Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  65  2307 (80) 12
1867  65  2304 (83) 0
1868  65  2300 (86) 0
1869  62  2296 (87) 0
1870  67  2293 (87) 2
1871  71  2276 (89) 1
1872  85  2253 (92) 0
1873  100  2231 (95) 0
1874  109  2208 (96) 0
1875  130  2185 (97) 0
1876  150  2162 (96) 2
1877  152  2154 (99) 0
1878  161  2146 (102) 0
1879  169  2137 (103) 0
1880  197  2129 (104) 0
1881  221  2121 (105) 0
1882  243  2113 (104) 0
1883  282  2104 (103) 0
1884  298  2096 (102) 0
1885  316  2088 (100) 0
1886  324  2080 (97) 0
1887  341  2071 (93) 1
1888  330  2074 (90) 1
1889  336  2075 (90) 1
1890  348  2071 (90) 0
1891  369  2067 (89) 3
1892  404  2054 (92) 2
1893  434  2038 (98) 0
1894  468  2023 (103) 1
1895  462  2011 (109) 0
1896  470  1999 (114) 1
1897  475  1989 (120) 0
1898  496  1979 (125) 0
1899  500  1969 (129) 0
1900  505  1958 (133) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Mocatta, Abraham  
Born: 1830
Died: 25 Dec. 1900
 
Notes:
Gaige gives Mocatta's birth year as 1830; Harding gives 1831.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 37, 965
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 286
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 283
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 2
   Saint James' Chess Club, Chess Match by Electric Telegraph, page 3
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 226, 238
Periodicals
   [ILN], vol. 70, 13 Jan. 1877, page 47
   [ILN], vol. 71, 29 Dec. 1877, page 631
   [WP], vol. 4, 1 July 1871, page 48
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The Family Life of Grandmaster Gunsberg], page 2

Tournament data

London 1866 (2)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament    
  Mocatta, A. - Mann, H.     2.5 - 0.5          Mocatta, A. gave odds of the move
  Mocatta, A. - Chinnery, W.M.     3 - 1    
  Mocatta, A. - Steinitz, W.     0.5 - 2.5          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
  Mocatta, A. - Mongredien, A. (2)     2 - 0          Mocatta, A. gave odds of pawn and move
London 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gossip, G.H.D.     2 - 0    
London 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Janssens, F.G.     1 - 0    
London 1876 (11)     Saint George's - West End Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 2    
London 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gover, F.F.     0 - 1    
London 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Salter, D.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London 1889 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Lambert, C.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Mundell, W.H.A.     1 - 0    
London 1891 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0 - 1    
London 1891 (4)     City of London Club Championship - Section II    
  Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C.     0 - 1    
London 1892 (1)     City of London Club Championship - Section I     7.5  /  10
London 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Philip, R.H.     0 - 1    
London 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London (?) 1900     City of London - Oxford and Cambridge University Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Arthur, H.B.C.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 16 Jul. 2017