Spreckley, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1845  36  2360 (59) 16
1846  41  2365 (57) 7
1847  38  2373 (56) 0
1848  39  2382 (48) 88
1849  41  2397 (54) 33
1850  42  2392 (68) 0
1851  49  2386 (78) 0
1852  49  2381 (86) 0
1853  52  2375 (93) 0
1854  51  2370 (98) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Spreckley, George Stormont  
Born: 1809
Died: 24 Mar. 1888
 
References
Books
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 10, 69, 76, 80
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 54, 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 402
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lxii
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 168
Periodicals
   [BCR], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1853, page 61
   [BCR], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1854, page 184
   [BLL], 8 Nov. 1846, page 1
   [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1
   [BLL], no. 2709, 1 June 1872, page 8
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 14, 29 Jan. 1842, page 222
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 9, Sep. 1851, page 283
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1854, page 121
   [ILN], vol. 15, no. 399, 17 Nov. 1849, page 331
   [ILN], vol. 24, no. 666, 4 Feb. 1854, page 94
   [ILN], vol. 24, no. 682, 13 May 1854, page 446
   [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204
   [LiM], vol. 29, no. 1494, 27 Dec. 1839, page 422
   [Reg], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1849, page 369
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 2, 1 June 1872, page 24

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

O'Sullivan, J.L. - Spreckley, G.S. 1845         (s)     1   -   1
Staunton, H. - Spreckley, G.S. 1845         (f)     3.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Perigal, G. - Spreckley, G.S. 1845         (f)     4.5   -   4.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Spreckley, G.S. 1846         (c)     1   -   0
Spreckley, G.S. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1846         (c)     3   -   2
Walker, G. (1) - Spreckley, G.S. 1846         (c)     0.5   -   0.5      Walker, G. (1) gave odds of pawn and move
Harrwitz, D. - Spreckley, G.S. 1848         (c)     5   -   0
Perigal, G. - Spreckley, G.S. 1848         (f)     27.5   -   23.5
Spreckley, G.S. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1848         (c)     22   -   10
Spreckley, G.S. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1849         (c)     22   -   11
Spreckley, G.S. - Kyllmann, M.H. 1854         (c)     2   -   0


Player information updated: 30 Sept. 2018