Cronhelm, Edward




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1843  50  2196 (84) 4
1844  56  2176 (79) 0
1845  63  2155 (73) 5
1846  74  2151 (69) 9
1847  82  2119 (74) 9
1848  83  2100 (83) 0
1849  116  2081 (90) 0
1850  122  2062 (96) 0
1851  131  2043 (102) 0
1852  115  2024 (106) 1
1853  127  2013 (111) 0
1854  135  2001 (116) 0
1855  152  1989 (120) 0
1856  177  1977 (123) 0
1857  184  1966 (126) 0
1858  205  1954 (129) 0
1859  229  1942 (132) 0
1860  251  1931 (134) 0
1861  264  1919 (136) 0
1862  294  1907 (138) 0
1863  292  1895 (140) 0
1864  311  1884 (141) 0
1865  357  1872 (142) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Cronhelm, Edward  
Born: 24 Aug. 1820
Died: 24 Jan. 1889
 
Notes:
The Chess Player's Chronicle has correspondence from 'E.C., Halifax' as early as Nov. 1841 (vol.2, p.45). Staunton gives name as 'E.C. Cronhelm' in the Illustrated London News of 7 Oct. 1865 (p.347), but neither Gaige nor Steve Mann give a middle initial.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 78
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 107
   Kieseritzky, Cinquante Parties, page 49
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 139
   Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lx, xxxvii
   Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 140
Periodicals
   [BLL], 15 June 1845, page 2
   [BLL], 9 Nov. 1845, page 3
   [BLL], 5 Apr. 1846, page 6
   [BLL], 17 May 1846, page 3
   [BLL], 1 Aug. 1847, page 7
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 3, 13 Nov. 1841, page 45
   [CPC], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1844, page 24
   [CPC], vol. 9, no. 12, Dec. 1848, page 365
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 1851, page 89
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1853, page 219
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1854, page 59
   [Era], vol. 28, no. 1410, 1 Oct. 1865, page 6
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1675, 30 Oct. 1870, page 2
   [Fld], 14 May 1853
   [ILN], vol. 3, no. 81, 18 Nov. 1843, page 331
   [ILN], vol. 11, no. 282, 25 Sep. 1847, page 206
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 471, 22 Feb. 1851, page 163
   [ILN], vol. 19, no. 538, 27 Dec. 1851, page 771
   [ILN], vol. 23, no. 658, 17 Dec. 1853, page 515
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1337, 7 Oct. 1865, page 347
   [IZL], vol. 12, no. 289, 13 Jan. 1849, page 32
   [Pal], vol. 6, no. 5, 15 May 1846, page 199
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1850, page 193
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Edward Cronhelm]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Frederick William Cronhelm]
   McAlister, David and Forster, Richard.  [Porterfield Rynd 1846-1917]
   Sericano, C.  [Dublin 1865]

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

Wyvill, M. - Cronhelm, E. 1843         (c)     1.5   -   2.5
Walker, G. (1) - Cronhelm, E. 1845         (c)     4.5   -   0.5      Walker, G. (1) gave odds of pawn and two moves
Walker, G. (1) - Cronhelm, E. 1846         (c)     5   -   4      Walker, G. (1) gave odds of pawn and two moves
Rhodes, J. - Cronhelm, E. 1847         (f)     4   -   1
Cadman, R. - Cronhelm, E. 1847         (f)     3   -   1
Staunton, H. - Cronhelm, E. 1852         (c)     1   -   0      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves

Tournament data

Dublin 1865     Dublin Masters Tournament     0  /  4


Player information updated: 6 Apr. 2023