Buck, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1881  446  1998 (62) 30
1882  511  1968 (62) 24
1883  561  1960 (75) 0
1884  620  1952 (85) 0
1885  626  1944 (93) 0
1886  636  1936 (101) 0
1887  633  1928 (107) 0
1888  654  1921 (113) 0
1889  653  1913 (118) 0
1890  696  1905 (123) 0
1891  707  1897 (127) 0
1892  764  1889 (131) 0
1893  801  1881 (135) 0
1894  835  1873 (138) 0
1895  854  1865 (141) 0
1896  868  1858 (144) 0
1897  890  1850 (147) 0
1898  890  1842 (149) 0
1899  930  1834 (152) 1
1900  967  1829 (155) 0
1901  972  1825 (158) 0
1902  966  1820 (161) 0
1903  949  1815 (164) 0
1904  995  1811 (166) 0
1905  1034  1806 (169) 0
1906  1009  1802 (171) 0
1907  1052  1797 (173) 0
1908  1044  1793 (175) 0
1909  1146  1788 (177) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Buck, Charles Francis  
Born: 5 Nov. 1841
Died: 19 Jan. 1918
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 57
   New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, New Orleans Club 1882, page 25
Periodicals
   [BCC], vol. 1, no. 1, 1 Oct. 1882, page 6
   [BCC], vol. 3, no. 9, 15 June 1885, page 130
Web
   Kingston, Taylor.  [Pages from a Difficult Life], page 4
   Russell, Hanon W.  [The Match Steinitz v. Zukertort, Part One], page 2
   Sarah.  [Chess, Checkers and Whist Club]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Charles A. Buck, Or, Daring to Contradict Lawson], page 1
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5173. Steinitz and who?]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Corzo, J. - Buck, C.F. 1899         (s)     1   -   0
Capablanca, J.R. - Buck, C.F. 1909         (c)     2   -   0

Tournament data

New Orleans 1881 (2)     2nd New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament     15.5  /  30
New Orleans 1882     3rd New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club Tournament     9  /  24


Player information updated: 4 Mar. 2020