Robertson, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1851  143  1935 (146) 2
1852  118  1945 (144) 0
1853  130  1955 (141) 0
1854  135  1965 (139) 0
1855  155  1975 (136) 0
1856  171  1985 (133) 0
1857  176  1995 (130) 0
1858  186  2005 (126) 0
1859  202  2015 (122) 0
1860  210  2025 (118) 0
1861  217  2035 (113) 0
1862  211  2046 (107) 0
1863  197  2056 (101) 0
1864  202  2066 (94) 0
1865  201  2076 (86) 0
1866  214  2086 (76) 0
1867  197  2096 (65) 18
1868  218  2083 (69) 0
1869  225  2071 (71) 0
1870  247  2058 (70) 0
1871  268  2045 (67) 3
1872  292  2030 (63) 3
1873  328  2009 (58) 28
1874  353  1999 (67) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Robertson, James Alexander  
   Also known as: Colonel Robertson; Major Robertson; Captain Robertson
Born: 28 May 1803
Died: 1 Sep. 1874
 
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'.
 
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
   [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]

Tournament data

London, England 1851 (2)     Provincial Tournament    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Ranken, C.E.     0 - 2    
Dundee 1867 (1)     Dundee Tournament     3  /  9
Dundee 1867 (2)     Scottish Tournament     3  /  7
Dundee 1867 (3)     Dundee Handicap Tournament    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Baxter, C.M.     1 - 0    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Scott, P.     0 - 1          Robertson, Ja.A. gave odds of pawn and move
Edinburgh 1871     East and West of Scotland Match    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Jenkin, J.     1 - 2    
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872     East and West of Scotland Match    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Craig, J. (1)     2 - 1    
Edinburgh 1873 (1)     Edinburgh Club Chess Party    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Gloag, J.A.L.     1 - 0    
Edinburgh 1873 (2)     Edinburgh Club Tournament     15  /  27
Edinburgh 1874     Edinburgh Club Tournament     9  /  15


Player information updated: 22 Aug. 2023