Ware, Preston
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1858 |
125 |
2174 | (61) | 27 |
| 1859 |
123 |
2216 | (58) | 4 |
| 1860 |
94 |
2281 | (52) | 30 |
| 1861 |
93 |
2285 | (53) | 34 |
| 1862 |
92 |
2280 | (62) | 0 |
| 1863 |
89 |
2276 | (68) | 0 |
| 1864 |
91 |
2271 | (71) | 0 |
| 1865 |
88 |
2266 | (70) | 3 |
| 1866 |
84 |
2288 | (72) | 0 |
| 1867 |
68 |
2310 | (71) | 0 |
| 1868 |
61 |
2332 | (67) | 0 |
| 1869 |
53 |
2353 | (61) | 2 |
| 1870 |
48 |
2370 | (52) | 15 |
| 1871 |
57 |
2350 | (53) | 15 |
| 1872 |
57 |
2341 | (59) | 0 |
| 1873 |
64 |
2331 | (60) | 0 |
| 1874 |
67 |
2321 | (57) | 10 |
| 1875 |
78 |
2304 | (55) | 5 |
| 1876 |
80 |
2293 | (52) | 14 |
| 1877 |
83 |
2287 | (59) | 0 |
| 1878 |
87 |
2281 | (60) | 0 |
| 1879 |
88 |
2275 | (58) | 0 |
| 1880 |
100 |
2268 | (50) | 17 |
| 1881 |
93 |
2299 | (52) | 0 |
| 1882 |
86 |
2330 | (47) | 31 |
| 1883 |
108 |
2325 | (62) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Ware, Preston |
| Also known as: Preston Ware Jr. |
| Born: 12 Aug. 1821 |
| Died: 29 Jan. 1890 |
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| Notes: |
| Hooper and Whyld (1st ed.) give birth year 1820, but correct it to 1821 in the 2nd edition. Sarah's Morphy website gives his name as 'G. Preston Ware'? |
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| References |
| Books |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 385 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 456 |
| Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 85, 89, 107, 136 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 130, 181, 581 |
| Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 148 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 333, 375 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 399, 445 |
| Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12 |
| van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 97 |
| Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 81 |
| Periodicals |
| [BDE], vol. 31, no. 295, 16 Dec. 1871, page 3 |
| [BDE], vol. 31, no. 299, 21 Dec. 1871, page 2 |
| [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 343 |
| [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1860, page 81 |
| [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 10, Oct. 1860, page 320 |
| [Era], vol. 34, no. 1739, 21 Jan. 1872, page 14 |
| [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1580, 12 Feb. 1870, page 186 |
| [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1688, 13 Jan. 1872, page 51 |
| [NYC], 21 Mar. 1863 |
| [NYC], 27 Feb. 1869 |
| [SoT], 23 Dec. 1871 |
| [TFF], 15 Dec. 1871 |
| [TFF], 22 Dec. 1871 |
| Web |
| Sarah. [Mandarins of the Yellow Buttons] |
| Sarah. [Paul Morphy's Contenders] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [The Scandal of 1880, Part 1], page 2 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (1) |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
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| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (2) |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
Hammond, G. gave odds of a knight |
| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (3) |
(f) |
4 | - | 1 |
Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (4) |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (5) |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 5.5 |
Hammond, G. gave odds of a rook |
| Morphy, P.C. - Ware, P. 1859 |
(c) |
4 | - | 0 |
Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight |
| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1860 (1) |
(f) |
0 | - | 2 |
Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1860 (2) |
(f) |
10 | - | 13 |
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| Montgomery, H.P. - Ware, P. 1860 |
(s) |
4 | - | 1 |
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| Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1861 |
(f) |
18.5 | - | 15.5 |
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| Wells, F. - Ware, P. 1865 |
(c) |
2 | - | 1 |
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| Ware, P. - Delmar, E. (1) 1870 |
(c) |
6 | - | 4 |
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| Ware, P. - Hammond, G. 1870 |
(f) |
2 | - | 1 |
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| Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 |
(f) |
7 | - | 3 |
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| Judd, M. - Ware, P. 1875 |
(f) |
4 | - | 1 |
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| Ware, P. - Ryan, J.S. 1883 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Tournament data
| Player information updated: 5 May 2020 |
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