Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  224  2001 (107) 1
1861  226  2018 (102) 0
1862  217  2035 (96) 3
1863  204  2045 (94) 3
1864  211  2048 (95) 0
1865  221  2051 (96) 2
1866  241  2052 (98) 0
1867  228  2053 (100) 0
1868  240  2054 (102) 0
1869  236  2055 (102) 1
1870  242  2062 (104) 0
1871  253  2068 (106) 2
1872  264  2062 (110) 0
1873  275  2055 (115) 0
1874  298  2049 (119) 0
1875  320  2043 (122) 0
1876  322  2037 (125) 0
1877  310  2031 (128) 0
1878  320  2024 (130) 0
1879  329  2018 (132) 0
1880  365  2012 (134) 0
1881  408  2006 (136) 0
1882  432  2000 (138) 0
1883  486  1993 (139) 0
1884  535  1987 (140) 0
1885  547  1981 (141) 0
1886  552  1975 (141) 0
1887  561  1969 (142) 0
1888  575  1962 (142) 0
1889  576  1956 (143) 0
1890  620  1950 (143) 0
1891  634  1944 (142) 0
1892  674  1938 (142) 0
1893  694  1931 (142) 0
1894  710  1925 (141) 0
1895  725  1919 (140) 0
1896  721  1913 (139) 0
1897  744  1907 (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