Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  222  2006 (107) 1
1861  228  2023 (102) 0
1862  227  2041 (96) 3
1863  216  2051 (94) 3
1864  221  2054 (95) 0
1865  235  2056 (96) 2
1866  252  2057 (98) 0
1867  244  2058 (100) 0
1868  252  2059 (101) 0
1869  251  2060 (102) 1
1870  251  2067 (104) 0
1871  262  2073 (105) 2
1872  272  2067 (110) 0
1873  279  2061 (115) 0
1874  302  2055 (119) 0
1875  319  2049 (122) 0
1876  325  2043 (125) 0
1877  321  2037 (128) 0
1878  327  2030 (130) 0
1879  328  2024 (133) 0
1880  360  2018 (134) 0
1881  411  2012 (136) 0
1882  439  2006 (138) 0
1883  492  2000 (139) 0
1884  544  1994 (140) 0
1885  550  1988 (141) 0
1886  545  1982 (142) 0
1887  568  1976 (142) 0
1888  578  1970 (142) 0
1889  580  1964 (143) 0
1890  620  1958 (143) 0
1891  632  1952 (143) 0
1892  676  1945 (142) 0
1893  690  1939 (142) 0
1894  715  1933 (141) 0
1895  722  1927 (141) 0
1896  719  1921 (140) 0
1897  737  1915 (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. (1)     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