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Robert Steel

Number of games in database: 18
Years covered: 1860 to 1895
Overall record: +4 -12 =2 (27.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ROBERT STEEL
(born 1839, died Jun-29-1903, 64 years old) United Kingdom

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He became a member of the Liverpool Chess Club in 1859, was the club Librarian in 1861, Vice-President in 1866 and 1867, and President in 1868 and 1869 and was still an active member in 1893.

Source
(1) Liverpool Chess Club, 1837-1893, J. S. Edgar, 1893 (https://books.google.com/books?id=g...)
(2) https://www.liverpoolchessclub.co.u...
(3) Wikipedia article: Robert Steel (chess player)

Last updated: 2023-04-01 22:28:30

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kolisch vs R Steel 1-0351860SimulC55 Two Knights Defense
2. R Steel vs C Stanley 0-1141860Casual gameC45 Scotch Game
3. R Steel vs A Steinkuehler  1-0331871Liverpool CC-Manchester CCC50 Giuoco Piano
4. R Steel vs Burn  0-1241879Casual gameB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
5. R Steel vs Zukertort  0-1401881Casual Game, LondonC59 Two Knights
6. R Steel vs Blackburne 0-1261881Simpson's DivanC52 Evans Gambit
7. R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross 0-1291882CalcuttaC29 Vienna Gambit
8. J Owen vs R Steel  1-0261882Casual gameA13 English
9. R Steel vs Blackburne 0-1171882Casual gameC29 Vienna Gambit
10. R Steel vs Mason 0-1561883Casual gameC29 Vienna Gambit
11. R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross ½-½261884Casual gameC25 Vienna
12. R Steel vs Mason  0-1251885Casual gameC25 Vienna
13. Mason vs R Steel  0-1221891London Simpson's DivanC51 Evans Gambit
14. Blackburne vs R Steel  ½-½361892Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
15. R Macdonald Ross vs R Steel  0-1281893casualC50 Giuoco Piano
16. Janowski vs R Steel  1-0341893Cafe de la RegenceC25 Vienna
17. Blackburne vs R Steel  1-0291894Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
18. R Steel vs Lasker 1-0111895Casual gameC55 Two Knights Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-28-08  jovack: His 1 amazing victory versus NN makes up for the fact that he is 1-5.
Oct-24-08
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  sleepyirv: He was building up.
Oct-24-08
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  WannaBe: Truly, a <Man of Steel>...
Jul-29-10
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  GrahamClayton: Wilhelm Steinitz dedicated the first volume of his "Modern Chess Instructor" to Steel:

http://ia311314.us.archive.org/Book...

Jan-04-19
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  perfidious: It seems this player found some opponents worthy of his steel.
Jan-06-22  Nosnibor: I have read that he resided in Calcutta for some time during his life and discovered a line against the Vienna Opening. In 1879 he beat Blackburne in a consultation game whilst he was being partnered by Bird. (7th May 1879,Simpsons Divan)
Jan-06-22
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  MissScarlett: Yes, there isn't much biographical information out there. Harding has him as a successful Liverpool businessman - one assumes this was the nature of his links with India. Able and generous enough to have been on playing terms with many top players, he seems to have been a particular supporter of Blackburne, backing, in part at least, the match with Zukertort (1881) and the aborted match with Lasker (1890).
Apr-01-23  Alan McGowan: There is another page for a Robert Steel with one game. Correction note sent, suggesting that that single game belongs here.

Robert Steel (64) died at the Royal Hotel, Inverness, 29 June 1903. His usual residence was shown as 2 Ryder Street, London. The informant was a brother, Richard Steel, whose name also appears in the history of Liverpool Chess Club. (From Scotland's national records.)

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