Short, Robert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1883  452  2021 (87) 4
1884  464  2033 (84) 0
1885  451  2046 (80) 0
1886  418  2059 (74) 0
1887  402  2071 (65) 8
1888  382  2082 (64) 0
1889  360  2094 (58) 8
1890  352  2123 (55) 16
1891  365  2112 (53) 14
1892  378  2119 (55) 1
1893  353  2132 (50) 21
1894  341  2145 (51) 15
1895  362  2136 (57) 3
1896  360  2132 (63) 0
1897  370  2129 (64) 0
1898  396  2126 (61) 0
1899  409  2122 (53) 30
1900  446  2105 (61) 0
1901  495  2088 (65) 0
1902  548  2070 (64) 0
1903  570  2053 (60) 0
1904  629  2036 (51) 27
1905  676  2021 (58) 0
1906  718  2006 (59) 12
1907  711  2019 (66) 0
1908  684  2033 (70) 0
1909  711  2046 (71) 0
1910  671  2060 (69) 9
1911  743  2038 (78) 0
1912  781  2017 (85) 0
1913  808  1995 (90) 0
1914  775  1974 (95) 0
1915  756  1952 (98) 0
1916  765  1931 (101) 0
1917  782  1909 (102) 0
1918  829  1888 (103) 0
1919  851  1866 (104) 0
1920  949  1845 (103) 0
1921  1041  1823 (103) 0
1922  1023  1802 (101) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Short, Robert  
Born: 14 Apr. 1844
Died: 21 Aug. 1927
 
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.
 
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]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lasker, Em. - Short, R. 1892         (f)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Short, R. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
de Soyres, J. - Short, R. 1894         (c)     0.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Montreal 1883     11th Canadian Championship     2  /  5
Montreal 1887     14th Canadian Championship     4  /  8
Montreal 1889     16th Canadian Championship     2.5  /  8
Quebec 1890     17th Canadian Championship     10  /  12
Montreal 1890     Montreal Club Tournament     25.5  /  27
Montreal 1891     18th Canadian Championship     5.5  /  14
Montreal 1893 (2)     1st Montreal Club Championship     10  /  18
Quebec 1893 (2)     Montreal - Quebec Club Match    
  Short, R. - Pope, E.     2 - 0    
Montreal 1894     21st Canadian Championship     7.5  /  14
Montreal 1895 (1)     Montreal Club Handicap Tournament     16  /  20      odds player in pawn and two moves class
Montreal 1895 (3)     Montreal Club - Central Club Match    
  Short, R. - Marshall, F.J.     0 - 1    
Montreal 1899 (1)     24th Canadian Championship     7  /  12
Montreal 1899 (2)     Montreal Club Championship     11.5  /  18
Montreal 1904 (1)     Montreal Club Championship     7  /  15
Montreal 1904 (2)     Montreal Club Quadrangular Tournament     4  /  12
Montreal 1906 (1)     26th Canadian Championship     2  /  12
Montreal 1910     28th Canadian Championship     6  /  9
Montreal 1922     31st Canadian Championship     0.5  /  6

Player information updated: 5 Sept. 2021