Simons, Arthur




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1849  72  2276 (91) 2
1850  67  2304 (86) 0
1851  60  2332 (79) 7
1852  57  2322 (83) 0
1853  65  2312 (85) 0
1854  68  2303 (86) 0
1855  73  2293 (85) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Simons, Arthur  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Name given as 'Simmonds' in Bell's Life in London of 4 Mar. 1849 (p.8), 'Simonds' in the Illustrated London News of 3 Feb. 1849 (p.75) and 'A. Simonds' in the issue of 3 Mar. 1849 (p.139), but as 'Arthur Simons' in the Chess Player's Chronicle of Mar. 1849 (p.66) and in Bell's Life in London of 9 May 1852 (p.5) and 13 June 1852 (p.8).
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 232
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 112
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 66
Periodicals
   [BCR], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1853, page 222
   [BLL], 4 Mar. 1849, page 8
   [BLL], 30 June 1850, page 5
   [BLL], 9 May 1852, page 5
   [BLL], 13 June 1852, page 8
   [BLL], 18 July 1852, page 8
   [BLL], 5 June 1853, page 8
   [CP], vol. 2, no. 48, 12 June 1852, page 186
   [CPC], vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 1849, page 66
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 2, Feb. 1850, page 37
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1850, page 261
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 5, May 1851, page 143
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 3, Mar. 1854, page 82
   [Fld], 14 Jan. 1854
   [HomC], vol. 7, no. 175, 6 Nov. 1852, page 304
   [ILN], vol. 14, no. 356, 3 Feb. 1849, page 75
   [ILN], vol. 14, no. 360, 3 Mar. 1849, page 139
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 205
   [SZ], vol. 4, no. 6, June 1849, page 221
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 10, Oct. 1851, page 320
Web
   Sericano, C.  [London, Ries' Divan 1849]

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

Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Simons, A. 1851         (c)     4   -   3

Tournament data

London, England 1849     Ries' Divan tournament    
  Simons, A. - Lowe, E.     0 - 2    
London, England 1855     Kling's Coffee House Tournament    
  Simons, A. - Barnes, T.W.     2 - 4    


Player information updated: 3 Jun. 2023