Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  95  2298 (79) 12
1867  99  2295 (83) 0
1868  98  2292 (85) 0
1869  101  2289 (86) 0
1870  101  2286 (85) 2
1871  117  2267 (88) 1
1872  138  2243 (91) 0
1873  151  2219 (93) 0
1874  166  2195 (95) 0
1875  199  2171 (95) 0
1876  214  2147 (95) 2
1877  218  2139 (98) 0
1878  231  2130 (100) 0
1879  232  2122 (101) 0
1880  261  2114 (102) 0
1881  302  2105 (102) 0
1882  317  2097 (102) 0
1883  361  2089 (101) 0
1884  405  2081 (99) 0
1885  419  2072 (96) 0
1886  430  2064 (93) 0
1887  447  2056 (88) 1
1888  444  2059 (85) 1
1889  435  2061 (82) 1
1890  455  2058 (81) 0
1891  461  2056 (77) 3
1892  512  2047 (77) 5
1893  529  2045 (84) 1
1894  587  2026 (90) 1
1895  602  2012 (98) 0
1896  631  1999 (104) 1
1897  660  1987 (110) 0
1898  708  1975 (116) 0
1899  738  1964 (121) 0
1900  771  1952 (125) 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
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 363, 389, 578
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 241, 323
   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, no. 1957, 13 Jan. 1877, page 47
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2009, 29 Dec. 1877, page 631
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 34, 1 Feb. 1871, page 160
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 3, 1 July 1871, page 48
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The Family Life of Grandmaster Gunsberg], page 2

Tournament data

London, England 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, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gossip, G.H.D.     2 - 0    
London, England 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Janssens, F.G.     1 - 0    
London, England 1876 (17)     Saint George's - West End Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 2    
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gover, F.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Salter, D.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1889 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Lambert, C.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Mundell, W.H.A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1891 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0 - 1    
London, England 1891 (4)     City of London Club Championship - Section II    
  Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1892 (1)     City of London Club Championship - Section I     7.5  /  10
London, England 1892 (3)     City of London Club Championship - 3-Section Play-off    
  Mocatta, A. - Smith, S.F.     0 - 1    
  Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1892 (6)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 1    
London, England 1893 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Philip, R.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London, England (?) 1900     City of London - Oxford and Cambridge University Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Arthur, H.B.C.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025