Robertson, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1851  144  1936 (146) 2
1852  120  1946 (144) 0
1853  132  1956 (141) 0
1854  137  1966 (139) 0
1855  156  1976 (136) 0
1856  173  1986 (133) 0
1857  179  1996 (130) 0
1858  190  2006 (126) 0
1859  206  2017 (122) 0
1860  215  2027 (118) 0
1861  224  2037 (113) 0
1862  225  2047 (107) 0
1863  213  2057 (101) 0
1864  217  2067 (94) 0
1865  221  2077 (86) 0
1866  231  2087 (77) 0
1867  216  2097 (65) 18
1868  235  2085 (69) 0
1869  243  2072 (71) 0
1870  259  2059 (70) 0
1871  280  2046 (67) 3
1872  311  2030 (63) 3
1873  341  2009 (58) 28
1874  363  1999 (67) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Robertson, James Alexander  
   Also known as: Colonel Robertson; Major Robertson; Captain Robertson
Born: 28 May 1803
Died: 1 Sep. 1874
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 2-09-1803 and 1-09-1804, considering age at death. Alan McGowan sent me a copy of his official record of birth on 28-05-1803. 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'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 356
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 144, 367
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 54, 579
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 166
   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, no. 2, Feb. 1853, page 51
   [BLL], 5 Aug. 1838, page 2
   [BLL], 8 Dec. 1839, page 4
   [BLL], 11 Oct. 1840, page 3
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 164
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 9, Oct. 1874, page 213
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 5, May 1850, page 130
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 1851, page 94
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 7, July 1852, page 219
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1853, page 201
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1853, page 313
   [CW], vol. 1, no. 4, June 1865, page 104
   [Fld], 12 Sep. 1874
   [ILN], vol. 15, no. 392, 29 Sep. 1849, page 219
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 477, 5 Apr. 1851, page 273
   [ILN], vol. 21, no. 587, 30 Oct. 1852, page 355
   [ILN], vol. 51, no. 1454, 9 Nov. 1867, page 523
   [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1765, 28 June 1873, page 619
   [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1842, 12 Dec. 1874, page 571
   [IZL], vol. 15, no. 373, 24 Aug. 1850, page 127
   [NCG], 23 May 1840
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 June 1842, page 319
   [SZ], vol. 9, no. 10, Oct. 1854, page 394
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 7, July 1870, page 196
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 2, 1 June 1871, page 19
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1874, page 66
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Dundee 1867]

Tournament data

London, England 1851 (2)     Provincial Tournament    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Ranken, C.E.     0 - 2    
Dundee 1867 (1)     Dundee Tournament     3  /  9
Dundee 1867 (2)     Scottish Tournament     3  /  7
Dundee 1867 (3)     Dundee Handicap Tournament    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Baxter, C.M.     1 - 0    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Scott, P.     0 - 1          Robertson, Ja.A. gave odds of pawn and move
Edinburgh 1871     East and West of Scotland Match    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Jenkin, J.     1 - 2    
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872     East and West of Scotland Match    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Craig, J. (1)     2 - 1    
Edinburgh 1873 (1)     Edinburgh Club Chess Party    
  Robertson, Ja.A. - Gloag, J.A.L.     1 - 0    
Edinburgh 1873 (2)     Edinburgh Club Tournament     15  /  27
Edinburgh 1874     Edinburgh Club Tournament     9  /  15


Player information updated: 8 Sept. 2024