Rumboll, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1882  285  2134 (72) 2
1883  288  2149 (59) 4
1884  317  2146 (48) 13
1885  368  2114 (41) 24
1886  333  2136 (44) 18
1887  342  2135 (51) 0
1888  343  2134 (49) 18
1889  339  2130 (56) 0
1890  366  2127 (56) 0
1891  372  2124 (51) 8
1892  411  2111 (48) 19
1893  469  2092 (57) 1
1894  483  2088 (62) 0
1895  499  2084 (63) 0
1896  495  2080 (60) 8
1897  550  2054 (62) 0
1898  630  2027 (61) 10
1899  697  1998 (65) 0
1900  766  1969 (65) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rumboll, Alfred  
Born: 1837
Died: 18 Jan. 1911
 
Notes:
Gaige in Chess Tournament Crosstables has 'Rumbold'. Gaige in Chess Personalia has date of death 19-01-1911; Harding has 18-01-1911, from an obituary in the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette of 26 Jan. 1911.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 365
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 46
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 262, 550
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 207
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 1886, page 361
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [A Chess Idealist]

Tournament data

Clifton 1882     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Law, E. (1)     1.5 - 0.5    
Clifton 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Harsant, W.H.     1.5 - 0.5    
Bath 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Rudge, Ms. M.     1 - 1    
Bath 1884 (1)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Tibbits, N.     1.5 - 0.5    
Bath 1884 (3)     14th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II     7.5  /  11
Bristol 1885     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Perry, A.T.     1 - 1    
London, England 1885 (9)     British Chess Association Tournament     4  /  15
Hereford 1885 (1)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class IA     1  /  6
Hereford 1885 (6)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Rumboll, A. - Rudge, Ms. M.     0 - 1          Rumboll, A. gave odds of pawn and move
Clifton 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Templar, J.     2 - 0    
Bath 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Vernon, J.E.     0 - 1    
Nottingham 1886 (4)     Counties Chess Association - Class II     11  /  14
Nottingham 1886 (6)     Counties Chess Association - Handicap Tournament    
  Rumboll, A. - Parkinson, Ms. F.     1 - 0          Rumboll, A. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Clifton 1888 (1)     Bristol and Clifton - City Chess and Draughts Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Hill, W.E.     1 - 0    
Clifton 1888 (2)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Williams, L.J.     0 - 1    
Bradford 1888 (1)     British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     3  /  16
Oxford 1891 (2)     Counties Chess Association - Class I, Division II     5  /  7
  Rumboll, A. - Erskine, H.     1 - 0    
London, England 1892 (4)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     3  /  11
Brighton 1892 (1)     Counties Chess Association Tournament     1.5  /  8
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Wright, H.E.     0 - 1    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Rumboll, A. - Hawks, H.W.     1 - 0    
Clifton 1896 (1)     Southern Counties Congress - Class I     3  /  8
Salisbury 1898 (1)     Southern Counties Chess Union Tournament     2  /  10
Bath 1900 (1)     Southern Counties Chess Union Tournament - Class I     2  /  14

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025