Greville, Brooke




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1842  20  2412 (64) 18
1843  19  2428 (58) 8
1844  19  2442 (57) 0
1845  21  2455 (50) 33
1846  12  2525 (44) 77
1847  12  2513 (59) 0
1848  16  2501 (68) 0
1849  20  2489 (75) 0
1850  23  2476 (79) 0
1851  26  2464 (81) 0
1852  26  2452 (82) 0
1853  28  2439 (81) 2
1854  21  2446 (83) 0
1855  15  2453 (83) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Greville, Brooke James  
Born: 1798
Died: 22 Nov. 1884
 
Notes:
His name is usually given as 'Mr. Brooke Greville' as if this was his full surname, so perhaps it should be 'Brooke Greville, James'. The Chess Player's Chronicle of Sept. 1851 (p.282) lists him as 'Greville Brooke, Esq.', and articles on France by 'Greville Brooke' appear in the Sunday Times (e.g. 23 Jan. 1853, p.2). Gaige lists him under Greville, however, as 'Greville, Brooke [James]'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 149
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 194
   Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lx
   Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 141
Periodicals
   [BLL], 18 Apr. 1841, page 4
   [BLL], 9 May 1841, page 3
   [BLL], 13 Apr. 1845, page 4
   [CPC], vol. 10, no. 6, June 1849, page 173
   [CPC], vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 1849, page 346
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 9, Sep. 1851, page 282
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 4, Apr. 1852, page 120
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1853, page 202
   [DSZ], vol. 1, 1846, page 276
   [Era], vol. 3, no. 134, 18 Apr. 1841, page 11
   [Era], vol. 17, no. 850, 7 Jan. 1855, page 18
   [Era], vol. 17, no. 881, 12 Aug. 1855, page 6
   [FLIN], 26 Nov. 1859
   [ILN], vol. 23, no. 632, 9 July 1853, page 11
   [ILN], vol. 25, no. 719, 23 Dec. 1854, page 647
   [ILN], vol. 35, no. 998, 15 Oct. 1859, page 380
   [IZL], vol. 3, no. 63, 14 Sep. 1844, page 176
   [IZL], vol. 3, no. 75, 7 Dec. 1844, page 368
   [MSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 185
   [NR], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1860, page 44
   [NR], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 6
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 9, 15 Sep. 1843, page 427
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 11, 15 Nov. 1845, page 524
   [Pal], vol. 6, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1846, page 19
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 36
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1851, page 349
   [RSI], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1900, page 133
   [RSI], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1901, page 39, 40
   [ST], no. 1581, 23 Jan. 1853, page 2
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Serafino Dubois]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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

Dubois, S. - Greville, B.J. 1842         (s)     4   -   2
Greville, B.J. - Luchini, L. 1842         (s)     3.5   -   2.5
Greville, B.J. - Filiberti, F. 1842         (s)     3   -   3
Staunton, H. - Greville, B.J. 1843 (1)         (f)     4   -   1      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Greville, B.J. 1843 (2)         (f)     0   -   3      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Harrwitz, D. - Greville, B.J. 1845 (1)         (f)     12   -   5
Harrwitz, D. - Greville, B.J. 1845 (2)         (f)     11.5   -   4.5
Greville, B.J. - Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. 1846         (c)     1.5   -   0.5      Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Greville, B.J. 1846         (f)     1.5   -   3.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Greville, B.J. - Lecrivain, L.S. 1846 (1)         (f)     6   -   4
Greville, B.J. - Lecrivain, L.S. 1846 (2)         (f)     6   -   4
Greville, B.J. - Lecrivain, L.S. 1846 (3)         (f)     2   -   1
Harrwitz, D. - Greville, B.J. 1846         (c)     17.5   -   29.5
Harrwitz, D. - Greville, B.J. 1853         (c)     2   -   0
Dubois, S. - Greville, B.J. 1855         (c)     2.5   -   1.5
Greville, B.J. - Tassinari, G. 1855         (s)     1   -   0


Player information updated: 3 Jun. 2023