John S Ryan
Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1880 to 1895
Overall record: +9 -21 =4 (32.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (6)      C61 C67 C66 C65 C60	With the Black pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      A40  French Defense (4)      C00 C01

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Ware vs J S Ryan, 1880 0-1
   J S Ryan vs P Ware, 1880 1-0

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J S Ryan vs E Delmar   0-1 45 1880 5th American Chess Congress C42 Petrov Defense 2. Mackenzie vs J S Ryan 1-0 34 1880 5th American Chess Congress C00 French Defense 3. J S Ryan vs M Judd   0-1 60 1880 5th American Chess Congress C53 Giuoco Piano 4. J S Ryan vs Sellman   0-1 33 1880 5th American Chess Congress C42 Petrov Defense 5. E Delmar vs J S Ryan   1-0 53 1880 5th American Chess Congress A02 Bird's Opening 6. P Ware vs J S Ryan 0-1 81 1880 5th American Chess Congress A40 Queen's Pawn Game 7. M Judd vs J S Ryan   1-0 38 1880 5th American Chess Congress C00 French Defense 8. J S Ryan vs J Grundy   0-1 47 1880 5th American Chess Congress D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. J S Ryan vs C Moehle   0-1 50 1880 5th American Chess Congress A84 Dutch 10. J S Ryan vs P Ware   1-0 56 1880 5th American Chess Congress B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 11. J S Ryan vs J A Congdon   0-1 55 1880 5th American Chess Congress C02 French, Advance 12. J Grundy vs J S Ryan   ½-½ 57 1880 5th American Chess Congress C00 French Defense 13. C Moehle vs J S Ryan 1-0 56 1880 5th American Chess Congress C01 French, Exchange 14. J S Ryan vs A Cohnfeld   1-0 46 1880 5th American Chess Congress C00 French Defense 15. J A Congdon vs J S Ryan   0-1 39 1880 5th American Chess Congress C77 Ruy Lopez 16. J S Ryan vs Mackenzie 0-1 76 1880 5th American Chess Congress A84 Dutch 17. A Cohnfeld vs J S Ryan   0-1 34 1880 5th American Chess Congress A40 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Sellman vs J S Ryan   1-0 51 1880 5th American Chess Congress C77 Ruy Lopez 19. Lasker vs J S Ryan   1-0 33 1892 New York sim A40 Queen's Pawn Game 20. J S Ryan vs Lasker   0-1 64 1892 New York Match A00 Uncommon Opening 21. J S Ryan vs E Delmar   0-1 40 1893 NYSCA Championship B30 Sicilian 22. J S Ryan vs Lasker 0-1 54 1893 New York B30 Sicilian 23. Pillsbury vs J S Ryan 1-0 54 1893 3, New York B06 Robatsch 24. J M Hanham vs J S Ryan 1-0 38 1893 New York Impromptu Tournament B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 25. J S Ryan vs Gossip 1-0 48 1893 New York Impromptu Tournament C60 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36

Aug-21-08    myschkin: . . . Autsch! "YOUNG NEW YORKER INJURED: John S. Ryan Rises from Sick Bed to Ride Into Barbed Wire" http://tinyurl.com/66rjo4 besides: <Fifth American Chess Congress> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ... and in 1884 he became 1st at the Manhattan CC Championship!

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