Shories, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1901  216  2262 (60) 5
1902  166  2291 (50) 9
1903  121  2329 (42) 20
1904  102  2354 (42) 4
1905  82  2379 (32) 43
1906  60  2406 (32) 37
1907  52  2415 (30) 62
1908  68  2391 (40) 11
1909  99  2366 (42) 10
1910  173  2317 (38) 30
1911  217  2297 (42) 11
1912  295  2247 (39) 31
1913  226  2285 (45) 10
1914  173  2307 (52) 11
1915  164  2306 (61) 0
1916  162  2305 (65) 0
1917  165  2303 (66) 0
1918  159  2302 (63) 0
1919  162  2301 (57) 6
1920  164  2308 (55) 1
1921  157  2318 (48) 11
1922  208  2294 (48) 13
1923  190  2308 (56) 0
1924  165  2323 (59) 0
1925  145  2338 (57) 6
1926  152  2339 (60) 0
1927  172  2340 (58) 6
1928  166  2350 (59) 0
1929  161  2359 (55) 9
1930  188  2341 (62) 0
1931  239  2324 (64) 0
1932  276  2306 (62) 0
1933  330  2288 (57) 15

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Shories, George F.W.  
   Also known as: Georg F.W. Schories
Born: 9 Jan. 1874
Died: 2 Dec. 1934
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper has birth in 1873. Gaige has birth in 1874. Winter shows that the discrepancy existed in primary sources.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 316
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 337
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 402
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 94
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 389
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 457, 557, 580
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 115
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 15, 247, 252
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 239, 248
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 121
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - George Shories]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Loman, R.J. - Shories, G.F.W. 1903         (f)     6   -   6
Leonhardt, P.S. - Shories, G.F.W. 1904         (f)     2   -   2
Yates, F.D. - Shories, G.F.W. 1910         (f)     4   -   0
Shories, G.F.W. - O'Hanlon, J.J. 1912         (c)     11.5   -   7.5
Selezniev, A.S. - Shories, G.F.W. 1919         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Jurgschat, W. - Shories, G.F.W. 1922         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Brinckmann, A. - Shories, G.F.W. 1922         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
Shories, G.F.W. - Multhaup, H. 1927         (f)     4   -   2

Tournament data

Folkestone 1901 (1)     3nd Kent County Chess Association Congress - Section I     2  /  5
Tunbridge Wells 1902     4th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     5  /  9
Canterbury 1903     5th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     7  /  8
London, England 1905 (3)     7th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     5  /  9
Scheveningen 1905 (1)     4th Netherland Chess Federation International Tournament - Meisterturnier     5.5  /  13
Barmen 1905 (4)     Barmen Tournament - Hauptturnier B, Section 1     5.5  /  8
Barmen 1905 (7)     Barmen Tournament - Hauptturnier B, Siegergruppe     7  /  9
  Shories, G.F.W. - Tartakover, S.G.     2.5 - 1.5    
Tunbridge Wells 1906     8th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     4.5  /  8
Ostend 1906 (12)     Ostend Amateur Tournament A     15  /  18
Shrewsbury 1906 (3)     3rd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class Amateur Tournament     9.5  /  11
Blackpool 1907     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     5  /  6
Ostend 1907 (1)     Ostend Amateur Tournament     14.5  /  18
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     11.5  /  27
London, England 1907 (2)     4th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class     10  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (2)     5th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     9  /  11
Scarborough 1909 (3)     6th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section B     9  /  10
Blackpool 1910     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     4  /  6
Bromley 1910 (2)     12th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     7  /  9
Oxford 1910 (3)     British Chess Federation Major Open Tournament     7  /  11
Glasgow 1911 (3)     British Chess Federation Major Open Tournament     10.5  /  11
Richmond, London 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Shories, G.F.W. - Michell, R.P.     0 - 1    
Richmond, London 1912 (3)     9th British Chess Federation Tournament - Major Open     5.5  /  11
Cheltenham 1913 (2)     10th British Chess Federation Tournament - Major Open     7  /  10
Chester 1914 (2)     11th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open     10.5  /  11
Berlin and The Hague 1920     Berlin - Holland Telegraph Match    
  Shories, G.F.W. - van Gelder, G.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hamburg 1921 (1)     21st German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     6  /  11
Kiel 1922     21st Lower Elbe Chess Federation Congress     3.5  /  6
Wiesbaden 1925     Wiesbaden Tournament     2.5  /  6
Berlin 1929 (2)     Berlin Tournament     6  /  9
Bad Pyrmont 1933 (1)     German Chess Federation Congress - Championship     5  /  15


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025