Newman, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1882  90  2350 (62) 17
1883  88  2364 (60) 2
1884  86  2379 (56) 6
1885  58  2413 (54) 0
1886  41  2447 (46) 21
1887  47  2439 (46) 17
1888  46  2443 (53) 0
1889  35  2446 (53) 10
1890  45  2432 (61) 0
1891  55  2419 (66) 0
1892  62  2405 (68) 0
1893  68  2391 (67) 0
1894  78  2377 (62) 0
1895  95  2364 (54) 4
1896  96  2354 (45) 17
1897  94  2344 (40) 23
1898  83  2363 (42) 12
1899  66  2392 (40) 16
1900  58  2401 (39) 24
1901  101  2352 (44) 16
1902  125  2327 (53) 8
1903  158  2303 (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, Emil Kemeny, page 181
   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    
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  14
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Jacobs, H.L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Newman, C.J. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
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: 7 Nov. 2023