Puller, Arthur




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  239  1952 (77) 5
1861  248  1947 (70) 10
1862  262  1920 (73) 2
1863  265  1900 (75) 2
1864  282  1897 (78) 3
1865  318  1890 (82) 1
1866  349  1895 (86) 0
1867  330  1900 (90) 0
1868  346  1905 (92) 0
1869  342  1910 (93) 0
1870  375  1915 (93) 0
1871  401  1920 (93) 0
1872  403  1925 (91) 8
1873  428  1915 (94) 0
1874  468  1905 (96) 0
1875  507  1895 (97) 0
1876  498  1885 (97) 0
1877  472  1875 (96) 0
1878  478  1864 (95) 0
1879  487  1854 (92) 0
1880  529  1844 (89) 0
1881  601  1834 (84) 0
1882  666  1824 (78) 0
1883  741  1814 (71) 25

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Puller, Arthur Giles  
Born: 8 May 1833
Died: 1 Mar. 1885
 
Notes:
Name sometimes given in error as 'Pullen'. The Era of 7 Feb. 1864 (p.14) has 'A.J. Puller'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 343
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 27, 62, 88
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page 312, 336, lviii, lx, lxvi, xl
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 1
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 374
   Saint James' Chess Club, Chess Match by Electric Telegraph, page cover
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 108, 140, 199
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 84
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 5, no. 5, May 1885, page 191
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 7, July 1862, page 199
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1864, page 217
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 110
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 4, Aug. 1870, page 119
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1168, 10 Feb. 1861, page 14
   [Era], vol. 23, no. 1184, 2 June 1861, page 16
   [Era], vol. 24, no. 1212, 15 Dec. 1861, page 5
   [Era], vol. 24, no. 1241, 6 July 1862, page 5
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1323, 31 Jan. 1864, page 14
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1324, 7 Feb. 1864, page 14
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5
   [TG], vol. 18, no. 228, 4 Oct. 1861, page 4
Web
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Arthur Puller]
   Sericano, C.  [Cambridge 1860]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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

Foskett, P. - Puller, A.G. 1864         (c)     2   -   1

Tournament data

London, England 1860 (2)     St. James's Club Handicap Tournament    
  Puller, A.G. - Young, H.T.     1 - 0    
  Puller, A.G. - Bird, H.E.     0 - 1          Bird, H.E. gave odds of a knight
Cambridge 1860     3rd British Chess Association Tournament    
  Puller, A.G. - Horne, B.W.     1 - 2    
London, England 1861 (1)     Saint George's Chess Club Handicap Tournament    
  Puller, A.G. - Hampton, J.W.     0 - 1          Hampton, J.W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1861 (2)     St. James's Club Handicap Tournament    
  Puller, A.G. - Young, H.T.     1 - 0          Young, H.T. gave odds of pawn and move
  Puller, A.G. - Wilson, Ja.     2 - 1          Wilson, Ja. gave odds of pawn and move
  Puller, A.G. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 1          Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of a knight
Bristol and London, England 1861     Bristol - London telegraph match    
  Puller, A.G. - Mackenzie, G.H.     0 - 1    
Bristol 1861 (2)     4th British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Puller, A.G. - Berry, W.     1 - 0    
  Puller, A.G. - Howard, A.G.     1 - 0    
  Puller, A.G. - Pigott, A.S.     0 - 1    
London, England 1862 (1)     London Club - St. James Club Match    
  Puller, A.G. - Parminter, H.B.     1 - 0    
London, England 1862 (4)     British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Puller, A.G. - Harris, E.     0 - 2          Puller, A.G. gave odds of the move
London, England 1863     Saint James's Club - Mr. Worrall's Tournament     3  /  11      odds player in a knight class
London, England and Dublin 1865 (1)     St. James Club - Dublin Athenaeum Club Telegraphic Match    
  Puller, A.G. - Long, T.     0 - 1    
London, England 1872 (2)     4th British Chess Association Challenge Cup     1.5  /  8
London, England 1883 (6)     Vizayanagaram Tournament     4  /  25


Player information updated: 6 Mar. 2021