Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  320  2036 (137) 1
1873  326  2034 (135) 0
1874  338  2032 (133) 0
1875  359  2030 (130) 0
1876  360  2029 (127) 2
1877  343  2033 (128) 0
1878  346  2037 (128) 0
1879  337  2040 (129) 0
1880  356  2044 (129) 0
1881  391  2048 (129) 0
1882  404  2052 (128) 0
1883  425  2056 (127) 2
1884  481  2046 (131) 0
1885  504  2035 (134) 0
1886  509  2024 (137) 0
1887  525  2014 (139) 0
1888  553  2003 (141) 0
1889  567  1992 (144) 0
1890  613  1982 (145) 0
1891  632  1971 (147) 0
1892  691  1961 (149) 0
1893  735  1950 (150) 0
1894  773  1939 (152) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Crosskill, Alfred  
   Also known as: Euclid
Born: 1829
Died: 5 May 1904
 
Notes:
The Chess Player's Chronicle of Nov. 1852 has on p.343 both 'Crosskill' and 'Alfred Croskell'. The Chess Player's Magazine of Sept. 1863 (p.89) has 'Croskill'. Gaige gives date of birth as 21-04-1829, but Steve Mann indicates that this was a date of baptism and gives date of birth as 1828-1829.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 78
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 82
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xviii
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 32
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 125
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1883, page 68
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 3, Apr. 1875, page 70
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 11, Nov. 1852, page 343
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 5, Oct. 1872, page 148
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 3, Sep. 1863, page 89
   [HCM], vol. 2, no. 3, Dec. 1873, page 52
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Alfred Crosskill]
   Winter, Edward.  [Royal Walkabouts]

Tournament data

Hull and London, England 1872     Crystal Palace Meeting: Hull-London Telegraph Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Lowe, E.     1 - 0    
Hull 1875 (1)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Club Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Manson (1)     2 - 0    
Hull 1876 (4)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Philip, R.H.     1 - 1    
Hull 1876 (6)     Hull Club - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Bailey, F.W.     2 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Steinkuhler, A.     2 - 0    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Woodgate, W.B.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023