| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1888 | 888 | 1612 | (68) | 13 |  
  | 1889 | 847 | 1674 | (73) | 12 |  
  | 1890 | 905 | 1648 | (81) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 903 | 1622 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 974 | 1596 | (93) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 1041 | 1571 | (98) | 0 |  
  | 1894 | 1070 | 1545 | (101) | 0 |  
  | 1895 | 1089 | 1519 | (104) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 1095 | 1494 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 1100 | 1468 | (108) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 1088 | 1442 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 1121 | 1417 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1900 | 1158 | 1391 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1901 | 1166 | 1365 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1902 | 1136 | 1339 | (108) | 0 |  
  | 1903 | 1079 | 1314 | (106) | 7 |  
  | 1904 | 1128 | 1315 | (112) | 0 |  
  | 1905 | 1181 | 1315 | (117) | 0 |  
  | 1906 | 1130 | 1316 | (122) | 0 |  
  | 1907 | 1182 | 1317 | (126) | 9 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Alderson, F.H. |  | Also known as: Dr. F.H. Alderson |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 95 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables II, page 287 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 259, 260 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 23, no. 10, Oct. 1903, page 415, 415 |  
   | [CML], vol. 9, no. 10, June 1888, page 290 |  
   | [CML], vol. 9, no. 11, July 1888, page 327 |  
   | [CML], vol. 9, no. 12, Aug. 1888, page 354 |  |  |