Flear, Frederick




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  293  2169 (116) 1
1897  292  2170 (111) 0
1898  308  2170 (107) 0
1899  312  2171 (102) 0
1900  309  2172 (96) 0
1901  322  2173 (88) 0
1902  338  2174 (80) 0
1903  349  2175 (70) 0
1904  364  2176 (56) 10
1905  413  2151 (53) 10
1906  426  2148 (58) 0
1907  435  2145 (57) 0
1908  446  2142 (52) 20

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Flear, Frederick William  
Born: 1859
Died: 10 Nov. 1949
 
Notes:
The British Chess Magazine of June 1896 (p.230) and the Sunday Times of 10 May 1896 (p.8) have 'F.H. Flear'. I assume that this is an error for F.W. Flear.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 101
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 121
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables II, page 295
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 249
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 16, June 1896, page 230
   [BCM], vol. 27, Aug. 1907, page 361
   [ST], 10 May 1896, page 8
Web
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: 2nd British Championship]

Tournament data

London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Flear, F.W. - Barlow, H.S.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1904 (1)     London League - Three Unions Match    
  Flear, F.W. - Coates, C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hastings 1904 (5)     1st British Chess Federation Congress - 1st Class Amateur Section B     5  /  9
Southport 1905 (3)     2nd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     4.5  /  10
Sheffield 1908     Yorkshire - Middlesex County Match    
  Flear, F.W. - Brown, I.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1908     18th City of London Club Championship     8  /  19

Player information updated: 30 Dec. 2020