Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  330  2027 (137) 1
1873  332  2025 (135) 0
1874  343  2023 (133) 0
1875  360  2021 (130) 0
1876  360  2019 (127) 2
1877  340  2022 (128) 0
1878  342  2025 (129) 0
1879  329  2029 (129) 0
1880  354  2032 (129) 0
1881  395  2035 (129) 0
1882  402  2038 (129) 0
1883  434  2042 (128) 2
1884  484  2031 (132) 0
1885  505  2021 (135) 0
1886  514  2011 (137) 0
1887  530  2001 (140) 0
1888  557  1990 (142) 0
1889  569  1980 (144) 0
1890  617  1970 (146) 0
1891  639  1959 (148) 0
1892  698  1949 (150) 0
1893  731  1939 (151) 0
1894  758  1928 (152) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Crosskill, Alfred  
   Also known as: Euclid
Born: 1829
Died: 5 May 1904
 
Notes:
The Chess Player's Chronicle of Nov. 1852 has on p.343 both 'Crosskill' and 'Alfred Croskell'. The Chess Player's Magazine of Sept. 1863 (p.89) has 'Croskill'. Gaige gives date of birth as 21-04-1829, but Steve Mann indicates that this was a date of baptism and gives date of birth as 1828-1829.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 78
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 82
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xviii
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 32
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 125
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1883, page 68
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 3, Apr. 1875, page 70
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 11, Nov. 1852, page 343
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 5, Oct. 1872, page 148
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 3, Sep. 1863, page 89
   [HCM], vol. 2, no. 3, Dec. 1873, page 52
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Alfred Crosskill]
   Winter, Edward.  [Royal Walkabouts]

Tournament data

Hull and London, England 1872     Crystal Palace Meeting: Hull-London Telegraph Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Lowe, E.     1 - 0    
Hull 1875 (1)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Manson (1)     2 - 0    
Hull 1876 (4)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Philip, R.H.     1 - 1    
Hull 1876 (6)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Bailey, F.W.     2 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Steinkuhler, A.     2 - 0    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Woodgate, W.B.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023