Rumboll, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1882  281  2127 (72) 2
1883  290  2142 (59) 4
1884  316  2139 (48) 13
1885  358  2107 (41) 24
1886  327  2129 (44) 18
1887  337  2128 (51) 0
1888  334  2127 (49) 18
1889  334  2124 (56) 0
1890  363  2121 (56) 0
1891  369  2118 (51) 8
1892  404  2105 (48) 19
1893  456  2086 (57) 1
1894  468  2082 (62) 0
1895  486  2077 (63) 0
1896  488  2073 (60) 8
1897  543  2046 (62) 0
1898  618  2019 (61) 10
1899  688  1990 (65) 0
1900  758  1961 (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