Mercer, Arthur




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1903  352  2186 (65) 11
1904  339  2199 (64) 0
1905  324  2213 (60) 0
1906  310  2226 (51) 11
1907  302  2237 (50) 17
1908  327  2230 (66) 0
1909  358  2222 (78) 0
1910  368  2214 (88) 0
1911  411  2206 (96) 0
1912  421  2198 (104) 0
1913  436  2190 (111) 0
1914  430  2183 (116) 0
1915  430  2175 (122) 0
1916  442  2167 (127) 0
1917  469  2159 (132) 0
1918  493  2151 (136) 0
1919  519  2144 (140) 0
1920  575  2136 (143) 0
1921  641  2128 (147) 0
1922  680  2120 (150) 0
1923  763  2112 (153) 0
1924  819  2104 (156) 0
1925  875  2097 (159) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Mercer, Arthur Emerson  
Born: 1873
Died: 12 June 1964
 
Notes:
Full name and birth and death dates from Steve Mann (personal communication).
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 311
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables II, page 267
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 451
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 326
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 23, no. 10, Oct. 1903, page 415
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Henry Mercer and Arthur Emerson Mercer]
   Saunders, John.  [Britbase Chess Archive : Material from the 1920s - Part 1]

Tournament data

Plymouth 1903 (4)     Southern Counties Chess Union Congress - Class II, Section B     6.5  /  8
Plymouth 1903 (6)     Southern Counties Chess Union Congress - Class II, Final     0.5  /  3
Shrewsbury 1906 (1)     3rd British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4  /  11
London, England 1907 (6)     17th City of London Club Championship     9.5  /  17
Sheffield 1908     Yorkshire - Middlesex County Match    
  Mercer, A.E. - Foulds, J.     1 - 0    
Leeds 1925     English Counties Championship Final Match: Middlesex - Yorkshire    
  Mercer, A.E. - Hodgkinson, H.W.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 5 May 2020