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Edward Hymes

Number of games in database: 53
Years covered: 1891 to 1923
Overall record: +22 -16 =15 (55.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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EDWARD HYMES
(born Sep-13-1871, died May-14-1938, 66 years old) United States of America

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Edward Hymes was a New York attorney whose practice left him little time for competitive play. His one major tournament saw him finish =3rd-4th with Jackson Whipps Showalter at 2nd City Chess Club Tournament (1894), held at New York City in 1894, behind Wilhelm Steinitz and Adolf Albin but ahead of Harry Nelson Pillsbury.

Edward was the youngest of the four Hymes brothers: Cornelius Hymes, Nathaniel Hymes, and Michael Hymes.

He played in all eight Anglo-American Cable Matches from 1896-1903, scoring +1 -1 =6. Father of Wikipedia article: Edward Hymes.

Last updated: 2023-10-17 03:07:53

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Hymes vs J H Park  0-1311891Brooklyn YMCA - Newark MatchC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
2. J H Park vs E Hymes  1-0311891Brooklyn YMCA - Newark MatchA06 Reti Opening
3. E Hymes vs S M Ballou  1-03218921st Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1892/93C66 Ruy Lopez
4. E Hymes vs A Bumstead  1-03318921st Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1892/93C44 King's Pawn Game
5. E Hymes vs S Dickey  1-02918921st Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1892/93B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
6. G B Wilson vs E Hymes  0-13118921st Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1892/93C14 French, Classical
7. A E Skinner vs E Hymes  0-15018921st Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1892/93C02 French, Advance
8. B R Ewing vs E Hymes  0-15618931st Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1892/93C11 French
9. E Hymes vs J Hewins ½-½4218932nd Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1893/94B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
10. E Hymes vs R L Ross  1-04918932nd Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1893/94C44 King's Pawn Game
11. E Hymes vs B R Ewing  1-02818932nd Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1893/94B40 Sicilian
12. T Spalding vs E Hymes  0-11918932nd Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1893/94D05 Queen's Pawn Game
13. A E Skinner vs E Hymes  0-13518932nd Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1893/94B32 Sicilian
14. E P Roberts vs E Hymes 0-15418942nd Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1893/94B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
15. Pillsbury vs E Hymes 1-0371894Simul, 8bD00 Queen's Pawn Game
16. Steinitz vs E Hymes  ½-½211894Steinitz Simul 25b, NewarkB27 Sicilian
17. E Hymes vs Steinitz ½-½1918942nd City Chess Club TournamentC71 Ruy Lopez
18. E Hymes vs J M Hanham  1-02918942nd City Chess Club TournamentC41 Philidor Defense
19. Showalter vs E Hymes  1-03218942nd City Chess Club TournamentC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
20. E Hymes vs Albin 1-05818942nd City Chess Club TournamentD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. E Delmar vs E Hymes 0-17918942nd City Chess Club TournamentD05 Queen's Pawn Game
22. N Jasnogrodsky vs E Hymes 1-06218942nd City Chess Club TournamentD02 Queen's Pawn Game
23. E Hymes vs Pillsbury  ½-½4418942nd City Chess Club TournamentC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
24. J C Halpern vs E Hymes  ½-½5718942nd City Chess Club TournamentC50 Giuoco Piano
25. E Hymes vs D G Baird  ½-½3018942nd City Chess Club TournamentC77 Ruy Lopez
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Dec-21-06  SBC: An earlier Hymes game

[Event "blindfold simul"]
[Site "NYC"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Edward Hymes"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. f4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Ne8 11. Qh3 f5 12. Ndf3 Rf6 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. g4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rh6 16. Qg3 fxg4 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Qxg4 Nc7 19. Be1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Rd2 Rg6 24. h4 Nc7 25. Rg2 Rf5 26. Qe2 Rh6 27. e4 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Nd5 29. Rd1 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Rxh4 31. Rf1 h6 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Qe3 Rfh5 34. Bh2 Nxe5 35. Rff2 Rh3 36. Qf4 Nd3 37. Qf8+ 1-0

Oct-08-10  Russian Grandmasters: Here is a photograph of

<Hymes> from 1897

http://cplorg.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/g...

Sep-13-16  BIDMONFA: Edward Hymes

HYMES, Edward
http://www.bidmonfa.com/hymes_edwar...
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Sep-13-16  thegoodanarchist: Here is his fastest win in the DB:

E Hymes vs J M Hanham, 1894

May-08-25
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  rhmberger: Edward Hymes , '9l Col., '95 Law, who earned fame as the youngest of the international chess players in the recent tournament, is in charge of the medico-scientific branch of the defense in the trial of Maria Barberi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria...). Mr. Hymes is a thorough student of experimental psychology.
Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume XXXIX, Number 7, 24 November 1896, p. 87. https://spectatorarchive.library.co...
Mr. Edward Hymes , '96 Law, is to examine the medical experts on behalf of the defence, in the Barberi murder trial. He was graduated with '9O Arts, and secured a competitive fellowship which he held for two years while specializing in experimental psychology. He then entered the Law School. In addition to his professional prominence, Mr, Hymes is known as a chess player of great ability, he having twice defended Columbia in the Intercollegiate Chess Association, and since then he has attracted considerable attention among professional chess players.
Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume XXXIX, Number 9, 8 December 1896. p. 115. https://spectatorarchive.library.co...

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