Villafranca




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1867  322  1948 (121) 6
1868  324  1961 (122) 0
1869  323  1974 (123) 0
1870  333  1987 (123) 0
1871  341  2000 (123) 0
1872  341  2013 (123) 0
1873  330  2026 (122) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Villafranca  
   Also known as: Prince of Villafranca and Valguarnera
Born:
Died: 18 Mar. 1876
 
Notes:
Zavatarelli identifies him as 'Eduardo Alliata, Prince of Villafranca'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 111, 117, 126, 136, 139, 141, 250
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page lxii, lxxxv, xiv
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 35
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 1, Feb. 1874, page 22
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1864, page 103
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 1867, page 3
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 9, Dec. 1867, page 348
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 8, Aug. 1873, page 227
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1289, 7 June 1863, page 14
   [Era], vol. 29, no. 1487, 24 Mar. 1867, page 4
   [Fld], 24 Jan. 1874
   [Fld], 22 Apr. 1876
   [NR], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 9, 27
   [NR], vol. 4, no. 6, June 1863, page 163
   [QCH], vol. 5, no. 18, 2017, page 442
   [RSI], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1900, page 219
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1867, page 50
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 8, 15 Aug. 1867, page 178
   [Str], vol. 3, no. 11, 15 Nov. 1869, page 269
   [Str], vol. 4, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1870, page 2
   [Str], vol. 4, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1870, page 69
   [Str], vol. 4, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1870, page 99
   [Str], vol. 5, no. 8, 15 Aug. 1872, page 247
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 2, 15 Feb. 1873, page 46, 54
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 8, 15 Aug. 1873, page 246
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 7, 1 July 1867, page 194
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 1, Jan. 1871, page 4
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 11, Nov. 1871, page 337
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 19, 1 Feb. 1874, page 200
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1875, page 238
Web
   Sarah.  [Biographies of Prince Dadian]
   Sarah.  [Biography of Prince Dadian from the Chess-Monthly, 1892]
   Winter, Edward.  [Morphy v the Duke and Count]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Dadiani, A.D. - Villafranca 1873         (f)     7.5   -   2.5

Tournament data

Paris 1867 (2)     International Chess Congress - Tournoi de la Régence    
  Villafranca - Czarnowski, H.I.     0 - 2    
  Villafranca - Preti, J.L.     0 - 2    
  Villafranca - Hoffer, L.     0 - 2    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025