Wormald, Robert
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1853 |
71 |
2296 | (79) | 7 |
| 1854 |
60 |
2326 | (79) | 0 |
| 1855 |
53 |
2357 | (76) | 0 |
| 1856 |
43 |
2388 | (72) | 0 |
| 1857 |
34 |
2419 | (66) | 0 |
| 1858 |
33 |
2449 | (55) | 6 |
| 1859 |
33 |
2444 | (45) | 51 |
| 1860 |
45 |
2424 | (51) | 10 |
| 1861 |
44 |
2418 | (60) | 3 |
| 1862 |
41 |
2423 | (69) | 0 |
| 1863 |
34 |
2427 | (75) | 0 |
| 1864 |
32 |
2432 | (78) | 0 |
| 1865 |
29 |
2436 | (80) | 0 |
| 1866 |
30 |
2441 | (80) | 0 |
| 1867 |
29 |
2445 | (79) | 0 |
| 1868 |
30 |
2450 | (76) | 0 |
| 1869 |
31 |
2454 | (71) | 10 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Wormald, Robert Bownas |
| Also known as: R B; R B W; Tommy |
| Born: 1834 |
| Died: 4 Dec. 1876 |
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| Notes: |
| Nickname 'Tommy'. The 'T. Wormald' in the 9 June 1866 issue of the Illustrated London News (p.571) and the July 1866 issue of the Chess World (vol.2, p.156) may therefore have been R.B. Wormald. Steve Mann has date of baptism as 12-05-1834. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 470 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 66, 178 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 67, 125, 126, 582 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 248, 256, 350 |
| Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 548 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 108, 380 |
| Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 199 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 14 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 84, 165, 171 |
| Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 126 |
| Periodicals |
| [CP], vol. 3, May 1853, page 283 |
| [CPC], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1850, page 287 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1853, page 60 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 5, May 1864, page 129 |
| [CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 155, 156 |
| [CW], vol. 2, no. 9, Nov. 1866, page 283 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1243, 20 July 1862, page 5 |
| [ILN], vol. 27, no. 752, 14 July 1855, page 43 |
| [ILN], vol. 32, no. 921, 5 June 1858, page 567 |
| [ILN], vol. 34, no. 971, 30 Apr. 1859, page 430 |
| [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1374, 9 June 1866, page 571 |
| [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1848, 9 Jan. 1875, page 43 |
| [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1950, 9 Dec. 1876, page 566 |
| [TG], vol. 33, no. 6, 6 Jan. 1877, page 7 |
| [WP], vol. 1, no. 11, Feb. 1869, page 122 |
| [WP], vol. 9, no. 6, 2 Oct. 1876, page 104 |
| Web |
| Hilbert, John S. [Irregular Regularity, Or, The Fifth Series], page 4 |
| Hilbert, John S. [The Reverend Charles Edward Ranken and Mid-Victorian Correspondence Chess] |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Robert Bownas Wormald] |
| Sericano, C. [London BCA Challenge Cup 1868-1869] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Early World Rankings], page 7 |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 3974. The Steinitz-Wormald-MacDonnell controversy] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Brien, R.B. - Wormald, R.B. 1853 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 3.5 |
Brien, R.B. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Wormald, R.B. - Kenny, C. 1858 |
(f) |
6 | - | 0 |
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| Wormald, R.B. - Rosenauer 1859 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Zytogorski, A. - Wormald, R.B. 1859 |
(f) |
4 | - | 4 |
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| Wormald, R.B. - Burden, F. 1859 (1) |
(f) |
7 | - | 2 |
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| Campbell, Jos.G. - Wormald, R.B. 1859 |
(f) |
11.5 | - | 9.5 |
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| Wormald, R.B. - Burden, F. 1859 (2) |
(f) |
5 | - | 4 |
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| Campbell, Jos.G. - Wormald, R.B. 1860 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Wormald, R.B. - Burden, F. 1860 |
(f) |
2 | - | 3 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Wormald, R.B. 1861 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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Tournament data
| London, England 1860 (2) |
St. James's Club Handicap Tournament |
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Wormald, R.B. - Schroder, A. (1) |
1 - 0 |
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Wormald, R.B. gave odds of pawn and move |
| London, England 1860 (3) |
St. James's Club Handicap Tournament |
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Wormald, R.B. - Woodgate, A. |
1 - 0 |
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Wormald, R.B. gave odds of a knight |
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Wormald, R.B. - Lloyd (1) |
1 - 0 |
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Wormald, R.B. gave odds of a knight |
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Wormald, R.B. - Hannah, J.W. |
1 - 0 |
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Wormald, R.B. - Deacon, F.H. |
0 - 1 |
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| Bristol and London, England 1861 |
Bristol - London telegraph match |
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Wormald, R.B. - Wayte, W. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| London, England 1869 (2) |
Glowworm Prize Tournament |
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Wormald, R.B. - de Vere, C.V. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1869 (3) |
2nd British Chess Association Challenge Cup |
5.5 | / | 9 |
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| Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023 |
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