Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  224  2007 (107) 1
1861  231  2024 (102) 0
1862  233  2041 (96) 3
1863  222  2052 (94) 3
1864  227  2054 (95) 0
1865  241  2057 (96) 2
1866  257  2058 (98) 0
1867  252  2059 (100) 0
1868  260  2060 (101) 0
1869  256  2061 (102) 1
1870  260  2067 (104) 0
1871  271  2073 (106) 2
1872  287  2067 (110) 0
1873  292  2061 (115) 0
1874  309  2055 (119) 0
1875  328  2049 (122) 0
1876  333  2043 (125) 0
1877  329  2037 (128) 0
1878  335  2031 (130) 0
1879  336  2025 (133) 0
1880  370  2018 (134) 0
1881  425  2012 (136) 0
1882  448  2006 (138) 0
1883  501  2000 (139) 0
1884  550  1994 (140) 0
1885  556  1988 (141) 0
1886  558  1982 (142) 0
1887  580  1976 (142) 0
1888  593  1970 (142) 0
1889  595  1963 (143) 0
1890  637  1957 (143) 0
1891  648  1951 (143) 0
1892  703  1945 (142) 0
1893  730  1939 (142) 0
1894  751  1933 (141) 0
1895  760  1927 (141) 0
1896  765  1921 (140) 0
1897  774  1915 (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