Rocamora, Salomón




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  106  2283 (75) 4
1877  89  2309 (65) 15
1878  90  2306 (67) 0
1879  89  2303 (66) 9
1880  94  2312 (67) 0
1881  95  2322 (65) 6
1882  95  2332 (63) 0
1883  102  2343 (58) 11
1884  125  2316 (63) 0
1885  150  2290 (63) 7
1886  157  2284 (70) 0
1887  165  2277 (73) 0
1888  180  2271 (75) 0
1889  183  2265 (74) 0
1890  199  2259 (72) 0
1891  200  2253 (66) 0
1892  212  2246 (58) 6
1893  186  2263 (54) 3
1894  152  2296 (47) 12
1895  143  2308 (47) 6
1896  130  2318 (44) 16
1897  113  2331 (48) 0
1898  94  2344 (43) 19
1899  108  2338 (51) 4
1900  142  2306 (56) 8
1901  159  2294 (69) 0
1902  185  2282 (78) 1
1903  190  2278 (87) 0
1904  212  2274 (94) 0
1905  227  2270 (100) 0
1906  236  2266 (105) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rocamora, Salomón Ricardo  
   Also known as: S. Riccardo-Rocamora
Born: 7 Feb. 1855
Died: 9 Mar. 1924
 
Notes:
Gaige gives 'Riccardo-Rocamora, S.' but also 'Rocamora, S.R.'. Di Felice gives 'Rocamora, S. Riccardo'. La Grande Storia degli Scacchi gives 'Rocamora Riccardo S.' Urcan gives 'R.S. Rocamora'. I received correspondence from Eduardo Bauzá Mercére giving Rocamora's first name and explaining that the correct form of his name is 'Salomón Ricardo Rocamora', a Sephardic Jewish name of Spanish origin ('Riccardo' is Italian). Gaige gives only a birth date, but Mercére gave me his year of death as 1923. Michael Kühl has supplied a record from ancestry.com giving his exact date of death as 9-03-1924.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 231
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 352, 356
   Langmann, Chronik des Hamburger Schachklubs, page 155
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 45
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 97
Web
   Halla, Josef.  [Med. Dr. Hermann Neustadtl na turnajích Nmeěckého šachového svazu]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Schottlander, A. - Rocamora, S.R. 1893         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Rocamora, S.R. 1898         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Hamburg 1876     Hamburg Club Tournament    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Pohl, J.     1 - 0    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Winter, E.     1 - 0    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Fles     0 - 1    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Alexander, A.     0 - 1    
Hamburg 1877 (1)     Hamburg Club Tournament - Group I     8  /  14
  Rocamora, S.R. - Gohle, A.     0 - 1    
Wesselburen 1879     Wesselburen Tournament     6.5  /  9
Hamburg 1881 (1)     Hamburg Club Tournament - Preliminary Rounds    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Voelcker, H.     1 - 0    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Henschel, J.     1 - 0    
Hamburg 1881 (2)     Hamburg Club Tournament - Group 1     2.5  /  4
Nuremberg 1883 (3)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier C     5.5  /  7
Nuremberg 1883 (7)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Siegergruppe     1.5  /  5
Hamburg 1885 (1)     4th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     3.5  /  7
Dresden 1892 (3)     7th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B     2.5  /  6
Newark 1893     Newark - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Nadler, F.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - de Visser, W.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - de Visser, W.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (6)     New York Tournament     4  /  10
New York 1895 (2)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Isaacson, C.B.     1 - 0    
Newark 1895 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Sternberg, L.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (8)     Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Ryan, W.T.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (13)     Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Raubitschek, Ro.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Bampton, S.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
New York 1896 (2)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship     1  /  3
New York 1896 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     9  /  12
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Robinson, D.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1898 (1)     20th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship     2  /  4
New York 1898 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     8.5  /  14
New York 1899 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     2.5  /  3
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Elson, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1900 (3)     Manhattan Club Masters Tournament     3  /  8
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Roeske, G.T.     0 - 1    
New York 1906 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Rocamora, S.R. - Mlotkowski, S.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025