Brown, Frank
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1876 |
353 |
2035 | (91) | 6 |
| 1877 |
321 |
2054 | (88) | 0 |
| 1878 |
307 |
2074 | (84) | 3 |
| 1879 |
272 |
2100 | (80) | 12 |
| 1880 |
284 |
2098 | (87) | 0 |
| 1881 |
320 |
2097 | (92) | 0 |
| 1882 |
334 |
2095 | (96) | 0 |
| 1883 |
362 |
2094 | (99) | 0 |
| 1884 |
398 |
2092 | (102) | 0 |
| 1885 |
401 |
2091 | (103) | 0 |
| 1886 |
401 |
2089 | (104) | 0 |
| 1887 |
411 |
2087 | (105) | 2 |
| 1888 |
404 |
2093 | (105) | 0 |
| 1889 |
388 |
2099 | (104) | 0 |
| 1890 |
389 |
2104 | (103) | 0 |
| 1891 |
384 |
2110 | (101) | 0 |
| 1892 |
403 |
2116 | (98) | 0 |
| 1893 |
403 |
2121 | (95) | 0 |
| 1894 |
401 |
2127 | (90) | 2 |
| 1895 |
427 |
2116 | (89) | 0 |
| 1896 |
433 |
2105 | (87) | 0 |
| 1897 |
466 |
2094 | (83) | 0 |
| 1898 |
513 |
2083 | (78) | 0 |
| 1899 |
544 |
2072 | (71) | 0 |
| 1900 |
592 |
2061 | (62) | 12 |
| 1901 |
568 |
2078 | (65) | 0 |
| 1902 |
555 |
2095 | (64) | 0 |
| 1903 |
527 |
2112 | (59) | 0 |
| 1904 |
511 |
2129 | (51) | 9 |
| 1905 |
547 |
2117 | (46) | 11 |
| 1906 |
614 |
2087 | (46) | 11 |
| 1907 |
665 |
2072 | (44) | 11 |
| 1908 |
730 |
2052 | (45) | 10 |
| 1909 |
868 |
2017 | (45) | 10 |
| 1910 |
898 |
1995 | (44) | 11 |
| 1911 |
916 |
2000 | (44) | 11 |
| 1912 |
907 |
1993 | (45) | 12 |
| 1913 |
889 |
2012 | (48) | 11 |
| 1914 |
892 |
1994 | (52) | 15 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Brown, Frank |
| Born: 1863 |
| Died: 26 June 1917 |
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| Notes: |
| Sergeant refers to him as 'Frank Brown, of Dudley'. Tim Harding has sent me genealogicial and census information showing that Frank Brown was the brother of Frederick Brown, and was two years older. According to C.N. 9795, the Field of 25 Oct. 1879 says that Frank Brown was 16 years old, while the Chess Player's Chronicle of 1 Aug. 1879 gives his age as 15. This suggests that he was born in 1863, perhaps between July and September. Harding and Gerard Killoran have established from the British Chess Magazine (1919) and from probate records that Frank Brown died 26 June 1917. While he would only have been 12 or 13 years old in early 1876, it appears likely that it was, in fact, this Frank Brown who played for Dudley against Stourbridge in that year, as well as against Birmingham in Feb. 1878. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 142 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 453 |
| Hilbert, Napier, page 221 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 249, 326 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 39 |
| Periodicals |
| [BDP], 27 Mar. 1900 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 4, 1 Apr. 1879, page 90 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 6, 1 June 1880, page 135 |
| [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1905, 29 Jan. 1876, page 119 |
| [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1908, 19 Feb. 1876, page 191 |
| [WP], vol. 10, no. 11, 1 Mar. 1878, page 193 |
| Web |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 9795. Zukertort, Halford and the Brown brothers] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| Stourbridge 1876 |
Dudley Mechanics Institute - Stourbridge Club Match |
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Brown, Frank - Freer, H. |
2 - 1 |
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| Dudley 1876 |
Dudley Club - Stourbridge Club Match |
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Brown, Frank - Freer, H. |
1.5 - 1.5 |
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| Birmingham (?) 1878 |
Dudley and Stourbridge - Birmingham Club Match |
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Brown, Frank - Warren, E.P. |
2.5 - 0.5 |
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| Derby 1883 (3) |
Leicestershire - Derbyshire County Match |
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Brown, Frank - Burden, W.C. |
0 - 1 |
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| Walsall 1887 |
Dudley - Walsall Club Match |
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Brown, Frank - Russell, C. |
1.5 - 0.5 |
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| Birmingham 1893 |
North and South Match |
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Brown, Frank - Maurice, P. |
1 - 0 |
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| Dudley and Stourbridge (?) 1894 |
Dudley - Stourbridge Club Match |
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Brown, Frank - Sherrard, C.H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| London, England 1894 (1) |
North and South Match |
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Brown, Frank - Butler, H.W. |
1 - 0 |
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| Birmingham 1900 |
Warwickshire - Worcestershire County Match |
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Brown, Frank - McCarthy, F. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Bath 1900 (3) |
Southern Counties Chess Union Tournament - Class II, Section B |
5.5 | / | 11 |
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| Hastings 1904 (1) |
London League - Three Unions Match |
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Brown, Frank - Hamond, F.E. |
0 - 1 |
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| Hastings 1904 (4) |
1st British Chess Federation Congress - 1st Class Amateur Section A |
5.5 | / | 8 |
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| Southport 1905 (4) |
2nd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section B |
6.5 | / | 11 |
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| Shrewsbury 1906 (1) |
3rd British Chess Federation Congress - Championship |
1.5 | / | 11 |
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| London, England 1907 (2) |
4th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class |
5 | / | 11 |
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| Tunbridge Wells 1908 (4) |
5th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section B |
7 | / | 11 |
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| Scarborough 1909 (3) |
6th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section B |
2.5 | / | 10 |
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| Oxford 1910 (3) |
British Chess Federation Major Open Tournament |
2.5 | / | 11 |
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| Glasgow 1911 (3) |
British Chess Federation Major Open Tournament |
5 | / | 11 |
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| Richmond, London 1912 (1) |
British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match |
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Brown, Frank - Billings, S.W. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Richmond, London 1912 (3) |
9th British Chess Federation Tournament - Major Open |
1.5 | / | 11 |
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| Hastings 1913 (1) |
Kent and Sussex Counties Chess Association Tournament - Section I |
7 | / | 11 |
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| Blackpool 1914 |
Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament |
2.5 | / | 4 |
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| Chester 1914 (2) |
11th British Chess Federation Congress - Major Open |
3.5 | / | 11 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026 |
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