Edo Ratings, McRae, J.M.

McRae, John

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1869	271	2037	(118)	1
1870	269	2048	(113)	1
1871	267	2064	(110)	2
1872	270	2078	(110)	4
1873	271	2073	(115)	1

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: McRae, John M.

Born:

Died: 1874

Notes:

The Sydney Mail of 25 Dec. 1869 (p.2) has 'M`Crea', but the Empire of 5 Aug. 1869 (p.2) has 'M`Rae' at the same tournament. The Evening News (Sydney) of 19 Feb. 1870 (p.2) has 'D. M`Rae' as a committee member of the Sydney School of Arts Club, as well as 'M`Rae' as chairman. The Era has 'John M`Rae'; the Illustrated London News has 'J. M`Rae'; the Westminster Papers have 'J. McRae'. The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser of 2 Jan. 1875 (p.13) announces his death, but does not give an exact date. Presumably late in 1874, but he died in England, so it may have taken some time for the news to reach Australia.

References

Books

Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 337

Periodicals

[ATCJ], vol. 3, no. 55, 21 Jan. 1871, page 89

[ATCJ], vol. 9, no. 228, 16 June 1874, page 785

[Emp], no. 5539, 5 Aug. 1869, page 2

[ENS], no. 797, 19 Feb. 1870, page 2

[Era], vol. 33, no. 1717, 20 Aug. 1871, page 7

[ILN], vol. 59, no. 1665, 19 Aug. 1871, page 173

[SMH], vol. 59, no. 9576, 28 Jan. 1869, page 4

[SMNA], vol. 12, no. 569, 27 May 1871, page 397

[SMNA], vol. 19, no. 757, 2 Jan. 1875, page 13

[SyM], vol. 10, no. 495, 25 Dec. 1869, page 2

[SyM], 24 Sep. 1870

[SyM], 5 Nov. 1870

[SyM], 19 Nov. 1870

[WP], vol. 4, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1871, page 77

[WP], vol. 7, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1875, page 240

Web

Dunn, Paul. [1st NSW v VIC Telegraphic Match 1870]

Hilbert, John S. [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']

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

McRae, J.M. - Fisher, C.M. 1872 (c) 1 - 0

Tournament data

Sydney 1869 (1)     School of Arts Club Handicap Tournament     27 / 40      odds player in pawn and two moves class

  McRae, J.M. - Crane, W.     0 - 1          McRae, J.M. gave odds of pawn and move

Sydney and Melbourne 1870     1st New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match

  McRae, J.M. - Phillips, L.S.     0 - 1

Sydney and Adelaide 1871     1st New South Wales - South Australia Telegraphic Match

  McRae, J.M. - Beyer, A.H.     0 - 1

Sydney and Melbourne 1871     2nd New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match

  McRae, J.M. - Stanley, J.S.     1 - 0

Sydney and Brisbane 1872     1st New South Wales - Queensland Telegraphic Match

  McRae, J.M. - Dixon (1)     1 - 0

Sydney and Adelaide 1872     2nd New South Wales - South Australia Telegraphic Match

  McRae, J.M. - Hindmarsh, J.     1 - 0

Sydney and Melbourne 1872     3rd New South Wales - Victoria Telegraphic Match

  McRae, J.M. - Goldsmith, L.     0 - 1

Sydney and Brisbane 1873     2nd New South Wales - Queensland Telegraphic Match

  McRae, J.M. - Schofield, J.F.     1 - 0