Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1856 |
140 |
2098 | (149) | 3 |
| 1857 |
139 |
2110 | (145) | 0 |
| 1858 |
149 |
2122 | (141) | 0 |
| 1859 |
159 |
2135 | (136) | 0 |
| 1860 |
159 |
2147 | (131) | 0 |
| 1861 |
166 |
2160 | (126) | 0 |
| 1862 |
159 |
2172 | (121) | 0 |
| 1863 |
154 |
2184 | (114) | 0 |
| 1864 |
156 |
2197 | (108) | 0 |
| 1865 |
145 |
2209 | (100) | 0 |
| 1866 |
141 |
2221 | (92) | 0 |
| 1867 |
131 |
2234 | (82) | 26 |
| 1868 |
145 |
2220 | (91) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: McCombe, Alexander George |
| Born: 1823 |
| Died: 14 Apr. 1903 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives his age at death as '77?'. If accurate, this would mean he was born between 15-04-1825 and 14-04-1826. Alan McGowan has sent a census record from 1851, giving his age as 28, and thus birth 'abt 1823'. His name is sometimes given as 'McCoombe'. Gaige has 'McCombe, Alexander George', as does the 1851 census record. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Bignold, Australian Chess Annual, page 44 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 275 |
| Winter, Chess Explorations, page 264 |
| Periodicals |
| [Alb], 12 Jan. 1850 |
| [BCR], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 126 |
| [BCR], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1854, page 1 |
| [BLL], 13 Apr. 1851, page 8 |
| [CPC], vol. 10, no. 9, Sep. 1849, page 288 |
| [CPC], vol. 10, no. 10, Oct. 1849, page 290, 320 |
| [CPC], vol. 11, no. 3, Mar. 1850, page 94 |
| [CPC], vol. 11, no. 7, July 1850, page 210 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 1851, page 85 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 7, July 1851, page 210 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1853, page cover |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1853, page 312 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 26, Feb. 1861, page cover |
| [CW], vol. 3, no. 6, Sep. 1867, page 228 |
| [Era], vol. 20, no. 1000, 22 Nov. 1857, page 14 |
| [FLIN], 1 Oct. 1859 |
| [ILN], vol. 15, no. 390, 15 Sep. 1849, page 187 |
| [ILN], vol. 20, no. 549, 13 Mar. 1852, page 219 |
| [ILN], vol. 21, no. 567, 3 July 1852, page 11 |
| [ILN], vol. 21, no. 570, 24 July 1852, page 59 |
| [ILN], vol. 22, no. 601, 1 Jan. 1853, page 11 |
| [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1545, 26 June 1869, page 651 |
| [NYC], 28 Dec. 1867 |
| [Sis], vol. 9, no. 4, Apr. 1855, page 109 |
| [SZ], vol. 9, no. 9, Sep. 1854, page 365 |
| [SZ], vol. 9, no. 10, Oct. 1854, page 394 |
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