Crosskill, Alfred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  191  2096 (175) 1
1873  196  2097 (174) 0
1874  201  2098 (173) 0
1875  203  2099 (172) 0
1876  215  2099 (172) 0
1877  205  2100 (171) 0
1878  208  2101 (170) 0
1879  206  2101 (168) 0
1880  219  2102 (167) 0
1881  244  2103 (166) 0
1882  251  2103 (165) 0
1883  280  2104 (163) 2
1884  299  2095 (164) 0
1885  318  2086 (166) 0
1886  325  2077 (167) 0
1887  346  2068 (167) 0
1888  352  2060 (168) 0
1889  366  2051 (169) 0
1890  385  2042 (170) 0
1891  408  2033 (170) 0
1892  440  2024 (171) 0
1893  466  2015 (172) 0
1894  488  2006 (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 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 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Crosskill, A. - Woodgate, W.B.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 30 Sept. 2018