Calthrop, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  206  1828 (158) 4
1858  231  1834 (156) 0
1859  254  1840 (153) 0
1860  277  1845 (150) 0
1861  283  1851 (147) 0
1862  306  1857 (144) 0
1863  305  1863 (140) 0
1864  316  1868 (136) 0
1865  355  1874 (132) 3
1866  374  1889 (133) 0
1867  354  1903 (134) 0
1868  360  1918 (134) 0
1869  351  1932 (135) 0
1870  364  1947 (135) 0
1871  374  1961 (135) 0
1872  364  1975 (134) 0
1873  357  1990 (134) 0
1874  358  2004 (133) 0
1875  361  2019 (132) 0
1876  340  2033 (131) 0
1877  315  2048 (129) 0
1878  307  2062 (128) 0
1879  280  2077 (126) 0
1880  281  2091 (123) 0
1881  300  2106 (121) 0
1882  287  2120 (118) 0
1883  297  2134 (114) 0
1884  299  2149 (110) 0
1885  277  2163 (105) 0
1886  266  2178 (100) 0
1887  248  2192 (94) 0
1888  232  2207 (87) 0
1889  219  2221 (79) 6
1890  241  2220 (78) 0
1891  245  2218 (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