Block, Theodore




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  533  1883 (103) 4
1876  477  1916 (102) 0
1877  416  1948 (100) 0
1878  386  1981 (98) 0
1879  348  2014 (95) 0
1880  333  2047 (90) 0
1881  339  2080 (85) 2
1882  309  2104 (82) 4
1883  323  2112 (82) 0
1884  341  2120 (81) 0
1885  329  2129 (78) 1
1886  308  2147 (76) 0
1887  290  2165 (72) 1
1888  252  2191 (67) 1
1889  218  2223 (60) 9
1890  246  2215 (64) 1
1891  257  2198 (66) 0
1892  300  2182 (65) 9
1893  310  2173 (74) 0
1894  329  2164 (81) 0
1895  347  2155 (86) 0
1896  356  2146 (90) 0
1897  374  2138 (93) 0
1898  417  2129 (95) 0
1899  437  2120 (96) 0
1900  468  2111 (97) 0
1901  496  2102 (96) 0
1902  537  2093 (95) 0
1903  559  2084 (93) 0
1904  602  2076 (90) 0
1905  634  2067 (85) 0
1906  654  2058 (80) 0
1907  699  2049 (73) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Block, Theodore  
Born: 1853
Died: 7 June 1909
 
Notes:
The year of birth is approximate. According to Gerard Killoran, the 1881 census says he was aged 28, so he was born in 1852 or 1853. Gaige gives date of deat as 7-06-1901, but Killoran gives clear evidence from news reports that he committed suicide on 7-06-1909.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 42
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 371
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 202
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1885, page 68
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 5, June 1874, page 109
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 162
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 272
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 11, Dec. 1875, page 322
   [CML], vol. 2, no. 8, Apr. 1881, page 226
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1983, 14 July 1877, page 47
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2000, 10 Nov. 1877, page 462
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2002, 24 Nov. 1877, page 511
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2004, 8 Dec. 1877, page 558
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2021, 23 Mar. 1878, page 279
Web
   Killoran, Gerard.  [The Block Brothers]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Block, T. - Loman, R.J. 1889         (f)     4.5   -   2.5
Jacobs, H.L. - Block, T. 1889         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Smith, S.F. - Block, T. 1892         (f)     5   -   4

Tournament data

London, England 1875 (12)     City of London Club Rook Class - North London Club Match    
  Block, T. - Sothers     0.5 - 1.5    
London, England 1875 (15)     City of London Club Junior Handicap    
  Block, T. - Gastineau, H.F.     0 - 1          Block, T. gave odds of the move
  Block, T. - Batt, E.     0 - 1          Batt, E. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1875 (17)     City of London Club Rook Class - North London Club Match    
  Block, T. - Porter (1)     2 - 0    
London, England 1881 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Puller, C.G.     1.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1882 (2)     City of London Club 3rd Class - 4th Class Match    
  Block, T. - Laws, B.G.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1882 (8)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Block, T. - Foster, J. (1)     0 - 1          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and move
  Block, T. - Ridpath, J.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and move
  Block, T. - Down, M.J.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1885 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Skipworth, A.B.     0 - 1    
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Gattie, W.M.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Wayte, W.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Lambert, C.J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1907 (2)     4th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class     4.5  /  11

Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2022