Shories, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1901  215  2271 (60) 5
1902  167  2300 (50) 9
1903  119  2338 (42) 20
1904  101  2364 (42) 4
1905  82  2388 (32) 43
1906  58  2415 (32) 37
1907  54  2424 (30) 62
1908  69  2400 (40) 11
1909  101  2375 (42) 10
1910  181  2326 (38) 30
1911  217  2308 (42) 11
1912  301  2258 (39) 31
1913  227  2297 (45) 10
1914  169  2321 (52) 11
1915  162  2321 (61) 0
1916  161  2321 (65) 0
1917  159  2320 (65) 0
1918  153  2320 (63) 0
1919  148  2320 (57) 6
1920  149  2329 (53) 1
1921  128  2343 (46) 11
1922  167  2327 (43) 18
1923  152  2341 (49) 6
1924  134  2352 (55) 0
1925  126  2362 (55) 6
1926  135  2360 (59) 0
1927  153  2358 (57) 6
1928  156  2365 (59) 0
1929  157  2373 (55) 9
1930  184  2354 (61) 0
1931  234  2336 (64) 0
1932  275  2317 (62) 0
1933  329  2299 (57) 15

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Shories, George F.W.  
   Also known as: Georg F.W. Schories
Born: 9 Jan. 1874
Died: 2 Dec. 1934
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper has birth in 1873. Gaige has birth in 1874. Winter shows that the discrepancy existed in primary sources.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 316
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 337
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 402
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 94
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 389
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 457, 557, 580
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 115
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 15, 247, 252
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 239, 248
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 121
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - George Shories]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Loman, R.J. - Shories, G.F.W. 1903         (f)     6   -   6
Leonhardt, P.S. - Shories, G.F.W. 1904         (f)     2   -   2
Yates, F.D. - Shories, G.F.W. 1910         (f)     4   -   0
Shories, G.F.W. - O'Hanlon, J.J. 1912         (c)     11.5   -   7.5
Selezniev, A.S. - Shories, G.F.W. 1919         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Jurgschat, W. - Shories, G.F.W. 1922         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Shories, G.F.W. - Elison, C.F. 1922         (f)     4   -   1
Brinckmann, A. - Shories, G.F.W. 1922         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
Shories, G.F.W. - Multhaup, H. 1927         (f)     4   -   2

Tournament data

Folkestone 1901 (1)     3nd Kent County Chess Association Congress - Section I     2  /  5
Tunbridge Wells 1902     4th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     5  /  9
Canterbury 1903     5th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     7  /  8
London, England 1905 (3)     7th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     5  /  9
Scheveningen 1905 (1)     4th Netherland Chess Federation International Tournament - Meisterturnier     5.5  /  13
Barmen 1905 (4)     Barmen Tournament - Hauptturnier B, Section 1     5.5  /  8
Barmen 1905 (7)     Barmen Tournament - Hauptturnier B, Siegergruppe     7  /  9
  Shories, G.F.W. - Tartakover, S.G.     2.5 - 1.5    
Tunbridge Wells 1906     8th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     4.5  /  8
Ostend 1906 (12)     Ostend Amateur Tournament A     15  /  18
Shrewsbury 1906 (3)     3rd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class Amateur Tournament     9.5  /  11
Blackpool 1907     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     5  /  6
Ostend 1907 (1)     Ostend Amateur Tournament     14.5  /  18
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     11.5  /  27
London, England 1907 (2)     4th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class     10  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (2)     5th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     9  /  11
Scarborough 1909 (3)     6th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section B     9  /  10
Blackpool 1910     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     4  /  6
Bromley 1910 (2)     12th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     7  /  9
Oxford 1910 (3)     British Chess Federation Major Open Tournament     7  /  11
Glasgow 1911 (3)     British Chess Federation Major Open Tournament     10.5  /  11
Richmond, London 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Shories, G.F.W. - Michell, R.P.     0 - 1    
Richmond, London 1912 (3)     9th British Chess Federation Tournament - Major Open     5.5  /  11
Cheltenham 1913 (2)     10th British Chess Federation Tournament - Major Open     7  /  10
Chester 1914 (2)     11th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open     10.5  /  11
Berlin and The Hague 1920     Berlin - Holland Telegraph Match    
  Shories, G.F.W. - van Gelder, G.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hamburg 1921 (1)     21st German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     6  /  11
Kiel 1922     21st Lower Elbe Chess Federation Congress     3.5  /  6
Munich 1923 (2)     Munich Club Preliminary Tournament     4  /  6
Wiesbaden 1925     Wiesbaden Tournament     2.5  /  6
Berlin 1929 (2)     Berlin Tournament     6  /  9
Bad Pyrmont 1933 (1)     German Chess Federation Congress - Championship     5  /  15


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026