Cronhelm, Edward




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1843  50  2199 (84) 4
1844  56  2179 (79) 0
1845  63  2158 (73) 5
1846  74  2154 (69) 9
1847  82  2122 (74) 9
1848  83  2103 (83) 0
1849  116  2084 (90) 0
1850  121  2065 (96) 0
1851  128  2046 (102) 0
1852  114  2027 (106) 1
1853  126  2015 (111) 0
1854  134  2004 (116) 0
1855  151  1992 (120) 0
1856  176  1980 (123) 0
1857  182  1968 (126) 0
1858  204  1957 (129) 0
1859  227  1945 (132) 0
1860  249  1933 (134) 0
1861  262  1921 (136) 0
1862  288  1909 (138) 0
1863  289  1898 (140) 0
1864  308  1886 (141) 0
1865  354  1874 (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