Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  98  2301 (79) 12
1867  99  2298 (83) 0
1868  102  2295 (85) 0
1869  102  2292 (86) 0
1870  102  2289 (85) 2
1871  117  2270 (88) 1
1872  138  2246 (91) 0
1873  152  2222 (93) 0
1874  173  2197 (95) 0
1875  206  2173 (95) 0
1876  217  2149 (95) 2
1877  223  2141 (98) 0
1878  237  2133 (100) 0
1879  244  2125 (101) 0
1880  268  2116 (102) 0
1881  302  2108 (102) 0
1882  322  2100 (102) 0
1883  366  2092 (101) 0
1884  411  2084 (99) 0
1885  429  2075 (96) 0
1886  441  2067 (93) 0
1887  456  2059 (88) 1
1888  458  2062 (85) 1
1889  446  2064 (82) 1
1890  460  2062 (81) 0
1891  464  2060 (77) 3
1892  514  2051 (77) 5
1893  537  2050 (83) 1
1894  601  2031 (90) 1
1895  620  2017 (97) 0
1896  639  2003 (104) 1
1897  664  1991 (110) 0
1898  716  1979 (116) 0
1899  747  1968 (121) 0
1900  783  1956 (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