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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

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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