Fraser, George
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1860 |
88 |
2308 | (68) | 20 |
| 1861 |
96 |
2306 | (71) | 0 |
| 1862 |
95 |
2304 | (72) | 0 |
| 1863 |
91 |
2302 | (70) | 6 |
| 1864 |
92 |
2310 | (69) | 0 |
| 1865 |
78 |
2318 | (66) | 0 |
| 1866 |
73 |
2326 | (60) | 2 |
| 1867 |
80 |
2317 | (52) | 44 |
| 1868 |
81 |
2322 | (60) | 0 |
| 1869 |
79 |
2327 | (64) | 3 |
| 1870 |
78 |
2321 | (69) | 0 |
| 1871 |
82 |
2315 | (71) | 0 |
| 1872 |
93 |
2308 | (70) | 3 |
| 1873 |
92 |
2304 | (71) | 0 |
| 1874 |
92 |
2300 | (68) | 0 |
| 1875 |
103 |
2296 | (63) | 1 |
| 1876 |
103 |
2280 | (56) | 14 |
| 1877 |
105 |
2268 | (64) | 0 |
| 1878 |
109 |
2255 | (68) | 0 |
| 1879 |
119 |
2243 | (69) | 0 |
| 1880 |
139 |
2231 | (68) | 2 |
| 1881 |
177 |
2213 | (66) | 2 |
| 1882 |
199 |
2200 | (65) | 0 |
| 1883 |
236 |
2186 | (60) | 0 |
| 1884 |
269 |
2173 | (51) | 13 |
| 1885 |
324 |
2134 | (48) | 11 |
| 1886 |
378 |
2093 | (46) | 18 |
| 1887 |
366 |
2110 | (52) | 8 |
| 1888 |
371 |
2105 | (59) | 0 |
| 1889 |
371 |
2101 | (61) | 0 |
| 1890 |
397 |
2097 | (58) | 10 |
| 1891 |
388 |
2101 | (61) | 0 |
| 1892 |
405 |
2105 | (60) | 9 |
| 1893 |
418 |
2102 | (63) | 3 |
| 1894 |
385 |
2122 | (67) | 0 |
| 1895 |
364 |
2141 | (67) | 7 |
| 1896 |
329 |
2161 | (72) | 4 |
| 1897 |
328 |
2168 | (80) | 0 |
| 1898 |
324 |
2176 | (86) | 4 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Fraser, George Brunton |
| Also known as: James George Fraser |
| Born: 29 Apr. 1829 |
| Died: 1 Dec. 1905 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives birth between 2-12-1830 and 1-12-1831. Hooper and Whyld (1st ed.) give birth year 'c1831' and give 1831 in the 2nd edition. Harding gives birth year as '1831?' and gives evidence that he was 74 years old at his death on 1 Dec. 1905. However, Harding also notes that there was no birth record for a George Brunton Fraser, and that his parents had a fourth child named James George Fraser, born 29 Apr. 1829, and a fifth, James Fraser born 30 Nov. 1830, and 'the chess player may have been the latter'. Although the date of birth of the latter matches his stated age at death better, McGowan argues that George Brunton Fraser was actually born James George Fraser on 29 Apr. 1829. The fact that the fifth child was also named 'James' is perhaps another indication that the fourth child was renamed 'George', his second name at birth. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 80 |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 92, 959 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 126 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 102 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54, 403 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 150, 257 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 123 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 145 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl |
| Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 287, 372 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 144, 192, 246 |
| Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 108 |
| Periodicals |
| [CP], vol. 1, no. 15, 25 Oct. 1851, page 114 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 12, Dec. 1851, page 354 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 1855, page 135 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1864, page 242 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 384 |
| [DCA], 5 July 1862 |
| [DCA], 13 Dec. 1862 |
| [Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5 |
| [HomC], vol. 5, no. 127, 6 Dec. 1851, page 368 |
| [ILN], vol. 24, no. 677, 8 Apr. 1854, page 327 |
| [ILN], vol. 51, no. 1450, 12 Oct. 1867, page 411 |
| [ILN], vol. 67, no. 1899, 18 Dec. 1875, page 614 |
| Web |
| Harding, Tim. [The World's Greatest Chess Library], page 7 |
| McGowan, Alan. [George Brunton Fraser] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 4652. Chess by circulation] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Fraser, G.B. - Lumley, G. 1860 |
(f) |
7.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (1) |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 2.5 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (2) |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (3) |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Fraser, G.B. 1860 (4) |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
Kolisch, I. gave odds of a knight |
| Fraser, G.B. - Morley (1) 1867 |
(f) |
10 | - | 4 |
Fraser, G.B. gave odds of a knight |
| Steinitz, W. - Fraser, G.B. 1867 (1) |
(f) |
7.5 | - | 1.5 |
Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Steinitz, W. - Fraser, G.B. 1867 (2) |
(f) |
4 | - | 2 |
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Tournament data
| Dundee 1863 (1) |
Dundee Club Tournament - Section 1 |
5 | / | 6 |
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| Edinburgh 1865 |
