Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  224  2092 (175) 1
1873  226  2093 (174) 0
1874  225  2094 (174) 0
1875  226  2095 (173) 0
1876  240  2096 (172) 0
1877  230  2097 (171) 0
1878  238  2098 (170) 0
1879  234  2099 (169) 0
1880  245  2100 (167) 0
1881  274  2101 (166) 0
1882  285  2102 (165) 0
1883  324  2103 (163) 2
1884  353  2094 (164) 0
1885  367  2086 (166) 0
1886  370  2077 (167) 0
1887  398  2068 (167) 0
1888  401  2060 (168) 0
1889  412  2051 (169) 0
1890  433  2042 (170) 0
1891  468  2034 (170) 0
1892  509  2025 (171) 0
1893  538  2016 (171) 0
1894  563  2008 (172) 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