Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1851 |
144 |
1936 | (146) | 2 |
| 1852 |
120 |
1946 | (144) | 0 |
| 1853 |
132 |
1956 | (141) | 0 |
| 1854 |
137 |
1966 | (139) | 0 |
| 1855 |
157 |
1976 | (136) | 0 |
| 1856 |
173 |
1986 | (133) | 0 |
| 1857 |
179 |
1996 | (130) | 0 |
| 1858 |
190 |
2006 | (126) | 0 |
| 1859 |
206 |
2016 | (122) | 0 |
| 1860 |
215 |
2027 | (118) | 0 |
| 1861 |
224 |
2037 | (113) | 0 |
| 1862 |
225 |
2047 | (107) | 0 |
| 1863 |
213 |
2057 | (101) | 0 |
| 1864 |
217 |
2067 | (94) | 0 |
| 1865 |
221 |
2077 | (86) | 0 |
| 1866 |
231 |
2087 | (77) | 0 |
| 1867 |
216 |
2097 | (65) | 18 |
| 1868 |
235 |
2084 | (69) | 0 |
| 1869 |
243 |
2072 | (71) | 0 |
| 1870 |
260 |
2059 | (70) | 0 |
| 1871 |
280 |
2046 | (67) | 3 |
| 1872 |
314 |
2030 | (63) | 3 |
| 1873 |
342 |
2009 | (58) | 28 |
| 1874 |
363 |
1999 | (67) | 6 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Robertson, James Alexander |
| Also known as: Colonel Robertson; Major Robertson; Captain Robertson |
| Born: 28 May 1803 |
| Died: 1 Sep. 1874 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives birth between 2-09-1803 and 1-09-1804, considering age at death. Alan McGowan sent me a copy of his official record of birth on 28-05-1803. In 1838 (Bell's Life in London, 5 Aug. 1838, p.2), 1842 (Le Palamède, 2nd ser. v.1, 15 June 1842, p.319) and 1844 (Chess Studies, p.ix) he was 'Captain Robertson'; in 1849 (Illustrated London News, 29 Sept. 1849, p.219), 1850 (Chess Player's Chronicle, v.11, p.130), 1851 (The Chess Tournament, p.lxx; Illustrated London News, 5 Apr. 1851, p.273), 1852 (Illustrated London News, 30 Oct. 1852, p.355) and 1853 (Chess Player's Chronicle, v.1, pp.201, 313; British Chess Review, v.1, p.51) he was 'Major Robertson'; in 1867 (Illustrated London News, 9 Nov. 1867, p.523) and at his death in 1874 (Illustrated London News, 12 Dec. 1874, p.571) he was 'Colonel Robertson'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 356 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 144, 367 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54, 579 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 166 |
| Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 288, 374 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 76, 149, 165 |
| Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lxx |
| Walker, Chess Studies, page ix |
| Periodicals |
| [BCR], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1853, page 51 |
| [BLL], 5 Aug. 1838, page 2 |
| [BLL], 8 Dec. 1839, page 4 |
| [BLL], 11 Oct. 1840, page 3 |
| [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 164 |
| [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 9, Oct. 1874, page 213 |
| [CPC], vol. 11, no. 5, May 1850, page 130 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 1851, page 94 |
| [CPC], vol. 13, no. 7, July 1852, page 219 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1853, page 201 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1853, page 313 |
| [CW], vol. 1, no. 4, June 1865, page 104 |
| [Fld], 12 Sep. 1874 |
| [ILN], vol. 15, no. 392, 29 Sep. 1849, page 219 |
| [ILN], vol. 18, no. 477, 5 Apr. 1851, page 273 |
| [ILN], vol. 21, no. 587, 30 Oct. 1852, page 355 |
| [ILN], vol. 51, no. 1454, 9 Nov. 1867, page 523 |
| [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1765, 28 June 1873, page 619 |
| [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1842, 12 Dec. 1874, page 571 |
| [IZL], vol. 15, no. 373, 24 Aug. 1850, page 127 |
| [NCG], 23 May 1840 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 June 1842, page 319 |
| [SZ], vol. 9, no. 10, Oct. 1854, page 394 |
| [SZ], vol. 25, no. 7, July 1870, page 196 |
| [WP], vol. 4, no. 2, 1 June 1871, page 19 |
| [WP], vol. 7, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1874, page 66 |
| Web |
| Sericano, C. [Dundee 1867] |
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