Kemény, Emil




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  79  2390 (51) 11
1891  61  2411 (38) 33
1892  41  2445 (36) 36
1893  35  2470 (41) 17
1894  20  2510 (42) 26
1895  19  2515 (42) 19
1896  25  2490 (41) 16
1897  29  2477 (41) 11
1898  34  2450 (40) 18
1899  23  2461 (37) 29
1900  49  2420 (38) 24
1901  65  2388 (43) 15
1902  85  2370 (49) 3
1903  96  2358 (50) 0
1904  108  2346 (44) 25
1905  98  2361 (50) 16

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kemény, Emil  
Born: 13 Jan. 1860
Died: 1 May 1925
 
Notes:
Barcza (p.234) mentions the possibility that he was actually born in 1851, but this seems uncertain.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 156, 234
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 190
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 308
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 158
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 209
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 34, 297
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 98, 412
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 18
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 130
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [Emil Kemeny and the Value of Correspondence Chess: An Historical Perspective]
   Sarah.  [Cast of Characters]

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

Kemeny, E. - Halpern, J.C. 1890         (f)     7   -   4
Kemeny, E. - Huntington, W.S. 1891         (f)     5   -   1
Hanham, J.M. - Kemeny, E. 1891         (f)     5   -   4
Pillsbury, H.N. - Kemeny, E. 1893         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Kemeny, E. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1895         (c)     1   -   0
Showalter, J.W. - Kemeny, E. 1896         (f)     9   -   6
Showalter, J.W. - Kemeny, E. 1897         (c)     1   -   1
Hodges, A.B. - Kemeny, E. 1897         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Kemeny, E. 1899         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Kemeny, E. - Landreth, L.S. 1900         (c)     0   -   1      Kemeny, E. gave odds of a knight
Johnston, S.P. - Kemeny, E. 1902         (c)     1.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Budapest 1889 (2)     Pest Chess Circle Knockout Tournament    
  Kemeny, E. - Ehrenstein, M.     0 - 1    
New York 1891 (1)     13th New York State Championship    
  Kemeny, E. - Richards, G.H.     1 - 0    
  Kemeny, E. - Dalton, W.R.I.     1 - 0    
  Kemeny, E. - Ford, E.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Kemeny, E. - Baird, D.G.     0 - 1    
Skaneateles 1891 (2)     4th New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - Staats Zeitung Trophy Tournament     4.5  /  7
New York 1891 (4)     City Club Handicap Tournament    
  Kemeny, E. - Yeaton, F.H.     1 - 0          Kemeny, E. gave odds of a knight
New York 1891 (6)     City Club Championship     7  /  12
New York 1892 (1)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Thompson, C.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1892 (2)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Eno, W.F.     1 - 0    
New York 1892 (4)     14th New York State Championship    
  Kemeny, E. - Baird, D.G.     0 - 1    
  Kemeny, E. - Lisle, A.C.     1 - 0    
  Kemeny, E. - Ferris, W.J.     1 - 0    
  Kemeny, E. - Stubbs, H.D.     0 - 1    
New York 1892 (6)     City Club Handicap Tournament     29  /  36
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1892     Junior Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Bampton, S.W.     1 - 0    
Skaneateles 1892 (1)     New York State Chess Association Tournament     6.5  /  8
New York 1892 (7)     Brooklyn Club Championship     14  /  18
  Kemeny, E. - Hanham, J.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Kemeny, E. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1893 (1)     8th Franklin Chess Club Championship     14  /  18
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Richardson, P.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1894 (2)     9th Franklin Chess Club Championship     23  /  24
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Hymes, C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1895 (2)     10th Franklin Chess Club Championship     16  /  18
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Hanham, J.M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Showalter, J.W.     1 - 0    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     4.5  /  7
Philadelphia 1898 (3)     13th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  11
Lake Keuka 1898     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     4.5  /  7
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Lipschutz, S.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1899 (4)     14th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10.5  /  14
  Kemeny, E. - Voigt, H.G.     4 - 2    
Saratoga Springs 1899     New York State Chess Association - Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament     4.5  /  7
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Lipschutz, S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     13  /  18
  Kemeny, E. - Newman, C.J.     1.5 - 2.5    
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Lipschutz, S.     0 - 1    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Hymes, E.     1 - 0    
Saint Louis 1904 (1)     7th American Chess Congress - Minor Tournament     8  /  13
Saint Louis 1904 (2)     7th American Chess Congress - Major Tournament     6.5  /  12
Chicago 1905 (1)     Illinois Chess Association Championship    
  Kemeny, E. - Lee, A.V.     1 - 0    
  Kemeny, E. - Lee, H.F.     0 - 1    
  Kemeny, E. - Adair, Ja.     1 - 0    
New York and Chicago 1905 (1)     Manhattan Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Fox, A.W.     0 - 1    
Chicago 1905 (2)     Chicago Club Championship     18  /  19
Philadelphia and Chicago 1905     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checker Club Telegraph Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Robinson, D.S.     0 - 1    
New York and Chicago 1905 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Kemeny, E. - Howell, C.S.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024