Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  329  2028 (137) 1
1873  331  2026 (135) 0
1874  344  2023 (133) 0
1875  362  2021 (130) 0
1876  361  2019 (127) 2
1877  341  2023 (128) 0
1878  343  2026 (129) 0
1879  330  2029 (129) 0
1880  355  2032 (129) 0
1881  395  2036 (129) 0
1882  404  2039 (129) 0
1883  433  2042 (128) 2
1884  483  2032 (132) 0
1885  506  2021 (135) 0
1886  514  2011 (137) 0
1887  529  2001 (140) 0
1888  558  1990 (142) 0
1889  571  1980 (144) 0
1890  619  1970 (146) 0
1891  640  1959 (148) 0
1892  698  1949 (149) 0
1893  737  1939 (151) 0
1894  767  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