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
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Biographical data |
Name: Murton, Charles |
Born: 1790 |
Died: |
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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. |
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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] |
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Tournament data
London, England 1871 (1) |
City of London Club Handicap - Section 1 |
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Murton, C. - Chappell, H. |
2 - 0 |
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Murton, C. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Murton, C. - Argall, H.K. |
1 - 2 |
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Argall, H.K. gave odds of pawn and move |
London, England 1875 (5) |
City of London Club Old Members - New Members Match |
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Murton, C. - Gastineau, H.F. |
0 - 1 |
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London, England 1879 (2) |
City of London Club Handicap |
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Murton, C. - Milson |
0 - 1 |
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Murton, C. - Hoare, G. |
0 - 1 |
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Hoare, G. gave odds of pawn and move |
Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025 |
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