Edo Historical Chess Ratings



Smith, Stephen





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1886  350  1983 (57) 25
1887  328  2031 (61) 0
1888  287  2078 (61) 0
1889  255  2125 (56) 9
1890  259  2136 (58) 1
1891  247  2162 (57) 0
1892  228  2187 (50) 13
1893  214  2203 (52) 7
1894  190  2220 (55) 0
1895  181  2238 (53) 10
1896  192  2223 (56) 4
1897  194  2218 (59) 1
1898  201  2221 (60) 0
1899  198  2224 (56) 10
1900  201  2219 (60) 0
1901  205  2213 (61) 5
1902  213  2215 (66) 0
1903  218  2217 (67) 0
1904  220  2218 (65) 0
1905  221  2220 (60) 1
1906  223  2217 (52) 3
1907  232  2209 (41) 35
1908  213  2214 (46) 11
1909  211  2210 (51) 0
1910  185  2206 (49) 12
1911  148  2223 (51) 16

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.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 317
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 396
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 71
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 253
Web
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess Timeline]
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Stephen Francis Smith]
   Tabner, Keith.  [History of Shropshire Chess: Chapter 1 - 1850 - 1929]
   Wright, Stephen.  [BCCF E-mail Bulletin #105], page 2

Tournament data

London 1886 (6)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Tennyson Prize Tourney     1  /  7
London 1886 (7)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship Tourney     4  /  18
London 1889 (5)     British Amateur Championship     5.5  /  9
London 1890 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Chepmell, C.H.     0 - 1    
London 1892 (3)     City of London Club Championship - 3-Section Play-off    
  Smith, S.F. - Moriau, C.     0 - 1    
London 1892 (6)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship     5.5  /  12
Woodhall Spa 1893 (1)     Counties Chess Association - Class I     2.5  /  7
Hastings 1895 (1)     7th British Amateur Championship - Section I     5.5  /  7
Hastings 1895 (6)     7th British Amateur Championship - Consolation Tourney     1  /  3
London 1896 (2)     London Tournament     1  /  4
London and Yorkshire 1897     London - Yorkshire Cable Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Rayner, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London 1899 (1)     London Minor Tournament     5.5  /  11
London 1901     11th City of London Chess Club Championship     15  /  21
London 1905 (2)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Sergeant, E.G.     1 - 0    
London 1906     16th City of London Club Championship     8.5  /  13
Ostend 1907 (1)     Ostend Amateur Tourney     10  /  18
Deal 1907     9th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     3  /  6
Ostend 1907 (4)     Ostend Amateur Tourney A     4.5  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (2)     5th British Chess Federation Amatuer Tourney 1A     7  /  11
Leicester 1910     City of London Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Coates, C.     0 - 1    
Oxford 1910 (1)     7th British Chess Federation Championship     4  /  11
London 1911 (1)     City of London - North Manchester Club Match    
  Smith, S.F. - Caplan, A.     1 - 0    
London 1911 (2)     21st City of London Club Championship     9  /  16