Calthrop, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  194  1839 (158) 4
1858  218  1845 (156) 0
1859  241  1851 (153) 0
1860  263  1857 (150) 0
1861  261  1863 (147) 0
1862  269  1868 (144) 0
1863  269  1874 (140) 0
1864  282  1880 (137) 0
1865  314  1886 (133) 3
1866  342  1900 (134) 0
1867  315  1915 (134) 0
1868  326  1929 (135) 0
1869  321  1943 (135) 0
1870  340  1957 (135) 0
1871  352  1971 (135) 0
1872  341  1986 (135) 0
1873  336  2000 (134) 0
1874  338  2014 (133) 0
1875  335  2028 (132) 0
1876  318  2042 (131) 0
1877  291  2057 (130) 0
1878  280  2071 (128) 0
1879  264  2085 (126) 0
1880  261  2099 (123) 0
1881  271  2113 (121) 0
1882  263  2128 (118) 0
1883  278  2142 (114) 0
1884  279  2156 (110) 0
1885  262  2170 (105) 0
1886  248  2184 (100) 0
1887  232  2199 (94) 0
1888  215  2213 (87) 0
1889  206  2227 (78) 6
1890  226  2226 (78) 0
1891  233  2225 (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