The chess games of John S Ryan

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John S Ryan

J S Ryan

Lasker-Ryan

Number of games in database: 42
Years covered: 1876 to 1895

Overall record: +12 -24 =5 (35.4%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Ruy Lopez (6)
    C77 C65 C61 C60 C66

With the Black pieces:

Queen's Pawn Game (5)
    A40
French Defense (4)
    C00 C01

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Ware vs J S Ryan, 1880 0-1
   J S Ryan vs P Ware, 1880 1-0
   J S Ryan vs Taubenhaus, 1893 1/2-1/2
   W Pollock vs J S Ryan, 1893 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   5th American Chess Congress, New York (1880)
   Impromptu International Congress, New York (1893)

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JOHN S RYAN (born 1846, died Nov-14-1926, 80 years old) Ireland (federation/nationality United States of America)	[what is this?]
Dates are estimated.

Last updated: 2023-08-06 23:26:51

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. J S Ryan vs A W Ensor	1-0	23	1876	Ensor-Ryan Match	C53 Giuoco Piano
2. A W Ensor vs J S Ryan	1-0	38	1876	Ensor-Ryan Match	C45 Scotch Game
3. C Moehle vs J S Ryan	1-0	56	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C01 French, Exchange
4. J S Ryan vs C Moehle	0-1	50	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	A84 Dutch
5. J S Ryan vs E Delmar	0-1	45	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C42 Petrov Defense
6. E Delmar vs J S Ryan	1-0	53	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	A02 Bird's Opening
7. J Congdon vs J S Ryan	0-1	39	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C77 Ruy Lopez
8. J S Ryan vs J Congdon	0-1	55	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C02 French, Advance
9. J S Ryan vs M Judd	0-1	60	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C53 Giuoco Piano
10. M Judd vs J S Ryan	1-0	38	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C00 French Defense
11. J S Ryan vs A Cohnfeld	1-0	46	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C00 French Defense
12. A Cohnfeld vs J S Ryan	0-1	34	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
13. P Ware vs J S Ryan	0-1	81	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
14. J S Ryan vs P Ware	1-0	56	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
15. Mackenzie vs J S Ryan	1-0	34	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C00 French Defense
16. J S Ryan vs Mackenzie	0-1	76	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	A84 Dutch
17. J S Ryan vs J Grundy	0-1	47	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. J Grundy vs J S Ryan	½-½	57	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C00 French Defense
19. J S Ryan vs A Sellman	0-1	33	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C42 Petrov Defense
20. A Sellman vs J S Ryan	1-0	51	1880	5th American Chess Congress, New York	C77 Ruy Lopez
21. J S Ryan vs Mackenzie	½-½	61	1888	Match	B40 Sicilian
22. J S Ryan vs J M Hanham	1-0	49	1891	Manhattan CC ch	C14 French, Classical
23. J S Ryan vs Lasker	0-1	64	1892	Match series	A07 King's Indian Attack
24. Lasker vs J S Ryan	1-0	33	1892	Match series	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
25. J S Ryan vs E Delmar	0-1	40	1893	NYSCA Championship	B30 Sicilian


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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!

Mar-09-14		wwall: John S. Ryan won the Manhattan Chess Club championship in 1884 and 1886.

