Rocamora, Salomón




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  106  2284 (75) 4
1877  88  2310 (65) 15
1878  89  2307 (67) 0
1879  89  2304 (66) 9
1880  93  2313 (67) 0
1881  94  2322 (65) 6
1882  95  2333 (63) 0
1883  102  2343 (58) 11
1884  124  2317 (63) 0
1885  147  2290 (63) 7
1886  155  2284 (70) 0
1887  165  2278 (73) 0
1888  178  2272 (75) 0
1889  182  2266 (74) 0
1890  197  2259 (72) 0
1891  199  2253 (66) 0
1892  211  2247 (58) 6
1893  185  2264 (54) 3
1894  150  2297 (47) 12
1895  142  2308 (47) 6
1896  129  2318 (44) 16
1897  114  2331 (48) 0
1898  94  2344 (43) 19
1899  108  2338 (51) 4
1900  142  2306 (56) 8
1901  158  2295 (69) 0
1902  188  2283 (78) 1
1903  191  2279 (87) 0
1904  212  2275 (94) 0
1905  229  2271 (100) 0
1906  238  2267 (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