Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  214  2001 (107) 1
1861  213  2018 (102) 0
1862  212  2035 (96) 3
1863  198  2046 (94) 3
1864  207  2049 (95) 0
1865  219  2051 (96) 2
1866  242  2053 (98) 0
1867  226  2054 (100) 0
1868  238  2055 (102) 0
1869  238  2056 (102) 1
1870  244  2063 (104) 0
1871  251  2069 (106) 2
1872  265  2063 (110) 0
1873  275  2057 (115) 0
1874  298  2051 (119) 0
1875  322  2044 (122) 0
1876  321  2038 (125) 0
1877  311  2032 (128) 0
1878  318  2026 (130) 0
1879  329  2020 (133) 0
1880  358  2014 (134) 0
1881  405  2008 (136) 0
1882  427  2001 (138) 0
1883  486  1995 (139) 0
1884  533  1989 (140) 0
1885  552  1983 (141) 0
1886  556  1977 (141) 0
1887  562  1971 (142) 0
1888  579  1964 (142) 0
1889  576  1958 (143) 0
1890  612  1952 (143) 0
1891  629  1946 (143) 0
1892  669  1940 (142) 0
1893  691  1934 (142) 0
1894  709  1927 (141) 0
1895  724  1921 (140) 0
1896  720  1915 (139) 0
1897  737  1909 (138) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Steel, Robert  
   Also known as: Hon. Robert Steele
Born: 1839
Died: 30 June 1903
 
Notes:
I am supposing that 'Robert Steel' and 'Robert Steele' are alternate spellings but that the person is the same. There was also a Robert M. Steele, however, of Australia, who I presume to be a different person. Forster says Robert Steel was 64 when he died, which, given the birth year (1839) and death date given by Gaige, would mean he was born before 30 June.
 
References
Books
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 70, 77, 78, 80, 83
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 19, 149, 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 405
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 186
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 142, 162, 177, 190, 213, 311, 580
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 267, 306
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 81
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 375
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 180, 184, 195, 241
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 106
Periodicals
   [BLL], 24 May 1863, page supp.1
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 36, Dec. 1861, page 355
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [ILN], vol. 39, no. 1098, 13 July 1861, page 43
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1798, 7 Feb. 1874, page 139
   [LiM], no. 4316, 11 Dec. 1861, page 7
Web
   Pope, Nick.  [The Blackburne-Zukertort Match, London 1881]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4163. Steinitz v Zukertort]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Ceccarini, F. - Steel, Ro. 1897         (f)     2.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Manchester and Liverpool 1860     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Cohen, S.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1862 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Gregson, R.     1.5 - 1.5    
Liverpool 1863     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Payne, J.B.     1.5 - 1.5    
Manchester 1865     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Payne, J.B.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1869     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Werner, M.G.E.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1871     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Steinkuhler, A.     2 - 0    


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022