Rocamora, Salomón




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1879  109  2251 (85) 9
1880  102  2269 (83) 0
1881  108  2286 (78) 0
1882  102  2304 (72) 0
1883  110  2321 (64) 11
1884  133  2299 (67) 0
1885  149  2276 (66) 6
1886  155  2271 (72) 0
1887  164  2265 (75) 0
1888  182  2260 (76) 0
1889  184  2254 (75) 0
1890  203  2249 (72) 0
1891  210  2243 (67) 0
1892  222  2238 (59) 6
1893  198  2254 (55) 3
1894  157  2287 (48) 12
1895  155  2297 (50) 6
1896  149  2300 (51) 4
1897  120  2320 (52) 0
1898  93  2340 (45) 19
1899  105  2340 (52) 4
1900  132  2312 (57) 8
1901  145  2306 (70) 0
1902  155  2301 (80) 0
1903  164  2295 (88) 0
1904  182  2290 (95) 0
1905  201  2284 (101) 0
1906  214  2279 (106) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rocamora, Salomón Ricardo  
   Also known as: S. Riccardo-Rocamora
Born: 7 Feb. 1855
Died: 9 Mar. 1924
 
Notes:
Gaige gives 'Riccardo-Rocamora, S.' but also 'Rocamora, S.R.'. Di Felice gives 'Rocamora, S. Riccardo'. La Grande Storia degli Scacchi gives 'Rocamora Riccardo S.' Urcan gives 'R.S. Rocamora'. I received correspondence from Eduardo Bauzá Mercére giving Rocamora's first name and explaining that the correct form of his name is 'Salomón Ricardo Rocamora', a Sephardic Jewish name of Spanish origin ('Riccardo' is Italian). Gaige gives only a birth date, but Mercére gave me his year of death as 1923. Michael Kühl has supplied a record from ancestry.com giving his exact date of death as 9-03-1924.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 231
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 352, 356
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 45
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 97
Web
   Halla, Josef.  [Med. Dr. Hermann Neustadtl na turnajích Nmeěckého šachového svazu]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Schottlander, A. - Rocamora, S.R. 1893         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Rocamora, S.R. 1898         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Wesselburen 1879     Wesselburen Tournament     6.5  /  9
Nuremberg 1883 (3)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier C     5.5  /  7
Nuremberg 1883 (4)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Siegergruppe     1.5  /  5
Hamburg 1885 (1)     4th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     3.5  /  7
Dresden 1892 (3)     7th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B     2.5  /  6
Newark 1893     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Nadler, F.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - de Visser, W.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - de Visser, W.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (6)     New York Tournament     4  /  10
New York 1895 (2)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Isaacson, C.B.     1 - 0    
Newark 1895 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Sternberg, L.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (8)     Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Ryan, W.T.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (13)     Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Raubitschek, Ro.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Bampton, S.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
New York 1896 (2)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship     1  /  3
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Robinson, D.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1898 (1)     20th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship     2  /  4
New York 1898 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     8.5  /  14
New York 1899 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     2.5  /  3
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Elson, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1900 (3)     Manhattan Club Masters Tournament     3  /  8
New York 1906 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Mlotkowski, S.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 18 Mar. 2024