Shories, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1901  212  2265 (60) 5
1902  166  2294 (50) 9
1903  122  2332 (42) 20
1904  102  2357 (42) 4
1905  82  2382 (32) 43
1906  59  2409 (32) 37
1907  52  2418 (30) 62
1908  69  2394 (40) 11
1909  100  2369 (42) 10
1910  177  2320 (38) 30
1911  215  2301 (42) 11
1912  296  2250 (39) 31
1913  224  2288 (45) 10
1914  174  2311 (52) 11
1915  164  2309 (61) 0
1916  163  2308 (65) 0
1917  166  2306 (66) 0
1918  164  2305 (63) 0
1919  164  2303 (57) 6
1920  167  2310 (55) 1
1921  161  2320 (48) 11
1922  209  2296 (48) 13
1923  191  2310 (56) 0
1924  167  2325 (59) 0
1925  147  2340 (57) 6
1926  153  2341 (60) 0
1927  170  2343 (58) 6
1928  166  2352 (59) 0
1929  160  2361 (55) 9
1930  189  2343 (62) 0
1931  240  2326 (64) 0
1932  278  2308 (62) 0
1933  330  2290 (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