Spencer, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1900  682  2017 (60) 9
1901  680  2022 (51) 15
1902  698  2021 (47) 18
1903  717  2010 (49) 17
1904  763  1998 (56) 0
1905  818  1986 (57) 17

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Spencer, George Burt  
Born: 31 May 1862
Died: 30 Mar. 1958
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 401
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 411
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 290
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 250
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 169
Periodicals
   [ACB], vol. 2, no. 9, Sep. 1905, page 285
   [ACMa], vol. 1, no. 4, Sep. 1897, page 215
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 8, Feb. 1899, page 346
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 9, Mar. 1899, page 404
   [BDE], vol. 62, no. 234, 24 Aug. 1902, page 7
   [MiJ], 19 Aug. 1901
   [MiTr], vol. 33, no. 279, 23 Feb. 1900, page 5
   [SPG], vol. 23, no. 55, 24 Feb. 1900, page 5
Web
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4002. Albin Counter-Gambit]

Tournament data

Minneapolis 1900     Minnesota State Tournament - Championship     3  /  4
Excelsior 1900 (1)     1st Western Chess Association Tournament (1st USA Open)     2.5  /  5
Excelsior 1901     2nd Western Chess Association Tournament (2nd USA Open)     8  /  15
Excelsior 1902     3rd Western Chess Association Tournament (3rd USA Open)     9  /  18
Chicago 1903 (2)     4th Western Chess Association Tournament     5.5  /  17
Excelsior 1905     6th Western Chess Association Tournament (6th USA Open)     5.5  /  17


Player information updated: 21 Jun. 2023