Greville, Brooke




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1842  21  2403 (65) 14
1843  19  2420 (59) 8
1844  19  2433 (57) 0
1845  22  2446 (50) 33
1846  12  2515 (44) 77
1847  13  2503 (59) 0
1848  16  2491 (68) 0
1849  21  2479 (75) 0
1850  23  2467 (79) 0
1851  26  2455 (81) 0
1852  26  2442 (82) 0
1853  30  2430 (81) 2
1854  23  2437 (83) 0
1855  16  2444 (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
   [MaSZ], 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
   [Sis], vol. 9, no. 3, Mar. 1855, page 76
   [Sis], vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1869, page 333
   [ST], no. 1581, 23 Jan. 1853, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 10, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 73
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 15, 1 Nov. 1867, page 336
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)     1   -   1
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: 6 Aug. 2024