Smith, Stephen




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  649  1924 (63) 6
1886  633  1939 (52) 25
1887  560  1986 (56) 0
1888  488  2032 (54) 0
1889  400  2079 (46) 23
1890  374  2110 (52) 1
1891  322  2157 (51) 0
1892  269  2203 (43) 25
1893  238  2229 (46) 7
1894  190  2266 (49) 2
1895  164  2287 (46) 11
1896  151  2297 (45) 15
1897  176  2276 (53) 1
1898  201  2264 (56) 0
1899  223  2252 (53) 10
1900  236  2243 (59) 0
1901  258  2234 (59) 5
1902  264  2233 (64) 0
1903  276  2232 (66) 0
1904  289  2232 (64) 0
1905  295  2231 (59) 1
1906  308  2228 (51) 3
1907  339  2219 (39) 35
1908  353  2218 (47) 0
1909  365  2218 (45) 9
1910  363  2215 (44) 12
1911  354  2228 (46) 16
1912  351  2224 (59) 0
1913  354  2220 (67) 0
1914  347  2217 (72) 0
1915  337  2213 (75) 0
1916  340  2209 (76) 0
1917  343  2206 (75) 0
1918  362  2202 (72) 0
1919  369  2198 (66) 0
1920  402  2195 (58) 11
1921  494  2178 (63) 0
1922  562  2161 (64) 0
1923  671  2145 (61) 0
1924  742  2128 (54) 13
1925  806  2119 (59) 0
1926  865  2110 (59) 0
1927  931  2101 (55) 0
1928  976  2092 (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]
   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
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