Calthrop, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  205  1827 (158) 4
1858  228  1833 (156) 0
1859  252  1838 (153) 0
1860  274  1844 (150) 0
1861  279  1850 (147) 0
1862  285  1856 (144) 0
1863  284  1862 (140) 0
1864  296  1867 (136) 0
1865  325  1873 (132) 3
1866  355  1888 (133) 0
1867  333  1902 (134) 0
1868  340  1916 (134) 0
1869  334  1931 (135) 0
1870  351  1945 (135) 0
1871  360  1960 (135) 0
1872  354  1974 (134) 0
1873  345  1989 (134) 0
1874  347  2003 (133) 0
1875  349  2018 (132) 0
1876  328  2032 (131) 0
1877  299  2047 (129) 0
1878  287  2061 (128) 0
1879  276  2076 (126) 0
1880  276  2090 (123) 0
1881  285  2105 (121) 0
1882  273  2119 (117) 0
1883  287  2133 (114) 0
1884  290  2148 (110) 0
1885  275  2162 (105) 0
1886  253  2177 (100) 0
1887  235  2191 (94) 0
1888  219  2206 (87) 0
1889  206  2220 (78) 6
1890  228  2219 (78) 0
1891  237  2218 (76) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Calthrop, Samuel Robert  
   Also known as: Rev. S.R. Calthrop
Born: 9 Oct. 1829
Died: 11 May 1917
 
Notes:
Hillyer gives 'S. Colthrop'. Staunton gives 'J.R. Calthrop' in error on p.124 of the Apr. 1853 Chess Player's Chronicle. Davies gives year of death as 1911. Gaige gives date of death as 11-05-1917.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 143, 366
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 39, 57, 74, 414
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 61
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 496
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 95
   Rogers, New York State Chess Association, page 10, 50
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 84, 290
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 18, no. 4, Apr. 1898, page 137
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1853, page 61
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 123, 124
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 3, Mar. 1854, page 81
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1865, page 9
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1865, page 144
   [FLIN], 30 Aug. 1856
   [ILN], vol. 25, no. 702, 16 Sep. 1854, page 262
   [PDEB], 30 June 1865
Web
   Applebee, John H.  [Calthrop, Samuel R. (1829-1917)]
   Sarah.  [American Chess Congress Players]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4780. Thomas Frère]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Morphy, P.C. - Calthrop, S.R. 1857         (c)     1   -   0
Hammond, G. - Calthrop, S.R. 1865         (f)     3   -   0      Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and move

Tournament data

New York 1857 (4)     1st American Chess Congress    
  Calthrop, S.R. - Paulsen, L.     0 - 3    
Skaneateles 1889 (1)     2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     4  /  6
Skaneateles 1891 (1)     4th New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     4  /  8

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022