Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  64  2304 (80) 12
1867  65  2301 (83) 0
1868  64  2297 (86) 0
1869  64  2294 (87) 0
1870  68  2291 (86) 2
1871  79  2275 (89) 1
1872  91  2252 (92) 0
1873  111  2229 (95) 0
1874  119  2206 (96) 0
1875  141  2183 (97) 0
1876  160  2160 (96) 2
1877  156  2152 (99) 0
1878  167  2144 (102) 0
1879  175  2136 (103) 0
1880  203  2127 (104) 0
1881  227  2119 (105) 0
1882  249  2111 (104) 0
1883  286  2102 (103) 0
1884  303  2094 (102) 0
1885  322  2086 (100) 0
1886  327  2078 (97) 0
1887  344  2069 (93) 1
1888  336  2072 (90) 1
1889  339  2073 (90) 1
1890  349  2069 (90) 0
1891  370  2065 (89) 3
1892  404  2052 (92) 2
1893  436  2036 (98) 0
1894  474  2021 (103) 1
1895  467  2009 (109) 0
1896  475  1997 (114) 1
1897  484  1987 (120) 0
1898  506  1977 (125) 0
1899  524  1967 (129) 0
1900  528  1956 (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. 3, 1 Feb. 1871, page 160
   [WP], vol. 4, 1 July 1871, page 48
   [WP], vol. 5, 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 (11)     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 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: 30 Sept. 2018