Block, Theodore




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  571  1867 (92) 4
1876  510  1900 (88) 0
1877  442  1934 (83) 1
1878  411  1970 (77) 4
1879  363  2006 (76) 2
1880  345  2040 (76) 0
1881  348  2074 (75) 2
1882  319  2097 (75) 4
1883  335  2105 (77) 0
1884  350  2113 (77) 0
1885  335  2121 (76) 1
1886  310  2140 (74) 0
1887  294  2158 (71) 1
1888  259  2184 (66) 1
1889  221  2217 (60) 9
1890  251  2208 (63) 1
1891  262  2192 (65) 0
1892  310  2175 (64) 9
1893  322  2167 (74) 0
1894  340  2158 (81) 0
1895  358  2149 (86) 0
1896  365  2141 (90) 0
1897  388  2132 (93) 0
1898  423  2124 (95) 0
1899  445  2115 (96) 0
1900  477  2106 (97) 0
1901  507  2098 (96) 0
1902  555  2089 (95) 0
1903  574  2081 (93) 0
1904  611  2072 (90) 0
1905  641  2063 (85) 0
1906  665  2055 (80) 0
1907  711  2046 (73) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Block, Theodore  
Born: 1853
Died: 7 June 1909
 
Notes:
The year of birth is approximate. According to Gerard Killoran, the 1881 census says he was aged 28, so he was born in 1852 or 1853. Gaige gives date of deat as 7-06-1901, but Killoran gives clear evidence from news reports that he committed suicide on 7-06-1909.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 42
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 371
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 202
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1885, page 68
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 5, June 1874, page 109
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 162
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 272
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 11, Dec. 1875, page 322
   [CML], vol. 2, no. 8, Apr. 1881, page 226
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1983, 14 July 1877, page 47
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2000, 10 Nov. 1877, page 462
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2002, 24 Nov. 1877, page 511
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2004, 8 Dec. 1877, page 558
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2021, 23 Mar. 1878, page 279
Web
   Killoran, Gerard.  [The Block Brothers]

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

Block, T. - Loman, R.J. 1889         (f)     4.5   -   2.5
Jacobs, H.L. - Block, T. 1889         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Smith, S.F. - Block, T. 1892         (f)     5   -   4

Tournament data

London, England 1875 (12)     City of London Club Rook Class - North London Club Match    
  Block, T. - Sothers     0.5 - 1.5    
London, England 1875 (15)     City of London Club Junior Handicap    
  Block, T. - Gastineau, H.F.     0 - 1          Block, T. gave odds of the move
  Block, T. - Batt, E.     0 - 1          Batt, E. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1875 (17)     City of London Club Rook Class - North London Club Match    
  Block, T. - Porter (1)     2 - 0    
London, England 1877 (5)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Block, T. - Potter, W.N.     0 - 1    
London, England 1878 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Block, T. - Bentley, G.H.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Block, T. - Beardsell, T.J.     1.5 - 2.5          Beardsell, T.J. gave odds of the move
London, England 1879 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Block, T. - Down, M.J.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of a knight
  Block, T. - Klein, E. (1)     0 - 1    
London, England 1881 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Puller, C.G.     1.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1882 (2)     City of London Club 3rd Class - 4th Class Match    
  Block, T. - Laws, B.G.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1882 (8)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Block, T. - Foster, J. (1)     0 - 1          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and move
  Block, T. - Ridpath, J.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and move
  Block, T. - Down, M.J.     1 - 0          Block, T. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1885 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Skipworth, A.B.     0 - 1    
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Gattie, W.M.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Wayte, W.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Block, T. - Lambert, C.J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1907 (2)     4th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class     4.5  /  11


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025