Rocamora, Salomón




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  106  2284 (75) 4
1877  88  2309 (65) 15
1878  89  2306 (67) 0
1879  89  2303 (66) 9
1880  93  2313 (67) 0
1881  95  2322 (65) 6
1882  95  2332 (63) 0
1883  102  2342 (58) 11
1884  124  2316 (63) 0
1885  149  2289 (63) 7
1886  157  2282 (70) 0
1887  168  2276 (73) 0
1888  179  2269 (75) 0
1889  184  2263 (74) 0
1890  201  2256 (72) 0
1891  201  2250 (67) 0
1892  222  2243 (59) 6
1893  196  2259 (54) 3
1894  163  2290 (48) 12
1895  155  2296 (49) 6
1896  154  2298 (51) 4
1897  126  2318 (51) 0
1898  97  2338 (44) 19
1899  112  2334 (51) 4
1900  149  2304 (56) 8
1901  161  2292 (69) 0
1902  188  2280 (78) 1
1903  195  2276 (87) 0
1904  217  2273 (94) 0
1905  233  2269 (100) 0
1906  242  2265 (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
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: 12 Apr. 2025