Crake, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  397  1867 (135) 2
1876  413  1875 (132) 0
1877  374  1883 (128) 0
1878  373  1891 (123) 0
1879  375  1899 (119) 0
1880  386  1906 (113) 0
1881  411  1914 (107) 0
1882  445  1922 (101) 2
1883  524  1914 (97) 3
1884  552  1917 (99) 2
1885  547  1917 (105) 0
1886  541  1916 (110) 0
1887  532  1916 (114) 0
1888  516  1915 (118) 0
1889  519  1915 (122) 0
1890  538  1914 (125) 0
1891  551  1914 (128) 0
1892  575  1913 (131) 0
1893  592  1913 (133) 0
1894  603  1913 (135) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Crake, James  
Born: 1847
Died: 14 Nov. 1929
 
Notes:
Steve Mann gives date of baptism as 23-12-1847, so I presume he was born in 1847.
 
References
Books
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 200
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 4, Dec. 1884, page 440
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1880: Edmund Thorold visit to Hull]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1888: Edmund Thorold visit to Hull]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - James Crake]

Tournament data

Grimsby 1875     Grimsby - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Crake, J. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 2    
Leeds 1882 (4)     Leeds - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Crake, J. - Cunningham, J.G.     2 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Crake, J. - Riddell, J.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leeds 1883 (3)     Manchester Athenaeum - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crake, J. - Higginbotham, T.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Crake, J. - Holland, A.M.     1 - 1    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Crake, J. - Peachey, H.W.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 16 May 2018