Steel, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  223  2001 (107) 1
1861  226  2018 (102) 0
1862  216  2035 (96) 3
1863  203  2046 (94) 3
1864  211  2049 (95) 0
1865  221  2051 (96) 2
1866  241  2053 (98) 0
1867  228  2054 (100) 0
1868  240  2055 (102) 0
1869  237  2057 (102) 1
1870  243  2063 (104) 0
1871  254  2069 (106) 2
1872  263  2063 (111) 0
1873  274  2057 (115) 0
1874  298  2051 (119) 0
1875  318  2045 (122) 0
1876  322  2039 (125) 0
1877  312  2033 (128) 0
1878  318  2027 (130) 0
1879  329  2021 (133) 0
1880  363  2015 (135) 0
1881  406  2009 (136) 0
1882  429  2003 (138) 0
1883  483  1997 (139) 0
1884  531  1991 (140) 0
1885  542  1985 (141) 0
1886  545  1979 (142) 0
1887  558  1973 (142) 0
1888  568  1967 (143) 0
1889  570  1961 (143) 0
1890  615  1955 (143) 0
1891  630  1949 (143) 0
1892  668  1943 (142) 0
1893  683  1937 (142) 0
1894  707  1931 (141) 0
1895  715  1925 (141) 0
1896  713  1919 (140) 0
1897  734  1913 (139) 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.     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