Block, Theodore




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  532  1883 (103) 4
1876  476  1915 (102) 0
1877  415  1948 (100) 0
1878  385  1981 (98) 0
1879  345  2014 (95) 0
1880  330  2047 (90) 0
1881  339  2079 (85) 2
1882  307  2103 (82) 4
1883  320  2112 (82) 0
1884  340  2120 (81) 0
1885  328  2128 (78) 1
1886  306  2147 (76) 0
1887  291  2165 (72) 1
1888  251  2190 (67) 1
1889  217  2223 (60) 9
1890  248  2214 (64) 1
1891  258  2198 (66) 0
1892  300  2181 (65) 9
1893  310  2173 (74) 0
1894  327  2164 (81) 0
1895  346  2155 (86) 0
1896  353  2146 (90) 0
1897  375  2137 (93) 0
1898  413  2128 (95) 0
1899  432  2119 (96) 0
1900  464  2110 (97) 0
1901  491  2102 (96) 0
1902  532  2093 (95) 0
1903  554  2084 (93) 0
1904  595  2075 (90) 0
1905  627  2066 (85) 0
1906  650  2057 (80) 0
1907  695  2048 (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