Dundee - Glasgow Club Match |
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Fraser, G.B. - Heggie, G. |
3 - 0 |
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| Glasgow and Dundee 1866 |
Dundee - Glasgow Club Match |
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Fraser, G.B. - Donaldson, Jo. |
2 - 0 |
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| Dundee 1867 (1) |
Dundee Tournament |
2.5 | / | 7 |
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| Dundee 1867 (2) |
Scottish Tournament |
4.5 | / | 7 |
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| Dundee 1867 (3) |
Dundee Handicap Tournament |
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Fraser, G.B. - Spens, W.C. |
0 - 1 |
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Fraser, G.B. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Dundee 1869 |
Dundee Handicap Tournament |
10 | / | 12 |
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| Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872 |
East and West of Scotland Match |
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Fraser, G.B. - Hunter, A. |
2.5 - 0.5 |
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| Glasgow 1875 (1) |
6th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Scotland - England Match |
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Fraser, G.B. - Burn, A. |
1 - 0 |
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| Cheltenham 1876 (3) |
7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Provincial Champion's Cup |
4.5 | / | 12 |
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| Edinburgh 1876 |
East and West of Scotland Match |
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Fraser, G.B. - Jenkin, J. |
2 - 0 |
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| Edinburgh 1880 |
East and West of Scotland Match |
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Fraser, G.B. - Spens, W.C. |
2 - 0 |
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| Edinburgh 1881 |
East and West of Scotland Match |
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Fraser, G.B. - Mills, D.Y. |
1 - 1 |
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| Glasgow 1884 (1) |
1st Scottish Championship |
6.5 | / | 9 |
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| Glasgow 1884 (3) |
1st Scottish Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament |
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Fraser, G.B. - Fyfe, P. |
1 - 0 |
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Fraser, G.B. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Fraser, G.B. - Chambers, J.D. |
1 - 0 |
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Fraser, G.B. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Fraser, G.B. - McInnes |
1 - 0 |
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Fraser, G.B. gave odds of a knight |
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Fraser, G.B. - Spens, W.C. |
0 - 1 |
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| Edinburgh 1885 |
2nd Scottish Championship |
7.5 | / | 11 |
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| Glasgow 1886 |
3rd Scottish Championship |
6.5 | / | 11 |
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| Nottingham 1886 (2) |
Counties Chess Association - Minor Tourney, Division I |
0 | / | 6 |
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| Nottingham 1886 (6) |
Counties Chess Association - Handicap Tournament |
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Fraser, G.B. - Taylor, Ro. |
0 - 1 |
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| Edinburgh 1887 |
4th Scottish Championship |
6 | / | 8 |
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| Dundee 1890 (1) |
7th Scottish Championship |
5 | / | 8 |
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| Dundee 1890 (3) |
Scottish Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament |
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Fraser, G.B. - Finlayson, J.M. |
1 - 0 |
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Fraser, G.B. - Baxter, H.T. |
0 - 1 |
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Fraser, G.B. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Edinburgh 1892 |
9th Scottish Championship |
6 | / | 9 |
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| Dundee 1893 (1) |
10th Scottish Championship |
0 | / | 3 |
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| Edinburgh 1895 (1) |
12th Scottish Championship |
4.5 | / | 7 |
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| Dundee 1896 |
13th Scottish Championship |
3 | / | 4 |
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| Edinburgh 1898 |
15th Scottish Championship |
4 | / | 4 |
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| Player information updated: 1 Feb. 2023 |
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