Belaieff, Alexander




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1862  196  2062 (187) 1
1863  189  2059 (187) 0
1864  201  2057 (188) 0
1865  219  2054 (188) 0
1866  244  2051 (188) 0
1867  236  2049 (188) 0
1868  243  2046 (188) 0
1869  244  2044 (187) 0
1870  260  2041 (187) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Belaieff, Alexander Petrovich  
   Also known as: Belayev
Born: 1803
Died: 1887
 
Notes:
Name given variously as Belaieff, Belaief, Belieff, Belieffe in the Illustrated London News. Gaige has 'Beliaev', but I wonder if this is an error for 'Belaiev'? The Era of 9 Apr. 1865 (p.6) has 'Belleff' and the 28 May 1865 issue (p.14) has 'Belleaff'.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 954
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 30
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 52
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 105, 215, 389
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page lvi
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 1
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2642, 18 Feb. 1871, page 9
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1864, page 242
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1865, page 80
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1865, page 160
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1866, page 201
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1867, page 51
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1325, 14 Feb. 1864, page 15
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1385, 9 Apr. 1865, page 6
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1392, 28 May 1865, page 14
   [Era], vol. 28, no. 1449, 1 July 1866, page 7
   [Era], vol. 29, no. 1494, 12 May 1867, page 14
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1414, 23 Feb. 1867, page 195
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1417, 16 Mar. 1867, page 267
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1426, 11 May 1867, page 482
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1607, 6 Aug. 1870, page 155
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 4, 1 Feb. 1871, page 160

Tournament data

London, England 1862 (1)     London Club - St. James Club Match    
  Belaieff, A.P. - Sich, A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Belaieff, A.P. - Potter, W.N.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022