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
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Steel, Robert |
| Also known as: Hon. Robert Steele |
| Born: 1839 |
| Died: 30 June 1903 |
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| 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. |
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| 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] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| Manchester and Liverpool 1860 |
Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match |
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Steel, Ro. - Cohen, S. |
0 - 1 |
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| Manchester 1862 (2) |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Steel, Ro. - Gregson, R. |
1.5 - 1.5 |
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| Liverpool 1863 |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Steel, Ro. - Payne, J.B. |
1.5 - 1.5 |
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| Manchester 1865 |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Steel, Ro. - Payne, J.B. |
1 - 1 |
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| Manchester 1869 |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Steel, Ro. - Werner, M.G.E. |
0 - 1 |
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| Liverpool 1871 |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Steel, Ro. - Steinkuhler, A. |
2 - 0 |
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| Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022 |
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