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Softlaw, Harold

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1898  779  1878 (117) 1 1899  785  1891 (113) 0 1900  775  1904 (109) 4 1901  807  1894 (113) 0 1902  813  1884 (115) 3 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Softlaw, Harold Goodlake   Born: 23 May 1878 Died: 24 Mar. 1912   References Books    Forster, Amos Burn, page 969    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 350 Web    Saunders, John.  [Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players]    Tabner, Keith.  [History of Shropshire Chess: Chapter 1 - 1850 - 1929]

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Tournament data

London, England 1896 (3)	North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Tillard (1)	1 - 0
London, England 1898 (2)	British Chess Club - United Universities Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Salmony, A.	1 - 0
London, England 1898 (5)	26th Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Hulbert, A.P.L.	0 - 1
London, England and New York 1899 (2)	1st Anglo-American Universities Cable Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Cutchings, W.	1 - 0
London, England 1899 (4)	27th Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Ellis, G.E.H.	1 - 0
Cambridge 1900	City of London - Cambridge Club Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Schwann, E.B.	0.5 - 0.5
London, England (?) 1900	City of London - Oxford and Cambridge University Club Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Stevens, S.J.	0 - 1
London, England 1900 (3)	28th Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - George, A.H.W.	1 - 0
London, England and New York (?) 1900	2nd Anglo-American Universities Cable Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Hunt, J.B.	1 - 0
London, England 1902 (1)	Metropolitan Club - Universities Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Muller, Osc.C.	0 - 1
London, England 1902 (2)	British Chess Club - Universities Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Wainwright, G.E.	0 - 1
London, England 1902 (3)	City of London Club - Universities Match
	Softlaw, H.G. - Trenchard, H.W.	0 - 1

Player information updated: 19 Aug. 2022