Young, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  253  2192 (70) 1
1885  240  2204 (57) 5
1886  227  2221 (45) 24
1887  203  2248 (43) 17
1888  170  2281 (40) 22
1889  144  2294 (35) 50
1890  165  2281 (38) 19
1891  212  2246 (37) 23
1892  213  2247 (35) 35
1893  201  2259 (38) 17
1894  209  2255 (37) 26
1895  241  2231 (35) 40
1896  216  2243 (37) 25
1897  239  2230 (37) 25
1898  256  2229 (39) 16
1899  273  2221 (38) 29
1900  305  2205 (42) 19
1901  337  2189 (53) 1
1902  381  2172 (58) 1
1903  402  2168 (59) 1
1904  437  2162 (59) 2
1905  483  2148 (56) 2
1906  462  2158 (51) 9
1907  468  2159 (48) 14
1908  456  2170 (52) 4
1909  507  2164 (53) 17
1910  539  2149 (66) 0
1911  597  2134 (75) 1
1912  604  2128 (84) 0
1913  621  2122 (92) 0
1914  621  2116 (98) 0
1915  597  2111 (103) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Young, John Welsh  
Born: 3 Aug. 1866
Died: 23 Oct. 1940
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 79
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 473
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 127
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 26, 215
   Hilbert, Napier, page 3
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 32, 42
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 431
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 57
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 17
   Rogers, New York State Chess Association, page 28, 52
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 303
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [More Recovered Chess Games: Steinitz, Pillsbury, Lasker and Capablanca]
   Hilbert, John S.  [New York 1891: A Day to Remember Part 1], page 4
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Bird, H.E. - Young, J.W. (1) 1889         (c)     5   -   1
Griffith, R.B. - Young, J.W. (1) 1899         (f)     4   -   2

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1884 (2)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Ferris, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Wilmington 1885     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Ferris, W.J.     0.5 - 1.5    
Philadelphia 1885 (1)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Kempa-Pieczonka, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1885 (2)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (3)    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Bertolette, L.A.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1885 (3)     Junior Club - 26th Ward Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Wells, H.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     13.5  /  23      odds player in pawn and move class
Wilmington 1886     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Ferris, W.J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1887 (2)     2nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  16      odds player in pawn and move class
Wilmington 1887     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Bertolette, L.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1888 (1)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (1)    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Isaacson, C.B.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1888 (3)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     17.5  /  23
Philadelphia 1889 (1)     4th Franklin Chess Club Championship     20  /  26
Philadelphia 1889 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     14  /  21
New York 1890 (3)     12th New York State Championship    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Proeshold, F.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Boardman, A.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Clapp, A.C.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Hanham, J.M.     0 - 1    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Lipschutz, S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1890 (1)     5th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8  /  14
Philadelphia 1890 (2)     Junior Club - Penn Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Finn (1)     1 - 0    
New York 1891 (1)     13th New York State Championship    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Baird, D.G.     0 - 1    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Hopcroft, W.N.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Richards, G.H.     0 - 1    
Skaneateles 1891 (1)     4th New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     4  /  8
Philadelphia 1891 (1)     6th Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1891 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     6.5  /  12
New York 1892 (4)     14th New York State Championship    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Yeaton, F.H.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Stubbs, H.D.     0 - 1    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Voigt, H.G.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1892     Junior Club - New York City Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Halpern, J.C.     0 - 1    
Skaneateles 1892 (2)     New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy, First Class     2  /  7
Philadelphia 1892 (1)     7th Franklin Chess Club Championship     6.5  /  10
Philadelphia 1892 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     9.5  /  16
New York 1893 (1)     15th New York State Championship    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Ryan, J.S.     0 - 1    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Hymes, E.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Halpern, J.C.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1893 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     9.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1894 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Wistar, D.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Morgan, M.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Robinson, D.S.     0 - 1    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Barrett, S.R.     0 - 1    
Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     4  /  7
Philadelphia 1894 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     11  /  14
  Young, J.W. (1) - Morgan, M.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - de Visser, W.M.     1 - 0    
Skaneateles 1895 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     3.5  /  6
Philadelphia 1895 (2)     10th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  21
Philadelphia 1895 (6)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     8  /  14
New York 1896 (2)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship     1  /  3
Philadelphia 1896 (3)     11th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5  /  13
Philadelphia 1896 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     6  /  9
Philadelphia 1897 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Sweeney, F.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Lipschutz, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     3  /  7
Philadelphia 1897 (2)     12th Franklin Chess Club Championship     3.5  /  10
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Baxter, H.F.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1897 (6)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     4  /  5
Philadelphia 1898 (1)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     4.5  /  8
Philadelphia 1898 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Ferris, W.J.     0 - 1    
Lake Keuka 1898     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     4  /  7
Philadelphia 1899 (1)     14th Junior Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  9
Philadelphia 1899 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Griffith, R.B.     0 - 1    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Blakemore, J.P.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Magee, J.F.     1 - 0    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Bampton, S.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Baird, D.G.     0.5 - 0.5    
Saratoga Springs 1899     New York State Chess Association - Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament     2  /  7
Philadelphia 1899 (5)     Franklin Club Tournament - Class A    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Griffith, R.B.     0 - 2    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Hymes, E.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     6.5  /  18
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Koehler, G.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1904     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Madsen, C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1904 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - de Visser, W.M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1905     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checker Club Telegraph Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Madsen, C.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - de Visser, W.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1906 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Jones, J.S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1906     21st Franklin Chess Club Championship     6  /  10
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Jones, J.S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1907 (3)     22nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  13
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Simonson, G.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1908 (3)     Junior Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  7
Philadelphia 1909 (5)     24th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8  /  12
Philadelphia 1909 (7)     Junior Chess Club Championship     5  /  9
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Simonson, G.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Young, J.W. (1) - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025