| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1857 | 173 | 2013 | (185) | 8 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Smith, Winfield |  | Also known as: W.S., of Milwaukee |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 43 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BuACA], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1858, page 4 |  
   | [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1859, page 102 |  
   | [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 68, Nov. 1875, page 484 |  
   | [FLIN], 4 Oct. 1856 |  
   | [FLIN], 23 Jan. 1858 |  
   | [NSC], 21 Nov. 1875 |  
   | [NYC], 9 Jan. 1858 |  
   | [SDS], 12 Oct. 1857 |  
   | [SoT], 15 Jan. 1859 |  | Web |  
   | Harding, Tim.  [The World's Greatest Chess Library], page 10 |  |  |