Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  224  2008 (107) 1
1861  231  2025 (102) 0
1862  233  2042 (96) 3
1863  222  2053 (94) 3
1864  227  2055 (95) 0
1865  241  2058 (96) 2
1866  257  2059 (98) 0
1867  252  2060 (100) 0
1868  261  2061 (101) 0
1869  255  2062 (102) 1
1870  258  2068 (104) 0
1871  270  2074 (106) 2
1872  288  2068 (110) 0
1873  291  2062 (115) 0
1874  307  2056 (119) 0
1875  328  2050 (122) 0
1876  333  2043 (125) 0
1877  330  2037 (128) 0
1878  338  2031 (130) 0
1879  336  2025 (133) 0
1880  370  2019 (134) 0
1881  426  2013 (136) 0
1882  451  2007 (138) 0
1883  502  2001 (139) 0
1884  550  1994 (140) 0
1885  556  1988 (141) 0
1886  558  1982 (142) 0
1887  580  1976 (142) 0
1888  594  1970 (142) 0
1889  597  1964 (143) 0
1890  637  1958 (143) 0
1891  648  1951 (143) 0
1892  706  1945 (142) 0
1893  736  1939 (142) 0
1894  758  1933 (141) 0
1895  770  1927 (141) 0
1896  775  1921 (140) 0
1897  775  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