
1918  441  2177 (149) 0
1919  475  2169 (152) 0
1920  527  2162 (155) 0
1921  598  2154 (157) 0
1922  634  2147 (159) 0
1923  720  2139 (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