Flear, Frederick




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  261  2191 (118) 1
1897  256  2194 (114) 0
1898  264  2196 (110) 0
1899  267  2199 (105) 0
1900  255  2201 (99) 0
1901  262  2204 (93) 0
1902  275  2207 (85) 0
1903  282  2209 (76) 0
1904  302  2212 (64) 10
1905  322  2199 (67) 0
1906  351  2186 (66) 0
1907  377  2174 (62) 0
1908  401  2161 (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