Wood, M. Bateson




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1861  242  1980 (98) 10
1862  241  1976 (97) 2
1863  233  1980 (99) 0
1864  244  1984 (100) 0
1865  255  1988 (100) 0
1866  279  1992 (100) 0
1867  265  1996 (99) 0
1868  277  2001 (97) 0
1869  275  2005 (94) 0
1870  287  2009 (90) 0
1871  301  2013 (86) 5
1872  325  2001 (84) 2
1873  337  1995 (86) 0
1874  370  1988 (87) 2
1875  391  1984 (86) 1
1876  379  1985 (86) 0
1877  363  1986 (84) 0
1878  362  1986 (81) 2
1879  374  1973 (80) 2
1880  409  1969 (82) 0
1881  464  1965 (82) 6
1882  510  1944 (90) 0
1883  591  1924 (96) 3
1884  666  1905 (102) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Wood, Matthew Bateson  
Born: 23 May 1823
Died: 22 Feb. 1885
 
Notes:
Some sources suggest that his surname was 'Bateson Wood', others (such as Gaige's Chess Personalia) that his surname was just 'Wood'. The Era of 12 Jun. 1870 (p.5) has 'Bateson, Wood'. The Field of 30 Dec. 1876 has 'B. Wood'.
 
References
Books
   Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 1, 4, 39, 41
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 972
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 469
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 49, 156, 213
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 199
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440
   [BCM], vol. 5, no. 4, Apr. 1885, page 132
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 10, Nov. 1874, page 236
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 10, Nov. 1875, page 311
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 983, 26 July 1857, page 12
   [Era], vol. 21, no. 1050, 7 Nov. 1858, page 13
   [Era], vol. 24, no. 1203, 13 Oct. 1861, page 13
   [Era], vol. 32, no. 1655, 12 June 1870, page 5
   [Fld], 30 Dec. 1876
   [ILN], vol. 28, no. 792, 5 Apr. 1856, page 347
   [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1598, 11 June 1870, page 619
   [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1644, 8 Apr. 1871, page 347
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1811, 9 May 1874, page 451
   [LiM], no. 6936, 18 Apr. 1870, page 6
   [LiM], no. 7230, 27 Mar. 1871, page 6
   [ST], no. 1791, 16 Aug. 1857, page supp.4
   [ST], no. 1855, 7 Nov. 1858, page supp.3
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 2, 1 June 1872, page 24
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1878: Bradford v Manchester Athenaeum]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [The Telegraph, the Velocipede, and the Bristol Sloth, Part One], page 2

Tournament data

Manchester 1861 (2)     Manchester Chess Club Tournament - 2nd Class    
  Wood, M.B. - Hasche, H.     5 - 2    
  Wood, M.B. - Wilkins (2)     0 - 3    
Manchester 1862 (1)     Manchester Club Tournament    
  Wood, M.B. - Kipping, J.S.     0 - 2    
Liverpool 1871     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Cox, C.H.     3 - 0    
Bradford 1871     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Petty, J.     1.5 - 0.5    
Liverpool 1872 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Wood, J.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Wood, M.B. - Soul, C.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1874 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Nimmo, W.     0.5 - 1.5    
Liverpool 1875     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Allaire, J.E.     0 - 1    
Bradford 1878     Bradford - Manchester Athenaeum Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Onions, G.F.     2 - 0    
Leeds 1879     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Hussey, E.B.     0.5 - 1.5    
Derby 1881     Manchester Athenaeum - Nottingham Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Gerard, T.B.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1881 (1)     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Cunningham, J.G.     1.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1881 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Mongredien, A. (2)     1.5 - 0.5    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Clarke, C.G.     1.5 - 0.5    
Sheffield 1883 (2)     Sheffield and District - Manchester Club Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Scott, S.     2 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (3)     Manchester Athenaeum - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Clarke, C.G.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Wood, M.B. - Rea, W.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023