Bolt, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1861  91  2314 (124) 3
1862  82  2327 (121) 0
1863  67  2340 (117) 0
1864  63  2352 (113) 2
1865  66  2342 (113) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bolt, William  
Born:
Died:
 
References
Books
   Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 9, 10
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 222
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 108
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 13
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 34, Oct. 1861, page 290
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 5, Nov. 1863, page 135
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 10, Oct. 1864, page 290
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 7, Feb. 1871, page 217
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1355, 11 Sep. 1864, page 5
   [Era], vol. 28, no. 1410, 1 Oct. 1865, page 6
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1871, page 117
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1869: YCA, 2nd Annual Meeting, York]
   McAlister, David and Forster, Richard.  [Porterfield Rynd 1846-1917]
   Sericano, C.  [Dublin 1865]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Tournament data

Bristol 1861 (2)     4th British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Bolt, W. - Young, H.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Bolt, W. - Langley, R.F.     1 - 0          Langley, R.F. gave odds of pawn and move
  Bolt, W. - Pigott, A.S.     1 - 0    
Bristol 1864 (2)     Bristol Grand Tournament    
  Bolt, W. - Pierpoint, R.W.     1 - 0    
  Bolt, W. - Thorold, E.     1 - 0    
  Bolt, W. - Withers, J.     1 - 0    
Dublin 1865     Dublin Masters Tournament     2  /  4


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022