Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  197  2095 (175) 1
1873  202  2096 (174) 0
1874  204  2096 (173) 0
1875  208  2097 (172) 0
1876  220  2098 (172) 0
1877  207  2098 (171) 0
1878  214  2099 (170) 0
1879  212  2100 (168) 0
1880  225  2101 (167) 0
1881  248  2101 (166) 0
1882  257  2102 (165) 0
1883  285  2103 (163) 2
1884  304  2094 (164) 0
1885  325  2085 (166) 0
1886  329  2076 (167) 0
1887  352  2067 (167) 0
1888  358  2058 (168) 0
1889  369  2049 (169) 0
1890  388  2041 (170) 0
1891  413  2032 (170) 0
1892  444  2023 (171) 0
1893  471  2014 (172) 0
1894  495  2005 (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, Feb. 1883, page 68
   [CPC], vol. 13, Nov. 1852, page 343
   [CPC], vol. 3, Oct. 1872, page 148
   [CPM], vol. 1, Sep. 1863, page 89
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: 30 Sept. 2018