Edo Ratings, Murphy, J.B.

Murphy, Joseph

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1855	86	2256	(81)	10
1856	92	2255	(87)	0
1857	100	2255	(92)	0
1858	105	2254	(95)	0
1859	112	2253	(98)	0
1860	118	2253	(100)	0
1861	122	2252	(101)	0
1862	120	2251	(101)	0
1863	116	2251	(101)	0
1864	121	2250	(100)	0
1865	122	2249	(99)	0
1866	124	2249	(96)	0
1867	120	2248	(93)	0
1868	125	2247	(89)	0
1869	126	2247	(83)	7
1870	138	2225	(89)	2

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Murphy, Joseph B.

Also known as: Dr. Murphy

Born:

Died:

Notes:

Is the 'S.B. Murphy' at the Yorkshire meeting of 1852 (Chess Player's Chronicle, 1852, p.343) an error for 'J.B. Murphy'? The Schachzeitung of Jan. 1870 (p.23) has 'Dr. B. Murphy'.

References

Books

Forster, Amos Burn, page 965

Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 4

Harding, Steinitz in London, page 148

Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 288, 325

Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 4

Periodicals

[BLL], no. 2390, 8 Feb. 1868, page 9

[CPC], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1854, page 171

[CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1864, page 218

[CPM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1867, page 52

[CPM], vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 1867, page 120

[CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 254

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 2, May 1868, page 37, 52

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 83

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 4, Nov. 1868, page 100

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 144, 153

[CW], vol. 4, no. 9, Dec. 1868, page 344

[Era], vol. 16, no. 834, 17 Sep. 1854, page 7

[Era], vol. 17, no. 837, 8 Oct. 1854, page 6

[Era], vol. 23, no. 1169, 17 Feb. 1861, page 5

[Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5

[ILN], vol. 53, no. 1513, 28 Nov. 1868, page 531

[ILN], vol. 57, no. 1607, 6 Aug. 1870, page 155

[NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 1869, page 20

[SZ], vol. 24, no. 11, Nov. 1869, page 347

[SZ], vol. 25, no. 1, Jan. 1870, page 23

[WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 54, 57

Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lowenthal, J.J. - Murphy, J.B. 1855 (f) 5.5 - 4.5 Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves

Tournament data

London, England 1869 (1)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament

  Murphy, J.B. - Green, V.     1 - 0

  Murphy, J.B. - Chinnery, W.M.     1 - 0

  Murphy, J.B. - Wisker, J.     0 - 1          Wisker, J. gave odds of pawn and move

London, England 1869 (2)     Glowworm Prize Tournament

  Murphy, J.B. - Wisker, J.     0.5 - 1.5

London, England 1869 (4)     Mongredien Prize Tournament

  Murphy, J.B. - Franklin, W.L.     1 - 0

  Murphy, J.B. - MacDonnell, G.A.     0 - 1

London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match

  Murphy, J.B. - Frankenstein, E.N.     0.5 - 1.5