Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  89  2302 (79) 12
1867  93  2300 (83) 0
1868  92  2297 (85) 0
1869  93  2294 (86) 0
1870  93  2291 (86) 2
1871  104  2273 (88) 1
1872  126  2250 (91) 0
1873  140  2227 (93) 0
1874  156  2204 (95) 0
1875  186  2180 (95) 0
1876  199  2157 (95) 2
1877  205  2150 (98) 0
1878  212  2143 (100) 0
1879  210  2136 (102) 0
1880  241  2129 (102) 0
1881  279  2122 (103) 0
1882  296  2115 (102) 0
1883  331  2108 (101) 0
1884  371  2101 (99) 0
1885  381  2094 (97) 0
1886  388  2087 (93) 0
1887  408  2080 (89) 1
1888  399  2085 (86) 1
1889  388  2090 (84) 1
1890  405  2091 (83) 0
1891  400  2091 (80) 3
1892  438  2087 (82) 3
1893  456  2083 (87) 1
1894  508  2063 (93) 1
1895  538  2048 (100) 0
1896  557  2034 (106) 1
1897  585  2021 (112) 0
1898  641  2009 (117) 0
1899  670  1996 (122) 0
1900  712  1984 (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