Aug-06-23		jnpope: John S. Ryan, for the last seven years custodian of the City Hall, yesterday underwent an operation in which his left foot was amputated above the ankle. The operation was performed in the custodian's apartments in the City Hall by Dr. Martin Burke, 147 Lexington Avenue, with several consulting physicians, including a representative of the city. The amputation was made necessary by an injury Mr. Ryan suffered on tripping across a wire in the City Hall when the body of Mayor Gaynor was lying in state there. Mr. Ryan is the father of the high-pressure system installed here and in fifteen other cities. The Ryan system, according to Mayor Gaynor, saved the city $3,000,000 in the first year. <New York Times>, 1914.06.04, p3 ------------- John S. Ryan, until recently the custodian of the New York City Hall, and just now the storm center in the proceedings to vacate the quarters, hitherto occupied by him, in order to accommodate the Municipal Art Commission, is the veteran chess expert who, in former years was prominent in the activities of the Manhattan Chess Club and the state association. Mr. Ryan was a Civil Service appointee, but was dropped from the city pay roll on June 1. His chess friends will be sorry to learn that he is in poor health. <Brooklyn Daily Eagle>, 1914.07.16, p11 ------------- John Sylvester Ryan, janitor of City Hall for seven years, was carried by his two sons in an armchair from his apartment on the top floor of the City Hall yesterday afternoon and placed in a taxicab, in which he was taken to relatives in Freeport. Ryan, who is 64 years old and has been an invalid since Mayor Gaynor's funeral, was ousted on an order issued by Borough President Marks of Manhattan, who held that Ryan had already overstayed his time. Brooklyn <Daily Standard Union>, 1914.07.26, p4 ------------- John S. Ryan, custodian of City Hall for several years, moved out of the building yesterday. Borough President Marks notified him several months ago that his apartments on the top floor were needed by the Municipal Art Commission. Ryan, however, had met with an injury at the memorial ceremonies on the death of Mayor Gaynor, and his physicians said it would be dangerous to move him. Since then he had been allowed to remain. A few weeks ago Mr. Marks insisted that Ryan should move. Mayor Mitchel suggested that it would do no harm to allow the former janitor to remain until he was able physically to go. A week ago last Tuesday Mr. Marks said he would give Ryan and his family just ten days to get out. Ryan, who was more than 60 years of age, was indignant at being forced to leave the building until he was well. Yesterday afternoon a taxicab drew up at the rear entrance of the Hall and Ryan was carried down from his sick bed by his two sons, Joseph and William E. Ryan. He was taken to the home of his son-in-law uptown, at 119th Street and Lexington Avenue. Later he will be removed to Freeport, L.I., to the home of another son. Ryan ceased to be janitor on June 1, and since then John Rooney has been acting janitor. <New York Times>, 1914.07.26, p8 -------------- Ryan-Ellen Butterly, beloved wife of John S. Ryan, mother of the late Rev. John Ryan and the Rev. Leo E. Ryan, May 13. Solemn mass of requiem at the Church of the Immaculate Conception Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Kindly omit flowers. <New York Tribune>, 1918.05.15, p9 --------------

Aug-06-23		jnpope: I gleaned the following from a family tree at Ancestry.com: John Ryan born in March 1846 in Ireland. Son Rev. John born in 1865 in Manhattan. Married Ellen B. Ryan in 1866 when he was 20. Son Matthew William L. born on June 27, 1867, in New York. Daughter Sabina born in 1869 in Manhattan. Lived in New Yorkin 1870, Occupation: Bartender Daughter Anna G born in June 1871 in Manhattan. Son Joseph P born in September 1875 in Manhattan. Son Vincent S born in November 1878 in Manhattan. Son Raymond born in 1879 in Manhattan. Daughter Mary E born in January 1880 in Manhattan. Lived in New York in 1880, Occupation: Engineer Son Leo R born in March 1883 in Manhattan. Son Eugene Francis born on January 9, 1886, in Manhattan. Son William born in May 1886 in Manhattan, New York. Daughter Sarah Angelus born on February 9, 1888, in Manhattan. Daughter Rose A born in June 1889 in Manhattan, New York. Lived in Manhattan in 1900, Occupation: Engineer Lived in Manhattan in 1910, Occupation: Janitor Wife Ellen B. passed away on May 14, 1918, age of 71. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tre...

Aug-06-23		jnpope: Another family tree has him listed as residing in Manhattan in 1920, age 74. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tre...

Aug-06-23		jnpope: It's unclear if this is the same John Ryan, that was age 74, in 1920, but another six years would have made him 80: Name: John Ryan Age: 80 Birth Year: 1846 Death Date: 14 Nov 1926 Death Place: Manhattan, New York, USA Certificate Number: 28577 <New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948> via Ancestry.com

Aug-06-23		jnpope: Re: <"YOUNG NEW YORKER INJURED: John S. Ryan Rises from Sick Bed to Ride Into Barbed Wire">. Our Ryan would have been 62 in 1908, so the John S. Ryan in Arizona was not John Sylvester Ryan the chess player.

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