Earnshaw, Samuel  
  
 
 Ratings 
  
  | Year       | 
  Rank   | 
   Edo    | 
  Dev.   | 
  Games  | 
 
  | 1865  | 
  166  | 
  2179 |  (72) |   14 | 
 
  | 1866  | 
  180  | 
  2167 |  (72) |   12 | 
 
  | 1867  | 
  188  | 
  2154 |  (77) |   2 | 
 
  | 1868  | 
  212  | 
  2129 |  (83) |   0 | 
 
  | 1869  | 
  224  | 
  2104 |  (87) |   0 | 
 
  | 1870  | 
  249  | 
  2079 |  (89) |   0 | 
 
  | 1871  | 
  288  | 
  2054 |  (91) |   0 | 
 
  | 1872  | 
  323  | 
  2029 |  (91) |   0 | 
 
  | 1873  | 
  359  | 
  2004 |  (91) |   0 | 
 
  | 1874  | 
  400  | 
  1979 |  (89) |   0 | 
 
  | 1875  | 
  459  | 
  1955 |  (87) |   0 | 
 
  | 1876  | 
  474  | 
  1930 |  (83) |   2 | 
 
  | 1877  | 
  473  | 
  1908 |  (82) |   1 | 
 
  | 1878  | 
  496  | 
  1885 |  (81) |   9 | 
 
  | 1879  | 
  505  | 
  1871 |  (88) |   0 | 
 
  | 1880  | 
  540  | 
  1857 |  (94) |   0 | 
 
  | 1881  | 
  626  | 
  1843 |  (99) |   2 | 
 
  | 1882  | 
  693  | 
  1835 |  (105) |   0 | 
 
  | 1883  | 
  744  | 
  1826 |  (111) |   0 | 
 
  | 1884  | 
  843  | 
  1817 |  (115) |   0 | 
 
  | 1885  | 
  807  | 
  1809 |  (119) |   1 | 
 
  
Rating table notes
 
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| Biographical data |  
   | Name: Earnshaw, Samuel Walter   | 
 
   |    Also known as: Rev. Samuel Walter Earnshaw |  
   | Born: July 1833 | 
 
   | Died: 20 Oct. 1887 | 
 
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   | Notes: | 
 
   | Gaige says born c07-1833. | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 103 | 
 
   |    Harding, Steinitz in London, page 147, 267, 385 | 
 
| Periodicals |  
   |    [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 280 | 
 
   |    [CPM], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 329 | 
 
   |    [CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 384 | 
 
   |    [CPM], vol. 3, no. 5, 1 May 1867, page 156 | 
 
   |    [CW], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1867, page 67 | 
 
   |    [Era], vol. 28, no. 1423, 31 Dec. 1865, page 14 | 
 
   |    [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1365, 14 Apr. 1866, page 371 | 
 
   |    [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2030, 25 May 1878, page 495 | 
 
   |    [WP], vol. 7, no. 11, 1 Mar. 1875, page 229 | 
 
   |    [WP], vol. 8, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1876, page 241 | 
 
   |    [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26 | 
 
 
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Tournament data 
  | Birmingham 1865     | 
Birmingham Club Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Sutton, A.K.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Haselden, H.     | 
  4.5 - 1.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Hill, F.S.     | 
  4 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Best, T.F.     | 
  2 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Worcester, England 1866     | 
Birmingham - Worcester Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Hooper, F.A.     | 
  0.5 - 2.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Birmingham 1866 (1)     | 
Birmingham - Worcester Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Parratt, W.     | 
  1 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Birmingham 1866 (2)     | 
Birmingham Club Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Warner, F.H.     | 
  4.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Halford, J.     | 
  1 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Birmingham 1867     | 
Birmingham - Stourbridge and Wolverhampton Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Moore, S. (1)     | 
  1.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Bradford 1876     | 
Leeds - Bradford Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Petty, J.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (2)     | 
West Yorkshire Chess Association - 1st Class Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Dunne, F.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Leeds 1877     | 
Leeds - Bradford Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Whitaker, R.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1878 (4)     | 
9th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I     | 
   0.5  |  /  |  7  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1878 (6)     | 
9th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Fisher, B.W.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Martin, Wi.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1881 (1)     | 
City of London - Saint George's Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Lewis, L.W.     | 
  0 - 2     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1885 (2)     | 
City of London - Saint George's Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Earnshaw, S.W. - Salter, D.M.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
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