Flear, Frederick




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  268  2194 (118) 1
1897  263  2197 (114) 0
1898  266  2199 (110) 0
1899  273  2202 (105) 0
1900  263  2205 (99) 0
1901  268  2207 (93) 0
1902  286  2210 (85) 0
1903  291  2212 (76) 0
1904  308  2215 (64) 10
1905  330  2203 (67) 0
1906  359  2190 (66) 0
1907  390  2178 (62) 0
1908  413  2165 (54) 20

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Flear, Frederick W.  
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

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 Tournament - 1st Class Amateur Section B     5  /  9
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 Oct. 2016