Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1857 |
199 |
1881 | (115) | 3 |
| 1858 |
220 |
1887 | (114) | 0 |
| 1859 |
243 |
1894 | (113) | 0 |
| 1860 |
259 |
1900 | (111) | 0 |
| 1861 |
268 |
1907 | (109) | 0 |
| 1862 |
287 |
1914 | (106) | 0 |
| 1863 |
281 |
1920 | (103) | 0 |
| 1864 |
292 |
1927 | (99) | 6 |
| 1865 |
304 |
1945 | (102) | 3 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Scott, William |
| Also known as: Dr. William Scott |
| Born: 1829 |
| Died: 2 July 1907 |
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| Notes: |
| Not to be confused with 'W.H. Scott', of the Halifax (Yorkshire) Chess Club. The fact that they are distinct is indicated by the presence of both in a list of players at the West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting of 22 May 1858 appearing in the Illustrated London News of 5 June 1858 (p.567). Could this be the same 'Dr. Scott', however, as the one who captained the Tynemouth team in the Newcastle - Tynemouth Club match in Mar. 1866 (see Illustrated London News, 10 Mar. 1866, p.243)? Also, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of 24 Jul. 1858 has a game played by a John Watkinson in Montreal, against W. Scott 'of the Huddersfield Chess Club'. Of course, John Watkinson was also of Huddersfield. Could the two of them have been visiting Montreal together? |
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| References |
| Books |
| Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 1, 5, 41 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1854, page cover |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1856, page 155 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1859, page 190, cover |
| [CPM], vol. 3, no. 5, 1 May 1867, page 156 |
| [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 4, Nov. 1868, page 121 |
| [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1869, page 246 |
| [Era], vol. 17, no. 841, 5 Nov. 1854, page 6 |
| [Era], vol. 19, no. 972, 10 May 1857, page 13 |
| [Era], vol. 19, no. 983, 26 July 1857, page 12 |
| [Era], vol. 21, no. 1077, 15 May 1859, page 14 |
| [Era], vol. 31, no. 1569, 18 Oct. 1868, page 5 |
| [Era], vol. 31, no. 1603, 13 June 1869, page 7 |
| [FLIN], 24 July 1858 |
| [ILN], vol. 30, no. 859, 16 May 1857, page 472 |
| [ILN], vol. 30, no. 865, 20 June 1857, page 616 |
| [ILN], vol. 31, no. 887, 14 Nov. 1857, page 494 |
| [ILN], vol. 32, no. 921, 5 June 1858, page 567 |
| [ILN], vol. 44, no. 1257, 30 Apr. 1864, page 435 |
| [ILN], vol. 45, no. 1290, 3 Dec. 1864, page 571 |
| [ILN], vol. 53, no. 1507, 17 Oct. 1868, page 386 |
| [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1543, 12 June 1869, page 603 |
| [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1700, 6 Apr. 1872, page 339 |
| [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1815, 6 June 1874, page 547 |
| [SZ], vol. 14, no. 5, May 1859, page 169 |
| Web |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - 1856: Huddersfield v Wakefield Match] |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - 1857: Halifax CC Annual Meeting] |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Dr. William Scott] |
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