Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  225  2014 (107) 1
1861  232  2031 (102) 0
1862  236  2048 (96) 3
1863  224  2059 (93) 3
1864  229  2062 (95) 0
1865  241  2064 (95) 2
1866  259  2066 (98) 0
1867  250  2067 (100) 0
1868  261  2068 (101) 0
1869  259  2069 (102) 1
1870  259  2076 (104) 0
1871  273  2082 (105) 2
1872  287  2076 (110) 0
1873  294  2070 (115) 0
1874  308  2063 (119) 0
1875  333  2057 (122) 0
1876  339  2051 (125) 0
1877  337  2045 (128) 0
1878  350  2039 (130) 0
1879  348  2032 (132) 0
1880  382  2026 (134) 0
1881  431  2020 (136) 0
1882  458  2014 (138) 0
1883  501  2008 (139) 0
1884  555  2002 (140) 0
1885  560  1995 (141) 0
1886  566  1989 (141) 0
1887  585  1983 (142) 0
1888  607  1977 (142) 0
1889  612  1971 (143) 0
1890  644  1965 (143) 0
1891  652  1958 (143) 0
1892  710  1952 (142) 0
1893  742  1946 (142) 0
1894  778  1940 (141) 0
1895  787  1934 (140) 0
1896  787  1927 (139) 0
1897  789  1921 (138) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Steel, Robert  
   Also known as: Hon. Robert Steele
Born: 1839
Died: 30 June 1903
 
Notes:
I am supposing that 'Robert Steel' and 'Robert Steele' are alternate spellings but that the person is the same. There was also a Robert M. Steele, however, of Australia, who I presume to be a different person. Forster says Robert Steel was 64 when he died, which, given the birth year (1839) and death date given by Gaige, would mean he was born before 30 June.
 
References
Books
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 70, 77, 78, 80, 83
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 19, 149, 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 405
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 186
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 142, 162, 177, 190, 213, 311, 580
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 267, 306
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 81
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 375
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 180, 184, 195, 241
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 106
Periodicals
   [BLL], 24 May 1863, page supp.1
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 36, Dec. 1861, page 355
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [ILN], vol. 39, no. 1098, 13 July 1861, page 43
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1798, 7 Feb. 1874, page 139
   [LiM], no. 4316, 11 Dec. 1861, page 7
Web
   Pope, Nick.  [The Blackburne-Zukertort Match, London 1881]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4163. Steinitz v Zukertort]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Ceccarini, F. - Steel, Ro. 1897         (f)     2.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Manchester and Liverpool 1860     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Cohen, S. (1)     0 - 1    
Manchester 1862 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Gregson, R.     1.5 - 1.5    
Liverpool 1863     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Payne, J.B.     1.5 - 1.5    
Manchester 1865     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Payne, J.B.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1869     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Werner, M.G.E.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1871     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Steel, Ro. - Steinkuhler, A.     2 - 0    

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022