Edo Ratings, Wood, M.B.

Wood, M. Bateson

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1861	223	2038	(86)	10
1862	239	2027	(87)	2
1863	234	2028	(91)	0
1864	245	2028	(93)	0
1865	263	2028	(95)	0
1866	287	2028	(95)	0
1867	276	2028	(95)	0
1868	280	2029	(94)	0
1869	276	2029	(91)	0
1870	282	2029	(88)	0
1871	302	2029	(84)	5
1872	326	2015	(83)	2
1873	343	2007	(85)	0
1874	367	1999	(86)	2
1875	389	1993	(85)	1
1876	384	1992	(85)	0
1877	371	1992	(84)	0
1878	376	1992	(81)	2
1879	374	1977	(80)	2
1880	408	1972	(82)	0
1881	476	1967	(82)	6
1882	524	1947	(90)	0
1883	597	1926	(96)	3
1884	683	1907	(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