Newman, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1882  79  2359 (62) 17
1883  82  2373 (60) 2
1884  77  2388 (56) 6
1885  54  2422 (54) 0
1886  39  2456 (46) 21
1887  44  2449 (46) 17
1888  42  2452 (53) 0
1889  35  2455 (53) 10
1890  43  2442 (61) 0
1891  55  2428 (66) 0
1892  59  2415 (68) 0
1893  59  2401 (67) 0
1894  69  2388 (62) 0
1895  81  2375 (54) 4
1896  86  2365 (45) 17
1897  87  2359 (40) 23
1898  75  2378 (42) 12
1899  60  2408 (41) 16
1900  52  2418 (39) 24
1901  88  2367 (44) 16
1902  113  2341 (53) 8
1903  142  2316 (67) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Newman, Charles John  
Born: 24 Apr. 1856
Died: 18 May 1903
 
Notes:
Gaige gives date of death as 18-05-1903; Hilbert gives 05-05-1903 o p.39 of his book on Shipley, but 24-05-1903 on p.251.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 302
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 232
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 37
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 30, 36, 39, 218, 251
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 15

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Weiss, M. - Newman, C.J. 1889         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
Bird, H.E. - Newman, C.J. 1889         (c)     3   -   4
Pillsbury, H.N. - Newman, C.J. 1898         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1882     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     11  /  17
Philadelphia and New York 1883     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Hanham, J.M.     1 - 1    
Philadelphia 1884 (1)     Philadelphia Chess Club Tournament     4  /  7
Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     16.5  /  21
Philadelphia 1887 (2)     2nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     10.5  /  17      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1895 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Newman, C.J. - Hale, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Newman, C.J. - Barrett, S.R.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Jasnogrodsky, N.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Newman, C.J. - Magee, J.F.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Ferris, W.J.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Bampton, S.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Ettlinger, A.K.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (3)     11th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  13
Philadelphia 1897 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Newman, C.J. - Voigt, H.G.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Robinson, D.S.     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Teimer     1 - 0    
  Newman, C.J. - Bampton, S.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Hanham, J.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     2.5  /  7
Philadelphia 1897 (2)     12th Franklin Chess Club Championship     6  /  11
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Wyeth, D.R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1898 (3)     13th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  11
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Bellingham, G.E.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Roething, O.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1899 (4)     14th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  14
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Ward, W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Delmar, E. (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     13  /  18
  Newman, C.J. - Kemeny, E.     2.5 - 1.5    
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Jacobs, H.L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1901 (5)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  14
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Blake, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Finn, J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1902     Franklin Club Championship     9.5  /  13
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Michell, R.P.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 1 Sept. 2022