Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  236  2093 (170) 1
1873  237  2094 (169) 0
1874  248  2095 (168) 0
1875  259  2096 (167) 0
1876  252  2097 (166) 0
1877  239  2097 (165) 0
1878  242  2098 (164) 0
1879  239  2099 (162) 0
1880  254  2100 (161) 0
1881  285  2101 (159) 0
1882  291  2102 (158) 0
1883  324  2102 (156) 2
1884  366  2092 (157) 0
1885  383  2082 (159) 0
1886  389  2072 (160) 0
1887  415  2062 (161) 0
1888  431  2052 (162) 0
1889  440  2042 (162) 0
1890  470  2032 (163) 0
1891  506  2022 (164) 0
1892  551  2012 (164) 0
1893  585  2002 (165) 0
1894  607  1991 (165) 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    
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: 22 Jul. 2022