Tinsley, Samuel




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1878  368  2010 (126) 1
1879  332  2034 (123) 0
1880  325  2059 (119) 0
1881  332  2083 (115) 0
1882  300  2107 (110) 0
1883  305  2131 (105) 0
1884  290  2155 (99) 0
1885  255  2179 (92) 0
1886  233  2203 (84) 1
1887  207  2241 (76) 0
1888  169  2280 (67) 1
1889  107  2338 (55) 0
1890  74  2397 (38) 37
1891  79  2385 (38) 28
1892  74  2387 (49) 0
1893  68  2388 (50) 5
1894  74  2381 (51) 0
1895  83  2374 (45) 21
1896  99  2352 (53) 2
1897  103  2336 (57) 0
1898  123  2320 (57) 0
1899  144  2305 (51) 27

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Tinsley, Samuel  
   Also known as: Old Sam
Born: 13 Jan. 1847
Died: 26 Feb. 1903
 
References
Books
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 294
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 98
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 438, 970
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 426
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 506, 581
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 424
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 14, 241
   Winter, Chess Explorations, page 272
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 227
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [It's all Down in Black and White], page 4
   Sarah.  [Hastings 1895]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 3799. Najdorf and Tinsley]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Tinsley, S. - Muller, Osc.C. 1891         (f)     8.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

London, England 1878 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Tinsley, S. - Long, H.D.     0 - 1          Long, H.D. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Minchin, J.I.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Warner, J.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (4)     Simpson's Divan Handicap     13  /  18
Manchester 1890 (1)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     11  /  19
London, England 1891 (7)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Summer     3  /  9
London, England 1891 (8)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney     5.5  /  9
London, England 1893 (1)     Black and White Tourney     3  /  5
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     7.5  /  21
London, England and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Barry, J.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (4)     Divan Chess Association - City of London Club Match    
  Tinsley, S. - Ballard, W.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1899 (3)     London Major Tournament     6  /  27


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025