Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  321  2035 (137) 1
1873  325  2033 (135) 0
1874  336  2032 (133) 0
1875  355  2030 (130) 0
1876  359  2028 (127) 2
1877  342  2032 (128) 0
1878  344  2036 (128) 0
1879  333  2040 (129) 0
1880  354  2044 (129) 0
1881  389  2048 (129) 0
1882  401  2052 (128) 0
1883  423  2056 (127) 2
1884  477  2045 (131) 0
1885  499  2035 (134) 0
1886  503  2024 (137) 0
1887  521  2013 (139) 0
1888  542  2003 (141) 0
1889  556  1992 (144) 0
1890  607  1981 (145) 0
1891  630  1971 (147) 0
1892  687  1960 (149) 0
1893  724  1950 (150) 0
1894  753  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