Calthrop, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  206  1829 (158) 4
1858  231  1834 (156) 0
1859  254  1840 (153) 0
1860  277  1846 (150) 0
1861  283  1852 (147) 0
1862  306  1858 (144) 0
1863  305  1863 (140) 0
1864  315  1869 (136) 0
1865  352  1875 (132) 3
1866  373  1889 (133) 0
1867  354  1904 (134) 0
1868  358  1918 (134) 0
1869  350  1933 (135) 0
1870  363  1948 (135) 0
1871  371  1962 (135) 0
1872  363  1977 (134) 0
1873  355  1991 (134) 0
1874  355  2006 (133) 0
1875  355  2020 (132) 0
1876  339  2035 (131) 0
1877  312  2049 (129) 0
1878  301  2064 (128) 0
1879  280  2078 (126) 0
1880  279  2093 (123) 0
1881  296  2107 (121) 0
1882  285  2122 (117) 0
1883  293  2136 (114) 0
1884  297  2151 (110) 0
1885  274  2165 (105) 0
1886  263  2180 (100) 0
1887  245  2194 (94) 0
1888  229  2209 (87) 0
1889  216  2223 (78) 6
1890  236  2222 (78) 0
1891  238  2221 (76) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Calthrop, Samuel Robert  
   Also known as: Rev. S.R. Calthrop
Born: 9 Oct. 1829
Died: 11 May 1917
 
Notes:
Hillyer gives 'S. Colthrop'. Staunton gives 'J.R. Calthrop' in error on p.124 of the Apr. 1853 Chess Player's Chronicle. Davies gives year of death as 1911. Gaige gives date of death as 11-05-1917.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 143, 366
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 39, 57, 74, 414
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 61
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 496
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 95
   Rogers, New York State Chess Association, page 10, 50
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 84, 290
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 18, no. 4, Apr. 1898, page 137
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1853, page 61
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 123, 124
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 3, Mar. 1854, page 81
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1865, page 9
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1865, page 144
   [FLIN], 30 Aug. 1856
   [ILN], vol. 25, no. 702, 16 Sep. 1854, page 262
   [PDEB], 30 June 1865
Web
   Applebee, John H.  [Calthrop, Samuel R. (1829-1917)]
   Sarah.  [American Chess Congress Players]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4780. Thomas Frère]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Morphy, P.C. - Calthrop, S.R. 1857         (c)     1   -   0
Hammond, G. - Calthrop, S.R. 1865         (f)     3   -   0      Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and move

Tournament data

New York 1857 (4)     1st American Chess Congress    
  Calthrop, S.R. - Paulsen, L.     0 - 3    
Skaneateles 1889 (1)     2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     4  /  6
Skaneateles 1891 (1)     4th New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     4  /  8

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022