Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1883 |
414 |
2003 | (91) | 4 |
| 1884 |
421 |
2015 | (89) | 0 |
| 1885 |
411 |
2026 | (84) | 0 |
| 1886 |
391 |
2038 | (78) | 0 |
| 1887 |
382 |
2050 | (71) | 8 |
| 1888 |
358 |
2060 | (69) | 0 |
| 1889 |
344 |
2070 | (65) | 8 |
| 1890 |
330 |
2087 | (63) | 12 |
| 1891 |
344 |
2091 | (60) | 14 |
| 1892 |
343 |
2104 | (62) | 0 |
| 1893 |
341 |
2117 | (57) | 19 |
| 1894 |
319 |
2137 | (58) | 14 |
| 1895 |
323 |
2128 | (63) | 3 |
| 1896 |
326 |
2121 | (69) | 0 |
| 1897 |
329 |
2114 | (71) | 0 |
| 1898 |
352 |
2108 | (70) | 0 |
| 1899 |
372 |
2101 | (67) | 12 |
| 1900 |
392 |
2090 | (73) | 0 |
| 1901 |
427 |
2079 | (77) | 0 |
| 1902 |
444 |
2068 | (79) | 0 |
| 1903 |
465 |
2058 | (80) | 0 |
| 1904 |
506 |
2047 | (78) | 0 |
| 1905 |
537 |
2036 | (75) | 0 |
| 1906 |
554 |
2025 | (69) | 12 |
| 1907 |
558 |
2033 | (74) | 0 |
| 1908 |
549 |
2041 | (76) | 0 |
| 1909 |
572 |
2048 | (76) | 0 |
| 1910 |
546 |
2056 | (73) | 9 |
| 1911 |
586 |
2033 | (81) | 0 |
| 1912 |
582 |
2009 | (88) | 0 |
| 1913 |
582 |
1986 | (93) | 0 |
| 1914 |
566 |
1963 | (97) | 0 |
| 1915 |
533 |
1940 | (100) | 0 |
| 1916 |
536 |
1917 | (103) | 0 |
| 1917 |
536 |
1894 | (104) | 0 |
| 1918 |
568 |
1871 | (105) | 0 |
| 1919 |
573 |
1848 | (106) | 0 |
| 1920 |
668 |
1825 | (106) | 0 |
| 1921 |
703 |
1802 | (105) | 0 |
| 1922 |
660 |
1779 | (103) | 6 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Short, Robert |
| Born: 14 Apr. 1844 |
| Died: 21 Aug. 1927 |
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| Notes: |
| Correspondence from David Cohen has full name 'Robert Short', as do Stephen Wright and John Hilbert. Hilbert quotes an obituary stating that died at age 87, but Gaige's dates suggest that he was 83. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 36 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 389 |
| Hilbert, Napier, page 39 |
| Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 12, 48 |
| Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 9, 12, 129 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 249 |
| Yanofsky, 100 Years of Chess in Canada, page 27 |
| Web |
| Cohen, David. [Canadian Chess Timeline] |
| Cohen, David. [Canadian Chess: Champions - Closed] |
| Cohen, David. [Canadian Chess: Robert Short] |
| Wright, Stephen. [Early Canadian Championships] |
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