Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  66  2306 (79) 12
1867  66  2303 (83) 0
1868  66  2299 (86) 0
1869  64  2296 (87) 0
1870  67  2293 (86) 2
1871  78  2276 (89) 1
1872  91  2254 (92) 0
1873  109  2231 (95) 0
1874  116  2208 (96) 0
1875  139  2185 (97) 0
1876  156  2162 (96) 2
1877  150  2154 (99) 0
1878  162  2145 (102) 0
1879  171  2137 (103) 0
1880  199  2129 (104) 0
1881  224  2120 (105) 0
1882  244  2112 (104) 0
1883  282  2104 (103) 0
1884  298  2096 (102) 0
1885  317  2087 (100) 0
1886  324  2079 (97) 0
1887  342  2071 (93) 1
1888  333  2073 (90) 1
1889  338  2074 (90) 1
1890  349  2070 (90) 0
1891  369  2066 (89) 3
1892  404  2053 (92) 2
1893  435  2038 (98) 0
1894  467  2022 (103) 1
1895  462  2010 (109) 0
1896  471  1998 (114) 1
1897  475  1988 (120) 0
1898  495  1978 (125) 0
1899  500  1968 (129) 0
1900  506  1958 (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 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 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gossip, G.H.D.     2 - 0    
London 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Janssens, F.G.     1 - 0    
London 1876 (11)     Saint George's - West End Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 2    
London 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gover, F.F.     0 - 1    
London 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Salter, D.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London 1889 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Lambert, C.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Mundell, W.H.A.     1 - 0    
London 1891 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0 - 1    
London 1891 (4)     City of London Club Championship - Section II    
  Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C.     0 - 1    
London 1892 (1)     City of London Club Championship - Section I     7.5  /  10
London 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Philip, R.H.     0 - 1    
London 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London (?) 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