Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  223  2008 (107) 1
1861  229  2025 (102) 0
1862  229  2042 (96) 3
1863  219  2053 (94) 3
1864  225  2055 (95) 0
1865  238  2058 (96) 2
1866  255  2059 (98) 0
1867  248  2060 (100) 0
1868  255  2061 (101) 0
1869  253  2062 (102) 1
1870  253  2068 (104) 0
1871  262  2074 (106) 2
1872  276  2068 (110) 0
1873  281  2062 (115) 0
1874  304  2056 (119) 0
1875  323  2050 (122) 0
1876  333  2044 (125) 0
1877  326  2038 (128) 0
1878  333  2031 (130) 0
1879  333  2025 (133) 0
1880  369  2019 (134) 0
1881  423  2013 (136) 0
1882  448  2007 (138) 0
1883  500  2001 (139) 0
1884  549  1995 (140) 0
1885  556  1989 (141) 0
1886  558  1983 (142) 0
1887  581  1976 (142) 0
1888  594  1970 (142) 0
1889  594  1964 (143) 0
1890  636  1958 (143) 0
1891  647  1952 (143) 0
1892  702  1946 (142) 0
1893  731  1940 (142) 0
1894  750  1934 (141) 0
1895  757  1928 (141) 0
1896  763  1921 (140) 0
1897  771  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