Dawson, Richard

Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1855 |
164 |
1937 | (152) | 1 |
| 1856 |
181 |
1945 | (149) | 0 |
| 1857 |
187 |
1952 | (147) | 0 |
| 1858 |
204 |
1959 | (144) | 0 |
| 1859 |
222 |
1967 | (140) | 0 |
| 1860 |
238 |
1974 | (137) | 0 |
| 1861 |
247 |
1982 | (133) | 4 |
| 1862 |
257 |
1991 | (132) | 3 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Dawson, Richard |
| Also known as: Lord Cremorne; Viscount Cremorne; Earl of Dartr[e]y |
| Born: 7 Sep. 1817 |
| Died: 12 May 1897 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38, 530 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 66, 196, 198 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 65, 274 |
| Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 340 |
| Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 196 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 1 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 71, 132, 140, 231 |
| Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lii, lix, xxxviii |
| Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 63 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1 |
| [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 161 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 1, Jan. 1851, page 30 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 1851, page 90, 94 |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1854, page 31 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 88 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Aug. 1874, page 118 |
| [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 251 |
| [Era], vol. 13, no. 650, 9 Mar. 1851, page 6 |
| [Era], vol. 21, no. 1095, 18 Sep. 1859, page 15 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1223, 2 Mar. 1862, page 14 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1232, 4 May 1862, page 14 |
| [ILN], vol. 17, no. 459, 14 Dec. 1850, page 454 |
| [ILN], vol. 18, no. 471, 22 Feb. 1851, page 163 |
| [ILN], vol. 24, no. 670, 25 Feb. 1854, page 170 |
| [ILN], vol. 28, no. 805, 7 June 1856, page 643 |
| [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1144, 17 May 1862, page 513 |
| [ILN], vol. 49, no. 1380, 14 July 1866, page 48 |
| [LW], 24 Jan. 1885, page 86 |
| [SZ], vol. 13, no. 9, Sep. 1858, page 372 |
| [WP], vol. 4, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1871, page 66 |
| Web |
| Harding, Tim. [The First Women's International Tournament], page 4 |
| Lundy, Daryll. [Richard Dawson, 1st Earl of Dartrey] |
| Sarah. [Paul Meets Anderssen] |
| Sarah. [Paul Morphy's Contenders] |
| Sericano, C. [Gerolamo Tassinari] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| London, England 1861 (1) |
Saint George's Chess Club Handicap Tournament |
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Dawson, R. - Paliano, J. |
1 - 0 |
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Dawson, R. gave odds of a knight |
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Dawson, R. - Metcalfe, J.T. |
2 - 1 |
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Dawson, R. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Dawson, R. - Owen, J. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1862 (4) |
British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament |
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Dawson, R. - Deacon, F.H. |
1 - 2 |
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Deacon, F.H. gave odds of the move |
| Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023 |
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