Foster, Frederick




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  531  2005 (78) 4
1885  537  2000 (74) 2
1886  528  2000 (71) 7
1887  528  2002 (77) 1
1888  521  2006 (83) 0
1889  515  2010 (87) 0
1890  529  2014 (90) 0
1891  524  2018 (92) 0
1892  547  2023 (93) 0
1893  560  2027 (93) 1
1894  553  2037 (94) 1
1895  567  2031 (96) 1
1896  570  2026 (100) 1
1897  611  2009 (106) 0
1898  668  1991 (110) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Foster, Frederick Edward  
Born: 1856
Died: 21 Jan. 1910
 
Notes:
Gaige has year of birth as 1855 but Steve Mann has 1856-1857. The British Chess Magazine of Dec. 1884 (p.440) has 'F.C. Foster'.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 959
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 125
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Frederick Edward Foster]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4652. Chess by circulation]

Tournament data

Sheffield 1883 (1)     Sheffield Athenaeum - Rest of Sheffield and District Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Shaw, W.L.     1 - 0    
Sheffield 1884     Derbyshire - Sheffield and District Chess Association Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Balson, H.     1.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Cohen, S. (1)     1 - 1    
Penistone 1885     Sheffield and District - Huddersfield and Holmfirth Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Dyson, E.C.     1 - 1    
Sheffield 1886 (1)     Sheffield and District - Leeds Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Toothill, F.     0.5 - 1.5    
Sheffield 1886 (2)     Sheffield and District - Bradford Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Fieldsend, T.     0.5 - 1.5    
Huddersfield and Leeds 1886 (2)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - Class A, Section 3    
  Foster, F.E. - Stokoe, T.Y.     0 - 1    
Wakefield 1886 (2)     Sheffield and District - Wakefield Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Ash, W.     2 - 0    
Bradford 1887 (2)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Foster, F.E. - McClelland, W.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Jones, Ed.O.     0 - 1    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Lambert, C.J.     1 - 0    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1895     10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A    
  Foster, F.E. - Allison, J.B.     1 - 0    
  Foster, F.E. - Hall, J.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1896     Cheshire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Mills-Palmer, G.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1898     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Foster, F.E. - Dod, W.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 23 Mar. 2016