Perigal, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1837  15  2353 (100) 2
1838  15  2377 (94) 0
1839  16  2400 (88) 0
1840  15  2424 (79) 7
1841  15  2432 (78) 0
1842  18  2439 (74) 0
1843  18  2447 (67) 15
1844  18  2451 (63) 5
1845  21  2433 (62) 9
1846  22  2423 (63) 1
1847  20  2428 (61) 0
1848  19  2433 (53) 51
1849  28  2426 (57) 16

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Perigal, George  
Born: 1806
Died: 1 Apr. 1855
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth date between 2-04-1806 and 1-04-1807. Name given as 'Pérical' by de Saint-Amant (Le Palamède, 1836, p.187).
 
References
Books
   Bird, Chess History and Reminiscences
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 324
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 42, 51
   Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page xxxii
   Sunnucks, Encyclopaedia of Chess, page 436
   Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 15
   Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 90
   Walker, Chess Studies, page xi
   Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 142
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 109
Periodicals
   [BLL], 21 Aug. 1836, page 2
   [BLL], 9 May 1841, page 3
   [BLL], 14 Dec. 1845, page 3
   [BLL], 27 Nov. 1853, page 5
   [BLL], 22 Apr. 1855, page 2
   [CMNY], vol. 1, Jan. 1857, page 28
   [CPC], vol. 2, 29 Jan. 1842, page 221
   [CPC], vol. 3, May 1855, page 176
   [Era], vol. 3, 18 Apr. 1841, page 11
   [Era], vol. 17, 29 Apr. 1855, page 14
   [ILN], vol. 11, 7 Aug. 1847, page 91
   [ILN], vol. 26, 14 Apr. 1855, page 347
   [Pal], vol. 1, 15 July 1836, page 187
   [Pal], vol. 1, 15 Aug. 1836, page 216
   [Reg], vol. 3, July 1851, page 204
   [RiS], vol. 1, Aug. 1859, page 119
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 2
   Hilbert, John S.  [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Augustus Mongrédien], page 2
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [The Telegraph, the Velocipede, and the Bristol Sloth, Part One], page 2
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Clemence - Perigal, G. 1837         (c)     2   -   0
Chamouillet, J. - Perigal, G. 1837         (c)     2   -   0
de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. - Perigal, G. 1840 (1)         (c)     2.5   -   2.5      de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. - Perigal, G. 1840 (2)         (c)     1   -   1      de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. gave odds of pawn and move
Perigal, G. - Forth, C. 1843         (c)     3.5   -   9.5      Perigal, G. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perigal, G. 1843         (c)     1   -   1
Perigal, G. - Delannoy, A. 1844 (1)         (s)     1   -   0
Perigal, G. - Delannoy, A. 1844 (2)         (s)     1   -   0      Perigal, G. gave odds of pawn and move
Perigal, G. - Delannoy, A. 1844 (3)         (s)     1   -   0      Perigal, G. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Perigal, G. - Rousseau, E. 1844         (c)     1   -   1
Perigal, G. - Spreckley, G.S. 1845         (f)     4.5   -   4.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perigal, G. 1846         (c)     1   -   0
Perigal, G. - Spreckley, G.S. 1848         (f)     27.5   -   23.5
Perigal, G. - Medley, G.W. 1849 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   6.5      Perigal, G. gave odds of pawn and move
Perigal, G. - Medley, G.W. 1849 (2)         (f)     3   -   3      Perigal, G. gave odds of a pawn for the move

Player information updated: 6 Feb. 2016