Robertson, James
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1851 |
111 |
1935 | (145) | 2 |
| 1852 |
94 |
1946 | (143) | 0 |
| 1853 |
103 |
1956 | (141) | 0 |
| 1854 |
110 |
1966 | (138) | 0 |
| 1855 |
124 |
1976 | (135) | 0 |
| 1856 |
149 |
1987 | (132) | 0 |
| 1857 |
159 |
1997 | (129) | 0 |
| 1858 |
166 |
2007 | (126) | 0 |
| 1859 |
184 |
2017 | (122) | 0 |
| 1860 |
195 |
2028 | (117) | 0 |
| 1861 |
198 |
2038 | (113) | 0 |
| 1862 |
190 |
2048 | (107) | 0 |
| 1863 |
180 |
2059 | (101) | 0 |
| 1864 |
182 |
2069 | (95) | 0 |
| 1865 |
178 |
2079 | (87) | 0 |
| 1866 |
191 |
2089 | (77) | 0 |
| 1867 |
175 |
2100 | (66) | 18 |
| 1868 |
186 |
2087 | (71) | 0 |
| 1869 |
195 |
2075 | (73) | 0 |
| 1870 |
213 |
2063 | (73) | 0 |
| 1871 |
227 |
2051 | (70) | 3 |
| 1872 |
247 |
2036 | (69) | 3 |
| 1873 |
275 |
2016 | (65) | 28 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Robertson, James Alexander |
| Also known as: Colonel Robertson; Major Robertson; Captain Robertson |
| Born: 1804 |
| Died: 1 Sep. 1874 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives birth between 2-09-1803 and 1-09-1804. In 1838 (Bell's Life in London, 5 Aug. 1838, p.2), 1842 (Le Palamède, 2nd ser. v.1, 15 June 1842, p.319) and 1844 (Chess Studies, p.ix) he was 'Captain Robertson'; in 1849 (Illustrated London News, 29 Sept. 1849, p.219), 1850 (Chess Player's Chronicle, v.11, p.130), 1851 (The Chess Tournament, p.lxx; Illustrated London News, 5 Apr. 1851, p.273), 1852 (Illustrated London News, 30 Oct. 1852, p.355) and 1853 (Chess Player's Chronicle, v.1, pp.201, 313; British Chess Review, v.1, p.51) he was 'Major Robertson'; in 1867 (Illustrated London News, 9 Nov. 1867, p.523) and at his death in 1874 (Illustrated London News, 12 Dec. 1874, p.571) he was 'Colonel Robertson'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 356 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 144, 367 |
| Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 288, 374 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 76, 149, 165 |
| Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lxx |
| Walker, Chess Studies, page ix |
| Periodicals |
| [BCR], vol. 1, Feb. 1853, page 51 |
| [BLL], 5 Aug. 1838, page 2 |
| [BLL], 8 Dec. 1839, page 4 |
| [BLL], 11 Oct. 1840, page 3 |
| [CPC], vol. 11, May 1850, page 130 |
| [CPC], vol. 12, Mar. 1851, page 94 |
| [CPC], vol. 13, July 1852, page 219 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, July 1853, page 201 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, Oct. 1853, page 313 |
| [CW], vol. 1, June 1865, page 104 |
| [ILN], vol. 15, 29 Sep. 1849, page 219 |
| [ILN], vol. 18, 5 Apr. 1851, page 273 |
| [ILN], vol. 21, 30 Oct. 1852, page 355 |
| [ILN], vol. 51, 9 Nov. 1867, page 523 |
| [ILN], vol. 62, 28 June 1873, page 619 |
| [ILN], vol. 65, 12 Dec. 1874, page 571 |
| [NCG], 23 May 1840 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, 15 June 1842, page 319 |
| [WP], vol. 4, 1 June 1871, page 19 |
| Web |
| Sericano, C. [Dundee 1867] |
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Tournament data
| London, England 1851 (2) |
Provincial Tournament |
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Robertson, Ja.A. - Ranken, C.E. |
0 - 2 |
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| Dundee 1867 (1) |
Dundee Tournament |
3 | / | 9 |
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| Dundee 1867 (2) |
Scottish Tournament |
3 | / | 7 |
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| Dundee 1867 (3) |
Dundee Handicap Tournament |
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Robertson, Ja.A. - Baxter, C.M. |
1 - 0 |
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Robertson, Ja.A. - Scott, P. |
0 - 1 |
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Robertson, Ja.A. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Edinburgh 1871 |
East and West of Scotland Match |
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Robertson, Ja.A. - Jenkin, J. |
1 - 2 |
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| Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872 |
East and West of Scotland Match |
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Robertson, Ja.A. - Craig (1) |
2 - 1 |
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| Edinburgh 1873 (1) |
Edinburgh Club Chess Party |
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Robertson, Ja.A. - Gloag, J.A.L. |
1 - 0 |
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| Edinburgh 1873 (2) |
Edinburgh Club Tournament |
15 | / | 27 |
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| Player information updated: 30 Sept. 2018 |
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