Bampton, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1886  404  2075 (47) 24
1887  370  2105 (43) 20
1888  404  2083 (39) 35
1889  384  2092 (43) 18
1890  352  2132 (49) 0
1891  296  2172 (44) 11
1892  195  2259 (39) 25
1893  137  2305 (37) 31
1894  140  2305 (35) 45
1895  103  2347 (34) 44
1896  78  2378 (36) 34
1897  71  2377 (37) 24
1898  89  2355 (36) 28
1899  86  2361 (35) 34
1900  113  2336 (38) 20
1901  126  2329 (40) 19
1902  134  2314 (46) 7
1903  143  2311 (49) 1
1904  135  2324 (45) 9
1905  129  2333 (42) 18
1906  156  2316 (45) 9
1907  201  2294 (45) 15
1908  271  2258 (48) 4
1909  326  2238 (46) 19
1910  375  2211 (53) 1
1911  483  2178 (54) 15
1912  511  2159 (68) 0
1913  549  2141 (78) 0
1914  571  2123 (87) 0
1915  590  2104 (94) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bampton, Samuel Warren  
Born: 3 Sep. 1863
Died: 28 Mar. 1952
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 300
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 22
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 26, 87
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 45, 216
   Hilbert, Napier, page 4
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 120, 430
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 431
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 198
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 16
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 17
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 115
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [More Recovered Chess Games: Steinitz, Pillsbury, Lasker and Capablanca]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Walbrodt, C.A. - Bampton, S.W. 1893         (c)     0.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5  /  24      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1887 (1)     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ferris, W.J.     0 - 1    
Wilmington 1887     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Knox, J.L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1887 (3)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     12  /  18
New York 1888 (1)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (1)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Densmore, D.J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1888 (1)     3rd Franklin Chess Club Championship     5  /  12      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1888 (2)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (2)    
  Bampton, S.W. - Schweitzer (2)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1888 (3)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     7.5  /  23
Philadelphia 1889 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     10  /  22
Philadelphia 1891 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     3  /  11
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1892     Junior Club - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Kemeny, E.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1892 (1)     7th Franklin Chess Club Championship     4.5  /  10
Philadelphia 1892 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     12.5  /  16
Philadelphia 1893 (1)     8th Franklin Chess Club Championship     12  /  18
Philadelphia 1893 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     10.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1894 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Magee, J.F.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - White, E.A.     0 - 1    
  Bampton, S.W. - Maguire, E.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Olly, E.N.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Olly, E.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1894 (2)     9th Franklin Chess Club Championship     15.5  /  24
Philadelphia 1894 (3)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Voigt, H.G.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ferris, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1894 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     10.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1895 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hoban, P.J.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - White, E.A.     0 - 1    
  Bampton, S.W. - Robinson, D.S.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rocamora, S.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Skaneateles 1895 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     4  /  6
Philadelphia 1895 (2)     10th Franklin Chess Club Championship     16.5  /  22
Philadelphia 1895 (6)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     11.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1896 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Morgan, J.P.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Perry-Smith, O.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Newman, C.J.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Shipley, W.P.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Jasnogrodsky, N.     0 - 1    
Ontario Beach 1896 (1)     9th New York State Chess Association Summer Congress     6  /  7
Philadelphia 1896 (3)     11th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8  /  13
Philadelphia 1896 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     8.5  /  9
Philadelphia 1897 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Maguire, E.S.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ferris, W.J.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Sweeney, F.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Newman, C.J.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Isaacson, C.B.     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     4.5  /  6
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Maguire, E.S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1897 (6)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     5  /  5
Philadelphia 1898 (1)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     6  /  8
Philadelphia 1898 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Boice, W.S.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Wyeth, D.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Bampton, S.W. - Pratt, C.H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1898 (3)     13th Franklin Chess Club Championship     5  /  11
Lake Keuka 1898     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     5  /  7
Philadelphia 1899 (1)     14th Junior Chess Club Championship     7  /  9
Philadelphia 1899 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Elson, J.     0 - 1    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rhodes (1)     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hoopes, W.     1 - 0    
  Bampton, S.W. - Young, J.W. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1899 (4)     14th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9.5  /  14
Saratoga Springs 1899     New York State Chess Association - Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament     4  /  7
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Jacobs, H.L.     0 - 1    
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Schmidt, L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  18
Philadelphia 1901 (2)     Junior Chess Club Championship     8  /  11
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  14
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Jackson, E.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     1 - 0    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Keidanski, H.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1902     Franklin Club Championship     9.5  /  13
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Hymes, E.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1904     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Uedemann, L.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1904 (1)     19th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10.5  /  12
  Bampton, S.W. - Shipley, W.P.     1.5 - 0.5    
  Bampton, S.W. - Mlotkowski, S.     1 - 1    
New York 1904 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Fox, A.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1905     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checker Club Telegraph Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Lee, H.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Roething, O.     0 - 1    
Sylvan Beach 1905 (1)     18th New York State Chess Association Meeting - Rice Trophy Competition     3  /  6
Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  10
New York 1906 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Fox, A.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1906     21st Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  10
London, England and New York 1907 (1)     9th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Ward, W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1907 (3)     22nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  13
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rosenfeld, Her.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1908 (3)     Junior Chess Club Championship     5  /  7
Philadelphia 1909 (3)     12th Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Bampton, S.W. - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Rosenbaum, H.W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1909 (5)     24th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  11
Philadelphia 1909 (7)     Junior Chess Club Championship     6.5  /  9
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Goldberg, A. (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Meyer, L.B.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1911 (6)     26th Franklin Club Championship     6  /  14
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bampton, S.W. - Schneider, A.F.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025