Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  225  2007 (107) 1
1861  232  2024 (102) 0
1862  234  2041 (96) 3
1863  222  2051 (94) 3
1864  228  2054 (95) 0
1865  241  2056 (96) 2
1866  259  2057 (98) 0
1867  254  2058 (100) 0
1868  263  2060 (101) 0
1869  257  2061 (102) 1
1870  260  2067 (104) 0
1871  272  2073 (106) 2
1872  288  2067 (110) 0
1873  293  2061 (115) 0
1874  310  2055 (119) 0
1875  331  2049 (122) 0
1876  339  2042 (125) 0
1877  335  2036 (128) 0
1878  344  2030 (130) 0
1879  345  2024 (133) 0
1880  372  2018 (134) 0
1881  427  2012 (136) 0
1882  451  2006 (138) 0
1883  499  2000 (139) 0
1884  553  1994 (140) 0
1885  558  1987 (141) 0
1886  560  1981 (142) 0
1887  579  1975 (142) 0
1888  595  1969 (142) 0
1889  599  1963 (143) 0
1890  639  1957 (143) 0
1891  648  1951 (143) 0
1892  707  1945 (142) 0
1893  735  1939 (142) 0
1894  761  1932 (141) 0
1895  770  1926 (141) 0
1896  778  1920 (140) 0
1897  779  1914 (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