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Foster, Frederick 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1884 | 535 | 2004 | (78) | 4 |  
  | 1885 | 541 | 1999 | (74) | 2 |  
  | 1886 | 531 | 1999 | (71) | 7 |  
  | 1887 | 527 | 2001 | (77) | 1 |  
  | 1888 | 530 | 2005 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 522 | 2009 | (87) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 536 | 2012 | (90) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 530 | 2016 | (92) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 566 | 2020 | (93) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 577 | 2024 | (93) | 1 |  
  | 1894 | 564 | 2034 | (94) | 1 |  
  | 1895 | 577 | 2029 | (96) | 1 |  
  | 1896 | 581 | 2024 | (100) | 1 |  
  | 1897 | 621 | 2006 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 677 | 1989 | (110) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Foster, Frederick Edward |  
   | Born: 1856 |  
   | Died: 21 Jan. 1910 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Gaige has year of birth as 1855 but Steve Mann has 1856-1857. The British Chess Magazine of Dec. 1884 (p.440) has 'F.C. Foster'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 959 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 125 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440 |  | Web |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Frederick Edward Foster] |  
   | Winter, Edward.  [CN 4652. Chess by circulation] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Sheffield 1883 (1) | Sheffield Athenaeum - Rest of Sheffield and District Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Shaw, W.L. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1884 | Derbyshire - Sheffield and District Chess Association Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Balson, H. | 1.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Manchester 1884 | Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Cohen, S. (1) | 1 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Penistone 1885 | Sheffield and District - Huddersfield and Holmfirth Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Dyson, E.C. | 1 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1886 (1) | Sheffield and District - Leeds Woodhouse Cup Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Toothill, F. | 0.5 - 1.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1886 (2) | Sheffield and District - Bradford Woodhouse Cup Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Fieldsend, T. | 0.5 - 1.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Huddersfield and Leeds 1886 (2) | West Yorkshire Chess Association - Class A, Section 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Stokoe, T.Y. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Wakefield 1886 (2) | Sheffield and District - Wakefield Woodhouse Cup Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Ash, W. | 2 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Bradford 1887 (2) | Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - McClelland, W.M. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Birmingham 1893 | North and South Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Jones, Ed.O. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1894 (1) | North and South Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Lambert, C.J. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Halifax, Yorkshire 1895 | 10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Allison, J.B. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Hall, J.E. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Manchester 1896 | Cheshire - Yorkshire County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Mills-Palmer, G. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Manchester 1898 | Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Foster, F.E. - Dod, W. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 23 Mar. 2016 |  
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