Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  225  2011 (107) 1
1861  232  2028 (102) 0
1862  236  2045 (96) 3
1863  224  2056 (93) 3
1864  229  2058 (95) 0
1865  241  2061 (95) 2
1866  259  2062 (98) 0
1867  250  2063 (100) 0
1868  261  2065 (101) 0
1869  259  2066 (102) 1
1870  259  2072 (104) 0
1871  274  2079 (105) 2
1872  287  2072 (110) 0
1873  294  2066 (115) 0
1874  308  2060 (119) 0
1875  333  2054 (122) 0
1876  338  2048 (125) 0
1877  338  2041 (128) 0
1878  350  2035 (130) 0
1879  347  2029 (132) 0
1880  383  2023 (134) 0
1881  432  2017 (136) 0
1882  458  2010 (137) 0
1883  501  2004 (139) 0
1884  556  1998 (140) 0
1885  559  1992 (141) 0
1886  566  1986 (141) 0
1887  584  1979 (142) 0
1888  607  1973 (142) 0
1889  611  1967 (143) 0
1890  643  1961 (143) 0
1891  652  1955 (143) 0
1892  709  1949 (142) 0
1893  743  1942 (142) 0
1894  783  1936 (141) 0
1895  788  1930 (140) 0
1896  788  1924 (139) 0
1897  791  1918 (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