Craske, Robert


Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  265  2064 (94) 7
1874  270  2075 (99) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Craske, Robert  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Staunton (The Chess Tournament, p.lix) has an R. Craske of Bury St. Edmonds as a subscriber of the Great Tournament of 1851. He also gives a win by Craske over Anderssen (giving knight odds) in London in 1851 (Illustrated London News, 31 Jan. 1851, p.99; Chess Player's Chronicle, Feb. 1852, p.55). The Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1873 (p.153) has 'Caske'.
 
References
Books
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 175, 177
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 152
   Hindle, Mystery of Edward Pindar, page 71
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 10, Nov. 1875, page 313
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 9, Sep. 1851, page 282
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1853, page cover
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1875, page 377
   [IJ], no. 7161, 8 Nov. 1873, page 8
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1807, 11 Apr. 1874, page 355
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1873, page 153

Tournament data

Ipswich, Suffolk 1873 (1)     East Anglian Chess Tournament - Class I     2  /  7
Bury St. Edmunds or Chelmsford (?) 1874     Bury and West Suffolk - Chelmsford Club Match    
  Craske, R. - Pavitt, W.S.     2 - 0    


Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2022