Hewitt, Thomas

Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1870 |
260 |
2039 | (129) | 1 |
1871 |
264 |
2050 | (125) | 1 |
1872 |
269 |
2057 | (124) | 0 |
1873 |
268 |
2064 | (122) | 0 |
1874 |
278 |
2071 | (121) | 0 |
1875 |
282 |
2078 | (118) | 0 |
1876 |
271 |
2085 | (116) | 0 |
1877 |
244 |
2092 | (113) | 0 |
1878 |
240 |
2099 | (109) | 0 |
1879 |
238 |
2106 | (105) | 0 |
1880 |
245 |
2113 | (100) | 0 |
1881 |
260 |
2120 | (94) | 0 |
1882 |
264 |
2127 | (88) | 0 |
1883 |
286 |
2134 | (80) | 0 |
1884 |
303 |
2141 | (70) | 0 |
1885 |
296 |
2148 | (57) | 15 |
1886 |
324 |
2122 | (59) | 1 |
1887 |
348 |
2110 | (58) | 15 |
1888 |
373 |
2087 | (70) | 0 |
1889 |
410 |
2064 | (79) | 1 |
1890 |
451 |
2050 | (88) | 0 |
1891 |
483 |
2036 | (95) | 0 |
1892 |
535 |
2023 | (102) | 0 |
1893 |
568 |
2009 | (107) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: Hewitt, Thomas |
Also known as: Sir Thomas Hewitt |
Born: 1836 |
Died: 8 Jan. 1923 |
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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). |
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References |
Books |
Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 131 |
Forster, Amos Burn, page 961 |
Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 172 |
Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 67, 360 |
Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 61, 66, 315, 576 |
Harding, Steinitz in London, page 122, 125 |
Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 2, 13 |
Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 145, 191, 195 |
Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 141 |
Periodicals |
[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 155 |
[CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 154 |
[CW], vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 1867, page 27 |
[Era], vol. 29, no. 1494, 12 May 1867, page 14 |
[ILN], vol. 48, no. 1375, 16 June 1866, page 595 |
[ILN], vol. 50, no. 1426, 11 May 1867, page 482 |
[ILN], vol. 70, no. 1958, 20 Jan. 1877, page 71 |
[WP], vol. 1, no. 4, July 1868, page 48 |
[WP], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1870, page 153 |
[WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 56 |
[WP], vol. 4, no. 3, 1 July 1871, page 47 |
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Tournament data
London, England 1870 (1) |
Westminster Club - City of London Club Match |
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Hewitt, T. - Smith, T. (1) |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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London, England 1871 (7) |
Westminster - City of London Club Match |
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Hewitt, T. - Argall, H.K. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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London, England 1885 (9) |
British Chess Association Tournament |
7 | / | 15 |
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Paris 1886 (2) |
British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match |
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Hewitt, T. - Istel (1) |
0 - 1 |
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London, England 1887 (3) |
British Chess Club Handicap |
7 | / | 15 |
odds player in pawn and move class |
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London, England 1889 (4) |
British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match |
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Hewitt, T. - Marett, C. |
0 - 1 |
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Paris 1893 |
British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match |
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Hewitt, T. - Chaseray, C.E. |
0 - 1 |
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Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022 |
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