Spencer, Edmund




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1901  410  2152 (100) 2
1902  411  2159 (97) 0
1903  406  2167 (93) 0
1904  407  2174 (88) 2
1905  424  2173 (86) 0
1906  433  2172 (82) 0
1907  441  2172 (77) 0
1908  453  2171 (70) 1
1909  517  2160 (63) 7
1910  495  2171 (62) 1
1911  518  2173 (58) 2
1912  537  2154 (52) 12
1913  608  2126 (53) 9
1914  542  2144 (56) 9
1915  480  2160 (63) 0
1916  439  2176 (67) 0
1917  406  2192 (68) 0
1918  365  2208 (66) 0
1919  340  2225 (61) 0
1920  314  2241 (51) 10
1921  317  2250 (47) 10
1922  254  2284 (45) 9
1923  248  2289 (43) 9
1924  222  2304 (39) 20
1925  200  2320 (40) 16
1926  217  2314 (43) 9
1927  232  2314 (45) 6
1928  279  2302 (46) 11
1929  319  2285 (51) 0
1930  388  2267 (48) 7
1931  377  2275 (46) 11
1932  495  2243 (50) 0
1933  658  2211 (47) 11
1934  547  2238 (47) 11
1935  666  2214 (53) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Spencer, Edmund  
Born: 18 June 1876
Died: 4 Jan. 1936
 
Notes:
Gaige gives date of death as 7-01-1936; Steve Mann gives 4-01-1936.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 338
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 404
   England and Liverpool Club Committee, Liverpool Chess Club, Annual Report 1912, page 4
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 696, 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 401
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 251
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 197, 485
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 256
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Lancastrians S-T]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Holmes, H.H. - Spencer, E. 1909         (f)     5   -   1

Tournament data

Manchester 1900 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Spencer, E. - Denham, L.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1901 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Gardner, H.E.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1901 (3)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Cairns, J.C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1904 (3)     City of London Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Loman, R.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1904     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Rutherford, A.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1908 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Kelly, T.J.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1909     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Coates, C.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1910     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Coates, C.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1911 (1)     Liverpool - North Manchester Match    
  Spencer, E. - Lund, H.B.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1911 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Kelly, T.J.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1912 (1)     Liverpool - North Manchester Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Yates, F.D.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1912 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Kelly, T.J.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1912     Liverpool Chess Club Championship     5  /  10
Liverpool 1913 (1)     Liverpool - North Manchester Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Lobel, C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Liverpool 1913 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Spencer, E. - Holmes, N.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Liverpool 1913 (3)     Liverpool Club Championship     1  /  7
Liverpool 1914     Liverpool Club Championship     4.5  /  9
Bromley 1920 (2)     17th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Preliminary Section B     3.5  /  5
Bromley 1920 (9)     17th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Final Section C     2.5  /  5
Broadstairs 1921 (1)     16th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Preliminary Section A     3.5  /  5
Broadstairs 1921 (8)     16th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Final Section B     1  /  5
Weston-Super-Mare 1922     West of England Chess Festival     5.5  /  9
Liverpool 1923 (1)     Northern Counties Chess Union Congress - Master Tournament     4  /  9
Weston-Super-Mare 1924     West of England Chess Festival     5.5  /  9
Southport 1924 (1)     17th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4.5  /  11
Scarborough 1925 (1)     Scarborough Tournament - Section 1     3  /  5
Stratford-upon-Avon 1925 (3)     18th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     7.5  /  11
Weston-Super-Mare 1926     Weston-Super-Mare Tournament     4  /  9
London, England 1927 (3)     1st Olympiad     3.5  /  6
Tenby 1928 (1)     21st British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     6  /  11
Canterbury 1930 (1)     23rd Kent County Chess Association Congress - Premier Tournament     2  /  7
Worcester, England 1931 (1)     24th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     6.5  /  11
Folkestone 1933 (1)     Folkestone Congress - Premier Tournament     2.5  /  11
Chester 1934 (3)     British Chess Federation - Major Open     9  /  11
Yarmouth 1935 (1)     28th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4.5  /  11


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026