| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1865 | 213 | 2095 | (140) | 2 |  
  | 1866 | 244 | 2080 | (141) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Selkirk, George Hornsby |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Dec. 1870 (vol.2, p.188) has 'G.C. Selkirk'. The Canadian Illustrated News of 29 Nov. 1873 (p.346) has a game by a player named 'Selkirk'. Is this George Hornsby Selkirk? |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 11, ii |  
   | Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 175 |  
   | Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 228 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CIN], vol. 8, no. 22, 29 Nov. 1873, page 346 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 34, Oct. 1861, page 290 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 4, no. 39, Mar. 1862, page 68 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 1, Feb. 1872, page 26 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 10, Oct. 1864, page 290 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 37 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1865, page 122 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 182 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 119 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 87 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1869, page 244 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 6, Dec. 1870, page 188 |  
   | [Era], vol. 23, no. 1187, 23 June 1861, page 14 |  
   | [Era], vol. 24, no. 1200, 22 Sep. 1861, page 15 |  
   | [Era], vol. 26, no. 1355, 11 Sep. 1864, page 5 |  
   | [Era], vol. 27, no. 1390, 14 May 1865, page 14 |  
   | [WP], vol. 2, no. 1, May 1869, page 3 |  | Web |  
   | Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club] |  
   | Winter, Edward.  [The Knight Challenge] |  |  |