Block, Theodore




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  517  1891 (103) 4
1876  456  1923 (102) 0
1877  395  1955 (100) 0
1878  362  1987 (98) 0
1879  336  2019 (95) 0
1880  321  2051 (90) 0
1881  325  2084 (85) 2
1882  287  2107 (81) 4
1883  315  2115 (82) 0
1884  328  2123 (81) 0
1885  324  2131 (78) 1
1886  294  2149 (76) 0
1887  280  2167 (72) 1
1888  243  2192 (67) 1
1889  206  2224 (60) 9
1890  233  2216 (64) 1
1891  250  2200 (66) 0
1892  289  2184 (65) 9
1893  297  2175 (74) 0
1894  307  2166 (81) 0
1895  328  2157 (86) 0
1896  337  2148 (90) 0
1897  358  2139 (93) 0
1898  387  2130 (95) 0
1899  406  2121 (96) 0
1900  432  2112 (97) 0
1901  467  2104 (96) 0
1902  504  2095 (95) 0
1903  529  2086 (93) 0
1904  571  2077 (90) 0
1905  593  2068 (86) 0
1906  627  2059 (80) 0
1907  660  2050 (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 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: 22 Jul. 2022