Schott, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  374  2087 (67) 11
1885  368  2093 (60) 5
1886  336  2111 (56) 7
1887  323  2134 (53) 3
1888  287  2156 (48) 16
1889  301  2145 (50) 0
1890  333  2134 (44) 20
1891  355  2127 (49) 9
1892  351  2137 (57) 0
1893  330  2147 (60) 1
1894  310  2166 (59) 2
1895  286  2192 (57) 7
1896  235  2226 (60) 0
1897  192  2260 (58) 0
1898  153  2295 (51) 16
1899  141  2311 (57) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Schott, George Adolphus  
   Also known as: George Adolphus Schott, jun.
Born: 25 Jan. 1868
Died: 15 July 1937
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper (Hundert Jahre Schachturniere, p.45) give his name as 'Scott'. Gaige (Chess Personalia, p.379), Di Felice (Chess Results, 1747-1900, p.182), and Saunders agree on 'Schott'. Saunders notes that one obituary gives his name as 'George Augustus Schott'.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 526, 968
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 379
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 208, 347
Periodicals
   [LeM], vol. 121, no. 14369, 28 Apr. 1884, page 7
   [LeM], no. 14685, 2 May 1885, page 7
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1884: Bradford v Leeds]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1886: YCCC 1st Annual Meeting, Bradford]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - George Adolphus Schott]
   Saunders, John.  [Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players]

Tournament data

Bradford 1884 (2)     Leeds - Bradford Club Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Wright, M.     1.5 - 0.5    
Carlisle 1884     Bradford Exchange - Cumberland Chess Association Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Welsh, F. (1)     1 - 1    
Huddersfield 1884 (2)     Huddersfield - Bradford Exchange Club Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Charlesworth, J.     2 - 0    
Leeds 1884 (5)     West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting - Class II    
  Schott, G.A. - Stringer, J.W.     1 - 0    
  Schott, G.A. - Woodhead, J.     0 - 1    
Bradford and Wakefield 1884     Bradford - Wakefield Telephone Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Reyner, J. (1)     1 - 0    
Bradford 1884 (4)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Birdsall, W.     1 - 0    
Bradford 1884 (6)     Bradford Meeting - Section II (Class A)    
  Schott, G.A. - Cockin, S.M.     1 - 0    
  Schott, G.A. - Knapton, C.D.     1 - 0    
Bradford 1885     Leeds - Bradford Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Toothill, F.     2 - 0    
Wakefield 1885 (1)     Bradford - Wakefield Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Ash, W.     0 - 1    
Wakefield 1885 (3)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - Class B    
  Schott, G.A. - Thorold, M.E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Bradford 1886 (2)     Leeds - Bradford Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Wright, M.     2 - 0    
Wakefield 1886 (1)     Bradford - Wakefield Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Scholefield, W.R.     2 - 0    
Sheffield 1886 (2)     Sheffield and District - Bradford Woodhouse Cup Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Lamb, F. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Huddersfield and Leeds 1886 (1)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - Class A, Section 2    
  Schott, G.A. - Rayner, Ja.     0 - 1    
Bradford 1886 (7)     1st Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A    
  Schott, G.A. - White, Ja.     0 - 1    
London, England 1887 (1)     15th Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Newbolt, F.G.     1.5 - 0.5    
Bradford 1887 (2)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Pollitt, J.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1888 (3)     City of London - Universities Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Steibel, L.     1 - 0    
London, England 1888 (4)     Cambridge University - British Chess Club Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Trenchard, H.W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1888 (6)     16th Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Barnett, R.W.     1 - 1    
Bradford 1888 (2)     British Chess Association Amateur Championship     9.5  /  12
Liverpool 1890 (1)     Bradford - Liverpool Club Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Cairns, J.C.     0 - 1    
Cambridge 1890 (1)     Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Division 1     2  /  9
Manchester 1890 (3)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Amateur Championship     7  /  11
Oxford 1891 (1)     Counties Chess Association - Class I, Division I     2  /  9
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Moore, H.C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Seymour, E. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (2)     Oxford Past - Cambridge Past Match    
  Schott, G.A. - Lowe, H.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hastings 1895 (1)     7th British Amateur Championship - Section I     3  /  7
Llandudno 1898 (1)     8th Craigside Tournament     5  /  10
Llandudno 1898 (3)     Llandudno Handicap Tournament - Section B     5  /  6
Llandudno 1899     9th Craigside Tournament     6  /  10


Player information updated: 19 Aug. 2022