Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  94  2301 (79) 12
1867  97  2298 (83) 0
1868  97  2295 (85) 0
1869  96  2293 (86) 0
1870  98  2290 (86) 2
1871  112  2272 (88) 1
1872  135  2248 (91) 0
1873  145  2225 (93) 0
1874  161  2202 (95) 0
1875  191  2179 (95) 0
1876  203  2156 (95) 2
1877  207  2149 (98) 0
1878  215  2142 (100) 0
1879  215  2135 (102) 0
1880  242  2128 (102) 0
1881  281  2121 (103) 0
1882  297  2114 (102) 0
1883  333  2107 (101) 0
1884  372  2100 (99) 0
1885  381  2093 (97) 0
1886  389  2086 (93) 0
1887  409  2079 (89) 1
1888  399  2084 (86) 1
1889  389  2089 (84) 1
1890  405  2090 (83) 0
1891  401  2090 (80) 3
1892  444  2086 (82) 3
1893  461  2082 (87) 1
1894  509  2062 (93) 1
1895  543  2047 (100) 0
1896  558  2033 (106) 1
1897  585  2020 (112) 0
1898  642  2008 (117) 0
1899  669  1995 (122) 0
1900  718  1983 (126) 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 (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: 6 Aug. 2024