Smith, Stephen




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  652  1931 (63) 6
1886  641  1946 (52) 25
1887  565  1992 (56) 0
1888  501  2039 (54) 0
1889  415  2086 (46) 23
1890  381  2117 (52) 1
1891  324  2163 (51) 0
1892  269  2210 (43) 25
1893  240  2235 (46) 7
1894  193  2273 (49) 2
1895  166  2294 (46) 11
1896  153  2305 (45) 15
1897  176  2283 (53) 1
1898  208  2272 (56) 0
1899  225  2260 (53) 10
1900  240  2251 (58) 0
1901  262  2242 (59) 5
1902  267  2242 (64) 0
1903  282  2241 (66) 0
1904  289  2241 (64) 0
1905  297  2240 (59) 1
1906  309  2237 (51) 3
1907  342  2229 (39) 35
1908  357  2228 (47) 0
1909  368  2228 (45) 9
1910  371  2225 (44) 12
1911  352  2238 (46) 16
1912  359  2234 (59) 0
1913  363  2230 (67) 0
1914  356  2226 (72) 0
1915  342  2223 (75) 0
1916  347  2219 (76) 0
1917  350  2215 (75) 0
1918  368  2211 (72) 0
1919  388  2207 (67) 0
1920  424  2203 (58) 11
1921  510  2186 (63) 0
1922  588  2169 (64) 0
1923  699  2151 (61) 0
1924  777  2134 (55) 13
1925  844  2126 (59) 0
1926  908  2118 (60) 0
1927  977  2110 (55) 0
1928  1025  2102 (46) 32

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Smith, Stephen Francis  
   Also known as: Dr. Stephen Francis Smith
Born: 1860
Died: 12 May 1928
 
Notes:
Gaige (Chess Personalia) gives birth between 13-05-1860 and 12-05-1861. Chess Tournament Crosstables (vol.I, p.100) has S.T. Smith at Hastings 1895; the British Chess Magazine (1895, p.373) has 'Dr S.F. Smith' (as reported to me by Edward Winter in correspondence); Di Felice has Stephen Francis Smith. The Daily News of 22 Oct. 1894 (p.3) has 'Dr. F.S. Smith' in error.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 317
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 338
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 396
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 375, 580
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 71
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 249
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 253
Periodicals
   [PMG], 18 Dec. 1900, page 10
Web
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess Timeline] (broken)
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Stephen Francis Smith] (broken)
   Tabner, Keith.  [History of Shropshire Chess: Chapter 1 - 1850 - 1929]
   Wright, Stephen.  [BCCF E-mail Bulletin #105], page 2
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Smith, S.F. - Block, T. 1892         (f)     5   -   4
Smith, S.F. - Jones, Ed.O. 1896         (f)     5   -   3

Tournament data

London, England 1885 (7)     British Chess Association - Tennyson Prize Tournament     0.5  /  6
London, England 1886 (6)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Tennyson Prize Tourney     1  /  7
London, England 1886 (7)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship Tourney     4  /  18
London, England 1889 (1)     Simpson's Divan Handicap Tournament     9  /  14      odds player in pawn and move class
London, England 1889 (5)     Simpson's Divan Handicap Tournament     7.5  /  15      odds player in pawn and move class
London, England 1889 (7)     British Amateur Championship     5.5  /  9
London, England 1890 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Chepmell, C.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1892 (3)     City of London Club Championship - 3-Section Play-off    
  Smith, S.F. - Mocatta, A.     1 - 0    
  Smith, S.F. - Moriau, C.     0.5 - 1.5    
London, England 1892 (6)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Minchin, J.I.     1 - 0    
London, England 1892 (7)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship     5.5  /  12
Woodhall Spa 1893 (1)     Counties Chess Association - Class I, Section A     2.5  /  7
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Birks, J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (6)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Blake, J.H.     1 - 0    
London, England 1895 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Jackson, E.M.     0 - 1    
Hastings 1895 (1)     7th British Amateur Championship - Section I     5.5  /  7
Hastings 1895 (6)     7th British Amateur Championship - Consolation Tourney     1  /  3
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Mortimer, J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (4)     Divan Chess Association - City of London Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Gunsberg, I.A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (5)     City of London Club - Athenaeum Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Wagner, H. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (7)     London Tournament     1  /  4
London, England and Leeds 1897     City of London Club - Yorkshire Chess Association Telephone Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Rayner, Ja.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1899 (2)     London Minor Tournament     5.5  /  11
London, England 1901 (3)     11th City of London Chess Club Championship     15  /  21
London, England 1905 (4)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Sergeant, E.G.     1 - 0    
London, England 1906     16th City of London Club Championship     8.5  /  13
Ostend 1907 (1)     Ostend Amateur Tournament     10  /  18
Deal 1907     9th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     3  /  6
Ostend 1907 (4)     Ostend Amateur Tournament A     4.5  /  11
Hastings 1909     Kent and Sussex Congress     5.5  /  9
Leicester 1910     City of London Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Coates, C.     0 - 1    
Oxford 1910 (2)     7th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4  /  11
London, England 1911 (1)     City of London - North Manchester Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Caplan, A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1911 (2)     21st City of London Club Championship     9  /  16
Edinburgh 1920 (2)     13th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     5  /  11
Paris 1924 (8)     Olympic Tournament - Preliminary Section 5     0.5  /  5
Paris 1924 (14)     Olympic Tournament - Consolation Cup     4.5  /  8
Hastings 1928 (2)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Open, Section A     4.5  /  9
London, England 1928 (2)     38th City of London Club Championship     4  /  16
Cheltenham 1928 (2)     West of England Chess Festival - Major Division     4  /  7

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025