Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  87  2298 (79) 12
1867  87  2295 (83) 0
1868  91  2292 (85) 0
1869  93  2288 (86) 0
1870  94  2285 (86) 2
1871  106  2266 (88) 1
1872  121  2242 (91) 0
1873  138  2218 (94) 0
1874  159  2195 (95) 0
1875  190  2171 (96) 0
1876  198  2147 (95) 2
1877  201  2138 (98) 0
1878  212  2130 (101) 0
1879  223  2121 (102) 0
1880  248  2113 (103) 0
1881  286  2104 (104) 0
1882  300  2096 (104) 0
1883  349  2087 (103) 0
1884  395  2079 (101) 0
1885  410  2071 (99) 0
1886  413  2062 (96) 0
1887  431  2054 (92) 1
1888  427  2056 (89) 1
1889  414  2057 (88) 1
1890  446  2053 (88) 0
1891  457  2049 (87) 3
1892  507  2036 (90) 2
1893  552  2018 (96) 0
1894  592  2001 (101) 1
1895  612  1988 (107) 0
1896  625  1975 (112) 1
1897  651  1965 (117) 0
1898  679  1954 (122) 0
1899  705  1943 (127) 0
1900  739  1932 (131) 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 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: 3 Apr. 2022