Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  223  2100 (175) 1
1873  229  2101 (174) 0
1874  237  2102 (173) 0
1875  230  2104 (172) 0
1876  240  2105 (171) 0
1877  226  2106 (170) 0
1878  225  2107 (169) 0
1879  223  2109 (168) 0
1880  241  2110 (167) 0
1881  269  2111 (165) 0
1882  275  2112 (164) 0
1883  309  2113 (162) 2
1884  347  2104 (163) 0
1885  363  2095 (165) 0
1886  363  2086 (166) 0
1887  388  2077 (166) 0
1888  395  2068 (167) 0
1889  402  2059 (168) 0
1890  441  2051 (169) 0
1891  457  2042 (170) 0
1892  508  2033 (170) 0
1893  544  2024 (171) 0
1894  569  2015 (171) 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
   [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    
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: 25 Jun. 2019