Blunt, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1859  272  1760 (125) 2
1860  292  1778 (124) 0
1861  294  1796 (122) 0
1862  320  1814 (120) 0
1863  320  1833 (118) 0
1864  327  1851 (115) 0
1865  362  1869 (112) 0
1866  380  1887 (108) 0
1867  359  1905 (104) 0
1868  359  1923 (99) 0
1869  349  1941 (93) 0
1870  363  1960 (87) 0
1871  371  1978 (78) 11
1872  395  1967 (84) 1
1873  392  1972 (89) 0
1874  406  1977 (93) 0
1875  414  1981 (97) 0
1876  402  1986 (99) 0
1877  383  1990 (101) 0
1878  384  1995 (102) 1
1879  367  2004 (104) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Blunt, Robert Gair  
Born: 1818
Died: 20 Nov. 1894
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 955
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 43
Periodicals
   [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1655, 17 June 1871, page 595
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2000, 10 Nov. 1877, page 462

Tournament data

London, England 1859 (3)     Starie's Philidorian Rooms Handicap    
  Blunt, R.G. - Bloundell     0 - 2    
London, England 1871 (2)     City of London Club Handicap - Section 2    
  Blunt, R.G. - Keates     1 - 2    
London, England 1871 (5)     City of London Club Handicap - Consolation Tournament    
  Blunt, R.G. - Chappell, H.     0 - 1          Blunt, R.G. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Blunt, R.G. - Standring     1.5 - 0.5    
  Blunt, R.G. - Rudderforth, W.H.     2 - 1    
London, England 1871 (6)     City of London Club Handicap - Consolation Tournament Final Pool     1  /  2      odds player in pawn and two moves class
London, England 1872 (1)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Blunt, R.G. - Gamman, E.     0 - 1          Gamman, E. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1878 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Blunt, R.G. - Botterill, F.W.     0 - 1          Blunt, R.G. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1879 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Blunt, R.G. - Hoare, G.     1 - 0          Blunt, R.G. gave odds of pawn and move
  Blunt, R.G. - Herzfeld, A.G.     1 - 0          Blunt, R.G. gave odds of the move
  Blunt, R.G. - Potter, W.N.     0 - 1          Potter, W.N. gave odds of pawn and two moves


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025