Calthrop, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  206  1827 (158) 4
1858  231  1832 (156) 0
1859  254  1838 (153) 0
1860  277  1844 (150) 0
1861  284  1850 (147) 0
1862  306  1855 (144) 0
1863  305  1861 (140) 0
1864  316  1867 (136) 0
1865  355  1873 (132) 3
1866  376  1887 (133) 0
1867  356  1902 (134) 0
1868  360  1916 (135) 0
1869  353  1930 (135) 0
1870  366  1945 (135) 0
1871  378  1959 (135) 0
1872  368  1974 (134) 0
1873  357  1988 (134) 0
1874  360  2002 (133) 0
1875  361  2017 (132) 0
1876  343  2031 (131) 0
1877  318  2046 (129) 0
1878  307  2060 (128) 0
1879  286  2074 (126) 0
1880  283  2089 (123) 0
1881  306  2103 (121) 0
1882  290  2118 (118) 0
1883  303  2132 (114) 0
1884  306  2146 (110) 0
1885  285  2161 (106) 0
1886  268  2175 (100) 0
1887  253  2190 (94) 0
1888  235  2204 (87) 0
1889  220  2218 (79) 6
1890  244  2217 (78) 0
1891  245  2215 (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