Murton, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  543  1765 (126) 5
1872  582  1739 (127) 0
1873  625  1713 (127) 0
1874  700  1687 (126) 0
1875  759  1661 (126) 1
1876  759  1647 (128) 0
1877  683  1632 (129) 0
1878  678  1618 (131) 0
1879  684  1603 (132) 2

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, H.E. Bird, page 590
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 374
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 133
   Zavatarelli and Renette, William N. Potter and John Wisker, page 473
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    
London, England 1879 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Murton, C. - Milson     0 - 1    
  Murton, C. - Hoare, G.     0 - 1          Hoare, G. gave odds of pawn and move


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025