Edo Ratings, Murton, C.

Murton, Charles

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1871	423	1909	(129)	5
1872	454	1891	(132)	0
1873	483	1872	(135)	0
1874	542	1854	(137)	0
1875	598	1835	(140)	1

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Murton, Charles

Born: 1790

Died:

Notes:

The Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1870 (vol.3, p.125) has 'Morton'. The Westminster Papers of 1 Jan. 1871 (vol.3, p.139) has 'Maton'. The City of London Chess Magazine of Dec. 1874 (p.272) has 'Merton' but the issue of Jan. 1875 (p.297) has 'Murton' in the same event.

References

Books

Forster, Amos Burn, page 965

Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 155, 578

Harding, Steinitz in London, page 244

Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 374

Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 133

Periodicals

[CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 272

[CLCM], vol. 1, no. 12, Jan. 1875, page 293, 297

[CLCM], vol. 2, no. 2, Mar. 1875, page 40

[CLCM], vol. 2, no. 7, Aug. 1875, page 195

[WP], vol. 3, no. 32, 1 Dec. 1870, page 125

[WP], vol. 3, no. 33, 1 Jan. 1871, page 139

[WP], vol. 5, no. 11, 1 Mar. 1873, page 169

Web

Winter, Edward. [CN 4789. Longevity]

Tournament data

London, England 1871 (1)     City of London Club Handicap - Section 1

  Murton, C. - Chappell, H.     2 - 0          Murton, C. gave odds of pawn and move

  Murton, C. - Argall, H.K.     1 - 2          Argall, H.K. gave odds of pawn and move

London, England 1875 (5)     City of London Club Old Members - New Members Match

  Murton, C. - Gastineau, H.F.     0 - 1