Mort, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1863  132  2211 (89) 1
1864  128  2229 (81) 3
1865  105  2255 (76) 18
1866  118  2249 (83) 2
1867  121  2239 (91) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Mort, Henry Leonard  
   Also known as: Harry Leonard Mort
Born: 1840
Died: 1922
 
Notes:
Steve Mann gives date of birth as Oct.-Dec. 1840. The name 'Moet' occasionally appears in reports in the 1860s (e.g., the Era of 24 May 1863, p.5). According to Steve Mann (personal communication) this is not Joseph-Louis Meöt de Monmusard (or Moët?), a player from Paris, who lived in Sheffield in the 1850s, because he committed suicide in 1859. Steve Mann thinks that later occurences of the name Moet are misrepresentations of Mort.
 
References
Periodicals
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 178, 183
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1866, page 218
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1867, page 72
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 1, Mar. 1866, page 25
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 156
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1287, 24 May 1863, page 5
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1289, 7 June 1863, page 14
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1393, 4 June 1865, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1374, 9 June 1866, page 571
   [LeT], vol. 32, no. 1679, 27 May 1865, page 3
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1863: WYCA 8th Annual Meeting]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Henry Leonard Mort]

Tournament data

Sheffield 1863     West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting    
  Mort, H.L. - Wilson, W.J.     0 - 1    
Huddersfield and Sheffield 1864     Huddersfield - Sheffield Club Match    
  Mort, H.L. - Brook, G.     1 - 2    
Bradford 1865 (1)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - First Class    
  Mort, H.L. - Ferrand, W.C.     1 - 0    
  Mort, H.L. - Cockayne, W.     0 - 1    
Sheffield 1865     Sheffield Athenaeum Club Tournament    
  Mort, H.L. - Barlow, J.     2 - 1          Mort, H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Mort, H.L. - Cockayne, E.S.     2 - 0          Mort, H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Mort, H.L. - Shaw, W. (1)     2.5 - 0.5          Mort, H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Mort, H.L. - Davy, He.     2 - 0          Mort, H.L. gave odds of pawn and move
  Mort, H.L. - Bennett, J.     3.5 - 2.5          Mort, H.L. gave odds of pawn and move
Leeds 1866 (1)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - Tournament 1    
  Mort, H.L. - Taylor, G.H. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Sheffield 1866 (2)     Sheffield Athenaeum Club Handicap     14  /  17
Sheffield 1867     Sheffield Club Handicap Tournament     13  /  20


Player information updated: 19 Aug. 2022