Duffy, Patrick

Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1868 |
409 |
1844 | (154) | 1 |
| 1869 |
420 |
1837 | (153) | 0 |
| 1870 |
463 |
1829 | (152) | 1 |
| 1871 |
511 |
1822 | (152) | 0 |
| 1872 |
530 |
1815 | (152) | 0 |
| 1873 |
559 |
1808 | (153) | 0 |
| 1874 |
604 |
1801 | (153) | 0 |
| 1875 |
646 |
1794 | (153) | 0 |
| 1876 |
636 |
1788 | (152) | 0 |
| 1877 |
590 |
1781 | (152) | 0 |
| 1878 |
598 |
1774 | (152) | 2 |
| 1879 |
602 |
1768 | (153) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Duffy, Patrick Thomas |
| Born: 14 Sep. 1834 |
| Died: 17 Apr. 1888 |
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| Notes: |
| Sergeant gives date of death as 11-04-1888. Gaige gives date of death as 17-04-1888. The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Feb. 1869 (vol.1, p.155) has 'P.J. Duffy', clearly an error for 'P.T. Duffy'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 82, 958 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 99 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 68 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 61, 574 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 105 |
| NDCA, Northumberland and Durham Chess Association Meeting, page 3 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 145, 195, 209 |
| van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 79 |
| van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 36 |
| Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 392 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 28, Apr. 1861, page cover |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165 |
| [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 155 |
| [CW], vol. 2, no. 3, May 1866, page 88 |
| [CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 155 |
| [Era], vol. 23, no. 1184, 2 June 1861, page 16 |
| [ILN], vol. 38, no. 1093, 15 June 1861, page 565 |
| [ILN], vol. 46, no. 1315, 13 May 1865, page 467 |
| [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1375, 16 June 1866, page 595 |
| [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1426, 11 May 1867, page 482 |
| [NBSZ], vol. 7, no. 9, Sep. 1870, page 276 |
| [WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 53 |
| [WP], vol. 3, no. 34, 1 Feb. 1871, page 160 |
| Web |
| Harding, Tim. [The Family Life of Grandmaster Gunsberg], page 3 |
| Harding, Tim. [The First Oxford-Cambridge University Match], page 15 |
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Tournament data
| London, England and Bristol 1868 |
Westminster - Bristol Telegraph Match |
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Duffy, P.T. - Meeker, W.P. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England 1870 (1) |
Westminster Club - City of London Club Match |
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Duffy, P.T. - Chappell, W.T. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1878 (2) |
City of London Club Handicap |
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Duffy, P.T. - Vyse, W.E. |
0 - 2 |
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Duffy, P.T. gave odds of pawn and move |
| London, England 1879 (2) |
City of London Club Handicap |
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Duffy, P.T. - George, E. |
0 - 1 |
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Duffy, P.T. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025 |
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