Morgan, Mordecai




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  216  2218 (73) 2
1885  191  2243 (61) 4
1886  193  2249 (47) 22
1887  188  2254 (44) 18
1888  148  2300 (39) 36
1889  164  2283 (37) 41
1890  183  2274 (41) 14
1891  144  2300 (42) 13
1892  119  2333 (39) 24
1893  110  2338 (37) 32
1894  97  2354 (38) 42
1895  100  2354 (43) 7
1896  65  2394 (43) 23
1897  84  2364 (49) 2
1898  98  2338 (48) 8
1899  118  2331 (45) 10
1900  129  2323 (42) 18
1901  119  2335 (45) 15
1902  116  2334 (54) 0
1903  117  2333 (56) 1
1904  104  2352 (55) 3
1905  65  2403 (52) 13
1906  77  2386 (58) 8
1907  94  2366 (68) 2
1908  123  2345 (79) 0
1909  164  2324 (87) 0
1910  200  2302 (95) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Morgan, Mordecai  
Born: 30 Dec. 1862
Died: 21 Sep. 1931
 
Notes:
Gaige (Chess Personalia) says he was alive in 1932. However, Hilbert (Essays in American Chess History, p.314) has confirmed that he died on 21 Sept. 1931.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 312
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 290
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 86
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 304
   Hilbert, Napier, page 4
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 32, 48
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 16
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 500
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 182
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 125
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [Mordecai Morgan: Mystery Man Of Correspondence Chess]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Walbrodt, C.A. - Morgan, M. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Morgan, M. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Albin, A. - Morgan, M. 1895         (c)     2   -   0

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1884 (2)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Matthews, A.W.     0.5 - 1.5    
Wilmington 1885     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Morgan, M. - Bacon, W.     1 - 1    
Philadelphia 1885 (1)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Morgan, M. - Ferris, W.J.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1885 (2)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (3)    
  Morgan, M. - Ferris, W.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1885 (3)     Junior Club - 26th Ward Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Thurwanger, F.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1886 (2)     1st Franklin Chess Club Championship     13.5  /  22      odds player in pawn and move class
Philadelphia 1887 (3)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     12  /  18
New York 1888 (1)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (1)    
  Morgan, M. - Lipschutz, S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1888 (1)     3rd Franklin Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  13
Philadelphia 1888 (2)     Junior Club - Columbia Club Match (2)    
  Morgan, M. - Devide, C.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1888 (3)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     18.5  /  23
Philadelphia 1889 (1)     4th Franklin Chess Club Championship     11.5  /  23
Philadelphia 1889 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     16.5  /  20
Philadelphia 1890 (1)     5th Franklin Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1891 (1)     6th Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Morgan, M. - Frost, C.W.     1 - 0    
  Morgan, M. - Voigt, H.G.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1891 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     8  /  12
Philadelphia 1892 (1)     7th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  10
Philadelphia 1892 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     12  /  16
Philadelphia 1893 (1)     8th Franklin Chess Club Championship     11  /  18
Philadelphia 1893 (2)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     11  /  14
Philadelphia 1894 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Morgan, M. - Stout, G.H.     1 - 0    
  Morgan, M. - Young, J.W. (1)     0 - 1    
  Morgan, M. - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1894 (2)     9th Franklin Chess Club Championship     20  /  24
Philadelphia 1894 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     11  /  14
  Morgan, M. - Young, J.W. (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Morgan, M. - Vorrath, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1895 (2)     10th Franklin Chess Club Championship     1.5  /  4
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - de Visser, W.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1896 (3)     11th Franklin Chess Club Championship     12.5  /  13
Philadelphia 1896 (5)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     7.5  /  9
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Morgan, M. - Simonson, G.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Hallett, G.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1898 (1)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     5  /  8
Philadelphia 1899 (1)     14th Junior Chess Club Championship     6  /  9
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Davidson, H. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5  /  18
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  14
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Hanham, J.M.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Hanham, J.M.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1904 (1)     19th Franklin Chess Club Championship     7  /  12
Philadelphia and Chicago 1905     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checker Club Telegraph Match    
  Morgan, M. - Eppens, J.C.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Delmar, E. (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  11
Philadelphia 1906     21st Franklin Chess Club Championship     8  /  10
London, England and New York 1907 (1)     9th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Morgan, M. - Richmond, G.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Morgan, M. - Rosenfeld, Her.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Morgan, M. - Hughes, W.H.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 15 May 2025