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McCarthy, Francis 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1878 | 311 | 2066 | (112) | 3 |  
  | 1879 | 292 | 2073 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1880 | 299 | 2080 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1881 | 328 | 2086 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 1882 | 327 | 2093 | (97) | 0 |  
  | 1883 | 338 | 2100 | (92) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 362 | 2107 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 349 | 2113 | (77) | 10 |  
  | 1886 | 333 | 2124 | (81) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 328 | 2134 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 310 | 2144 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 296 | 2154 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 308 | 2164 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 291 | 2174 | (80) | 8 |  
  | 1892 | 343 | 2152 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 372 | 2130 | (87) | 1 |  
  | 1894 | 402 | 2115 | (91) | 1 |  
  | 1895 | 421 | 2107 | (96) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 437 | 2099 | (99) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 458 | 2091 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 498 | 2083 | (104) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 519 | 2075 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1900 | 564 | 2067 | (107) | 2 |  
  | 1901 | 597 | 2058 | (112) | 0 |  
  | 1902 | 630 | 2049 | (117) | 0 |  
  | 1903 | 642 | 2040 | (122) | 0 |  
  | 1904 | 687 | 2032 | (126) | 0 |  
  | 1905 | 724 | 2023 | (130) | 0 |  
  | 1906 | 757 | 2014 | (134) | 0 |  
  | 1907 | 792 | 2005 | (137) | 0 |  
  | 1908 | 799 | 1996 | (140) | 0 |  
  | 1909 | 883 | 1987 | (143) | 0 |  
  | 1910 | 895 | 1979 | (145) | 0 |  
  | 1911 | 942 | 1970 | (148) | 0 |  
  | 1912 | 932 | 1961 | (150) | 0 |  
  | 1913 | 962 | 1952 | (152) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: McCarthy, Francis |  
   | Born: 1858 |  
   | Died: 19 Oct. 1921 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Gaige gives birth between 20-10-1858 and 19-10-1859. Steve Mann gives 1858. Gaige gives date of death as 19-10-1922, but Steve Mann gives 19-10-1921 (and points out that Gaige cites a 1921 obituary in British Chess Magazine). |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 964 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 275 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1891, page 406 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 9, no. 264, 2 Sep. 1885, page 86 |  
   | [WP], vol. 10, no. 11, 1 Mar. 1878, page 193 |  | Web |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Francis McCarthy and Eugene McCarthy] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Birmingham (?) 1878 | Dudley and Stourbridge - Birmingham Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | McCarthy, F. - Michael, A. | 1 - 2 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Hereford 1885 (4) | 15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class IIB | 6.5 | / | 10 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Oxford 1891 (4) | Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section II | 7 | / | 7 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Oxford 1891 (5) | Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section play-offs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | McCarthy, F. - Gledhill, W. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Birmingham 1893 | North and South Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | McCarthy, F. - Maas, A.J. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1894 (1) | North and South Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | McCarthy, F. - Moore, H.C. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Manchester 1900 (2) | Lancashire - Warwickshire County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | McCarthy, F. - Lobel, C. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Birmingham 1900 | Warwickshire - Worcestershire County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | McCarthy, F. - Brown, Frank | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Rugby 1913 | City of London Club - Midland Counties Chess Union Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | McCarthy, F. - Griffith, R.C. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 6 Mar. 2021 |  
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