Puller, Arthur




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  247  1953 (77) 5
1861  260  1949 (70) 10
1862  290  1922 (73) 2
1863  294  1902 (75) 2
1864  310  1899 (78) 3
1865  351  1891 (82) 1
1866  378  1896 (87) 0
1867  366  1902 (90) 0
1868  374  1907 (92) 0
1869  376  1912 (93) 0
1870  404  1917 (93) 0
1871  429  1922 (93) 0
1872  438  1927 (91) 8
1873  461  1917 (94) 0
1874  493  1907 (96) 0
1875  535  1897 (97) 0
1876  532  1887 (97) 0
1877  507  1877 (96) 0
1878  525  1867 (95) 0
1879  530  1857 (92) 0
1880  568  1847 (89) 0
1881  635  1837 (84) 0
1882  711  1827 (78) 0
1883  771  1818 (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] (broken)
   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