Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  302  2025 (137) 1
1873  310  2023 (135) 0
1874  328  2021 (133) 0
1875  347  2019 (130) 0
1876  345  2017 (127) 2
1877  325  2020 (128) 0
1878  324  2023 (129) 0
1879  316  2026 (129) 0
1880  346  2029 (129) 0
1881  375  2032 (129) 0
1882  382  2035 (129) 0
1883  420  2038 (128) 2
1884  472  2028 (131) 0
1885  493  2017 (134) 0
1886  493  2007 (137) 0
1887  515  1996 (140) 0
1888  544  1986 (142) 0
1889  551  1975 (144) 0
1890  605  1965 (146) 0
1891  623  1954 (148) 0
1892  666  1944 (149) 0
1893  693  1933 (151) 0
1894  717  1923 (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