Edo Historical Chess Ratings



Hewitt, Thomas





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  138  2078 (129) 1
1871  138  2089 (126) 1
1872  132  2096 (124) 0
1873  143  2103 (123) 0
1874  145  2110 (121) 0
1875  144  2117 (119) 0
1876  158  2124 (116) 0
1877  146  2132 (113) 0
1878  147  2139 (109) 0
1879  145  2146 (105) 0
1880  156  2153 (101) 0
1881  170  2160 (95) 0
1882  172  2167 (88) 0
1883  187  2174 (80) 0
1884  185  2181 (71) 0
1885  190  2188 (58) 15
1886  199  2174 (61) 0
1887  224  2159 (60) 15
1888  235  2139 (72) 0
1889  252  2118 (82) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hewitt, Thomas  
   Also known as: Sir Thomas Hewitt
Born: 1836
Died: 8 Jan. 1923
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 9-01-1836 and 8-01-1837. There was a player named 'Hewitt' at a tournament of the 'Stamford Institution' (in London?) in 1856 (Illustrated London News, 16 Feb. 1856, p.187)? Also, a 'Hewett' who was in the Westminster Club in 1868 (Illustrated London News, 9 May 1868, p.475).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 131
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 961
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 172
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 2, 13
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 145, 191, 195
Periodicals
   [ILN], vol. 48, 16 June 1866, page 595
   [ILN], vol. 50, 11 May 1867, page 482
   [ILN], vol. 70, 20 Jan. 1877, page 71
   [WP], vol. 3, 1 Aug. 1870, page 56
   [WP], vol. 4, 1 July 1871, page 47

Tournament data

London 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Smith, T. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
London 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Argall, H.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
London 1885 (2)     British Chess Association Tournament     7  /  15
London 1887 (2)     British Chess Club Handicap     7  /  15      odds player in pawn and move class
London 1889 (3)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hewitt, T. - Marett, C.     0 - 1