Brook, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  451  1943 (88) 4
1876  420  1951 (86) 6
1877  404  1942 (90) 1
1878  422  1924 (96) 0
1879  439  1906 (100) 0
1880  493  1887 (104) 0
1881  570  1869 (107) 0
1882  639  1850 (110) 0
1883  711  1832 (112) 1
1884  808  1819 (116) 1
1885  777  1812 (120) 0
1886  777  1804 (124) 0
1887  743  1797 (128) 0
1888  753  1789 (131) 0
1889  741  1782 (134) 0
1890  797  1775 (137) 0
1891  803  1767 (140) 0
1892  845  1760 (142) 0
1893  868  1752 (144) 0
1894  900  1745 (147) 0
1895  917  1738 (148) 0
1896  920  1730 (150) 0
1897  946  1723 (152) 0
1898  927  1715 (153) 0
1899  957  1708 (154) 0
1900  982  1701 (155) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Brook, Charles Lewis  
Born: 26 May 1855
Died: 9 May 1939
 
Notes:
Saunders gives birth date as 12-06-1855. Mann gives birth date as 26-06-1855, citing a note added in the margin of a baptism register. Name given as 'Brook' or 'Brooke' in the Illustrated London News, and 'C.C. Brook' in the issue of 13 Apr. 1878 (p.350); name given as 'C.L. Brook' in the Feb. 1883 issue (p.68) and the Dec. 1884 issue (p.440) of the British Chess Magazine; name given as 'C.L. Brooke' by Sergeant (p.344). Some events listing a Huddersfield player named 'H. Brooke' or even 'Broole' might have been an error for 'C.L. Brook'. I have made this assumption.
 
References
Books
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 239
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 344
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1883, page 68
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 8, Apr. 1875, page 254
   [Fld], 3 June 1876
   [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1859, 27 Mar. 1875, page 307
   [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1911, 11 Mar. 1876, page 263
   [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1916, 15 Apr. 1876, page 383
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2024, 13 Apr. 1878, page 350
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1875, page 237
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1884: Sheffield & District v Huddersfield & Holmfirth]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Charles Lewis Brook]
   Saunders, John.  [Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players]
   [History of the Huddersfield Chess Club]

Tournament data

London, England 1875 (6)     3rd Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Arblaster, E.     1 - 1    
Oxford 1875     Oxford University Club Handicap    
  Brook, C.L. - Parratt, W.     1 - 1          Parratt, W. gave odds of a knight
Oxford 1876     Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Best, T.F.     2 - 1    
London, England 1876 (7)     4th Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Reade, R.C.     2 - 0    
Birmingham 1876     Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Madders, J.M.     0 - 1    
London, England 1877 (3)     5th Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Chatto, J.T.C.     1 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Heap, H. (2)     0 - 1    
Penistone 1884     Sheffield and District - Huddersfield and Holmfirth Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Smith, W. (1)     0 - 2    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Beaver, R.A.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1900 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Brook, C.L. - Powell, D.C.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024