Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1865 |
306 |
1901 | (127) | 7 |
| 1866 |
325 |
1914 | (125) | 1 |
| 1867 |
299 |
1931 | (123) | 0 |
| 1868 |
308 |
1947 | (120) | 0 |
| 1869 |
301 |
1963 | (117) | 0 |
| 1870 |
316 |
1979 | (113) | 0 |
| 1871 |
322 |
1996 | (109) | 0 |
| 1872 |
311 |
2012 | (105) | 0 |
| 1873 |
305 |
2028 | (99) | 7 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Crook, William Gustavus |
| Born: 1829 |
| Died: 1895 |
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| Notes: |
| Zavataralli has date of birth '1829/9'. W.G. Crook's son, Dr. A. Crook, also played chess. W.G. Crook was born in 1828 or 1829, since he died at age 66 in 1895. The Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1873 (p.153) has 'Crooke'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Hindle, Mystery of Edward Pindar, page 71 |
| Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 134 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 33, Sep. 1861, page 270 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1864, page 50 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1866, page 169 |
| [Era], vol. 23, no. 1188, 30 June 1861, page 6 |
| [Era], vol. 25, no. 1264, 14 Dec. 1862, page 5 |
| [IJ], no. 7161, 8 Nov. 1873, page 8 |
| [ILN], vol. 46, no. 1298, 21 Jan. 1865, page 75 |
| [WP], vol. 6, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1873, page 153 |
| Web |
| Hindle, Owen. [Early Norfolk and Norwich Chess Club History, p.3] |
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