Tinsley, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1886  151  2276 (86) 1
1887  142  2302 (78) 0
1888  119  2329 (68) 1
1889  81  2372 (56) 0
1890  64  2416 (38) 37
1891  72  2399 (38) 28
1892  65  2399 (49) 0
1893  63  2399 (50) 5
1894  67  2391 (51) 0
1895  77  2383 (45) 21
1896  89  2360 (53) 2
1897  93  2345 (57) 0
1898  108  2329 (57) 0
1899  134  2313 (51) 27

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Tinsley, Samuel  
   Also known as: Old Sam
Born: 13 Jan. 1847
Died: 26 Feb. 1903
 
References
Books
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 294
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 98
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 438, 970
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 426
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 506, 581
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 424
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 14, 241
   Winter, Chess Explorations, page 272
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 227
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [It's all Down in Black and White], page 4
   Sarah.  [Hastings 1895]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 3799. Najdorf and Tinsley]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Tinsley, S. - Muller, Osc.C. 1891         (f)     8.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

London, England 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Minchin, J.I.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Warner, J.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (4)     Simpson's Divan Handicap     13  /  18
Manchester 1890 (1)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     11  /  19
London, England 1891 (7)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Summer     3  /  9
London, England 1891 (8)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney     5.5  /  9
London, England 1893 (1)     Black and White Tourney     3  /  5
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     7.5  /  21
London, England and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Barry, J.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (4)     Divan Chess Association - City of London Club Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Ballard, W.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1899 (3)     London Major Tournament     6  /  27


Player information updated: 5 May 2020