Jesty, Edmund




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1918  516  2086 (62) 6
1919  510  2091 (54) 11
1920  493  2124 (54) 0
1921  453  2158 (47) 10
1922  429  2163 (41) 20
1923  439  2173 (42) 11
1924  476  2166 (41) 15
1925  404  2196 (43) 7
1926  330  2237 (38) 22
1927  268  2271 (38) 22
1928  310  2250 (41) 17
1929  325  2219 (48) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Jesty, Edmund Tom  
Born: 1885
Died: 23 July 1959
 
Notes:
Full name and birth and death dates sent to me by Gerard Killoran from the National Probate Calendar of 1959 and the Supplement to the London Gazette. Feenstra Kuiper has 'Yesty'; Skinner and Verhoeven have both 'Justy' and 'E. Jesty'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 308
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 327
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 106
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 498
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 195, 260, 339
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 123
Periodicals
   [LG], 4 Jan. 1943, page S69

Tournament data

London, England 1918 (1)     28th City of London Club Championship     2  /  6
London, England 1919 (1)     29th City of London Club Championship     2.5  /  11
Broadstairs 1921 (4)     16th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Preliminary Section D     4  /  5
Broadstairs 1921 (7)     16th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Final Section A     2  /  5
London, England 1922 (2)     British Chess Federation Congress - Minor Tournament     4.5  /  11
London, England 1922 (4)     City of London Club Championship     3  /  9
Portsmouth 1923 (3)     16th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open Tournament     5  /  11
London, England 1924 (2)     City of London Club Championship     4  /  15
Hastings 1925 (4)     5th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves     4  /  7
Hastings 1926 (2)     6th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Tournament     4.5  /  9
London, England 1926 (5)     36th City of London Club Championship     6.5  /  13
Tunbridge Wells 1927 (2)     21st Kent County Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament     4.5  /  7
London, England 1927 (10)     37th City of London Club Championship     10.5  /  15
London, England 1928 (2)     38th City of London Club Championship     9  /  17
London, England 1929 (2)     39th City of London Club Championship     5.5  /  14

Player information updated: 17 Jun. 2020