Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1872 |
324 |
2029 | (70) | 3 |
| 1873 |
319 |
2038 | (59) | 27 |
| 1874 |
325 |
2043 | (64) | 0 |
| 1875 |
330 |
2049 | (64) | 7 |
| 1876 |
331 |
2050 | (70) | 3 |
| 1877 |
334 |
2041 | (79) | 0 |
| 1878 |
343 |
2032 | (86) | 0 |
| 1879 |
347 |
2023 | (91) | 0 |
| 1880 |
381 |
2014 | (95) | 2 |
| 1881 |
432 |
2010 | (102) | 0 |
| 1882 |
452 |
2006 | (108) | 2 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: McArthur, George B. |
| Also known as: Rev. G. McArthur; Alpha |
| Born: 1 Mar. 1829 |
| Died: 6 Mar. 1913 |
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| Notes: |
| Birth and death dates sent by Alan McGowan from official records. The birth date appears to be tentative (McGowan gives it a question mark). |
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| References |
| Books |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl, xxxii |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 138, 149 |
| Periodicals |
| [APL], vol. 24, no. 1, 1897, page 141 |
| [BCM], vol. 9, no. 6, June 1889, page 228 |
| [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 164 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98 |
| [CPM], vol. 1, no. 9, Sep. 1865, page 284 |
| [CW], vol. 2, no. 6, Aug. 1866, page 168 |
| [Era], vol. 35, no. 1790, 12 Jan. 1873, page 2 |
| [Fld], 14 Aug. 1875 |
| [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1578, 29 Jan. 1870, page 131 |
| [ILN], vol. 61, no. 1738, 28 Dec. 1872, page 639 |
| [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1756, 26 Apr. 1873, page 403 |
| [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1842, 12 Dec. 1874, page 571 |
| [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1860, 3 Apr. 1875, page 331 |
| [TG], vol. 33, no. 6, 6 Jan. 1877, page 7 |
| [WP], vol. 7, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1874, page 66 |
| [WP], vol. 7, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1875, page 238 |
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