| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1873 | 687 | 1550 | (171) | 3 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Fricke, Robert |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Name given as 'Fricke' in the Westminster Papers (1 Apr. 1873, p.188) and the Field (29 Mar. 1873), but 'Tricke' in the Chess Player's Chronicle (1873, p.247). |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 8, 1873, page 247 |  
   | [Fld], 29 Mar. 1873 |  
   | [HCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Apr. 1873, page 135 |  
   | [WP], vol. 5, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1873, page 188 |  | Web |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1873: Bradford v Halifax] |  |  |