Heppell, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1879  122  2249 (77) 11
1880  132  2249 (79) 0
1881  148  2250 (79) 0
1882  154  2250 (78) 0
1883  169  2251 (75) 0
1884  180  2251 (70) 0
1885  183  2252 (62) 5
1886  207  2237 (57) 6
1887  203  2243 (58) 7
1888  206  2247 (62) 1
1889  201  2243 (65) 2
1890  236  2221 (68) 1
1891  256  2198 (70) 1
1892  293  2184 (71) 1
1893  317  2168 (72) 1
1894  326  2166 (73) 2
1895  353  2151 (73) 0
1896  372  2136 (72) 2
1897  392  2130 (71) 6
1898  414  2129 (79) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Heppell, James Thomas  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Chess Tournament Crosstables has Heppel; Di Felice and Forster have James Thomas Heppell. The Chess Player's Chronicle and the British Chess Magazine consistently have 'J.T. Heppell'. The Daily News of 24 June 1885 (p.3) has 'G.P. Heppel'; and the Daily News of 27 June 1885 (p.6) has 'G.T. Heppel', as does the Chess Monthly of July 1885 (p.325). The Chess Monthly of Jan. 1885 (p.131) has 'J.T. Heppell'. I am guessing that these players are the same.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 226
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 961
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 523, 576
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 132
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 108
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1881, page 10
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1884, page 203
   [BCM], vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1885, page 68
   [BCM], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1886, page 261
   [CML], vol. 6, no. 5, Jan. 1885, page 131
   [CML], vol. 6, no. 11, July 1885, page 325
   [CPC], vol. 5, no. 49, 4 Jan. 1881, page 7
   [CPC], vol. 8, no. 226, 5 Nov. 1884, page 191
   [CPC], vol. 9, no. 278, 9 Dec. 1885, page 255
   [DN], no. 12231, 24 June 1885, page 3
   [DN], no. 12234, 27 June 1885, page 6
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13

Tournament data

London, England 1879 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Heppell, J.T. - Mellor, W. (2)     1 - 0          Mellor, W. (2) gave odds of the move
  Heppell, J.T. - Pfahl, J.     1 - 0          Pfahl, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Heppell, J.T. - Eschwege, H.     1 - 0          Eschwege, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Heppell, J.T. - Sandifer     1 - 0          Sandifer gave odds of pawn and move
  Heppell, J.T. - Lord, F.W.     2 - 1          Lord, F.W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Heppell, J.T. - Bird, H.E.     2.5 - 1.5          Bird, H.E. gave odds of a rook
London, England 1885 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Lewis, F.H.     1 - 0    
London, England 1885 (7)     British Chess Association - Tennyson Prize Tournament     3  /  4
London, England 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Ballard, W.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1886 (9)     British Chess Club 2nd Class Tourney     1  /  5
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Ballard, W.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1887 (5)     3rd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship, Section A     4.5  /  7
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Ranken, C.E.     1 - 0    
London, England 1889 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Minchin, J.I.     1 - 0    
London, England 1889 (4)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Skipworth, A.B.     1 - 0    
London, England 1890 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Trenchard, H.W.     0 - 1    
London, England 1892 (6)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Downey, F.T.     0 - 1    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Riddell, J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (6)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Evans, W.J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - van Lennep, N.W.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Ingoldsby, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1897 (1)     Cable Team Selection Tournament     1  /  6
London, England 1898 (1)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Manlove, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1898 (2)     British Chess Club - United Universities Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Sergeant, P.W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1898 (4)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Heppell, J.T. - Coburn, H.I.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025