Lean, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1908  552  2113 (64) 11
1909  612  2105 (63) 0
1910  634  2096 (58) 0
1911  674  2087 (48) 20
1912  671  2085 (51) 0
1913  683  2082 (48) 11
1914  700  2070 (47) 19
1915  649  2077 (57) 0
1916  631  2084 (63) 0
1917  613  2091 (65) 0
1918  611  2099 (63) 0
1919  607  2106 (58) 0
1920  632  2113 (48) 10
1921  670  2117 (42) 17
1922  716  2106 (43) 11
1923  842  2086 (44) 9
1924  982  2048 (43) 9
1925  1058  2037 (39) 25
1926  1050  2059 (43) 9
1927  1137  2045 (44) 16
1928  1243  2008 (52) 9
1929  1304  1980 (63) 0
1930  1410  1952 (69) 0
1931  1563  1924 (73) 0
1932  1641  1897 (75) 0
1933  1669  1869 (74) 0
1934  1815  1841 (72) 0
1935  1847  1813 (67) 10
1936  1771  1816 (70) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Lean, Richard Edward  
Born: 1867
Died: 1937
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 309
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 239
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 392
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 362
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 468, 577
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 326
   Tanner, Vera Menchik, page 313
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 149
Web
   Sarah.  [The Ladies' Chess Club: Middle Years]
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: 11th British Championship]
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: 16th Hastings Premier 1935/36]
   [Richard Edward Lean]

Tournament data

Tunbridge Wells 1908 (1)     5th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     3  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1911 (1)     Kent and Sussex Counties Chess Association Congress - 1st Class Open, Section A     3  /  9
Glasgow 1911 (2)     8th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     2  /  11
Hastings 1913 (1)     Kent and Sussex Counties Chess Association Tournament - Section I     7  /  11
Dartford 1914 (2)     16th Kent County Chess Association Tournament - Preliminary Section B     2  /  5
Dartford 1914 (5)     16th Kent County Chess Association Tournament - Final B     1  /  5
Chester 1914 (1)     11th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     3.5  /  10
Bromley 1920 (5)     17th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Preliminary Section E     1.5  /  5
Bromley 1920 (11)     17th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Final Section E     4.5  /  5
Malvern 1921 (2)     14th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open Tournament     4  /  10
Hastings 1921 (4)     2nd Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Tournament     5  /  7
London, England 1922 (3)     British Chess Federation Congress - Minor Tournament     4.5  /  11
Hastings 1923 (2)     3rd Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Tournament     5  /  9
Hastings 1924 (2)     4th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Open Tournament     3  /  9
Hastings 1925 (3)     5th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Reserves     2  /  7
Bromley 1925 (2)     20th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Preliminary Section B     3  /  7
Stratford-upon-Avon 1925 (4)     18th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open Tournament     3  /  11
Hastings 1926 (3)     6th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Reserves     7  /  9
Hastings 1927 (3)     7th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Reserves Tournament     4.5  /  9
Tunbridge Wells 1927 (2)     21st Kent County Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament     2  /  7
Hastings 1928 (2)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Open, Section A     2  /  9
Margate 1935 (3)     Margate Premier Reserves, Preliminary Group B     0  /  5
Margate 1935 (7)     Margate Premier Reserves - Final C     0.5  /  5
Hastings 1936 (6)     16th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major C     5  /  9

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025