Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1820 |
13 |
2003 | (188) | 2 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Mercier, Francis |
| Born: |
| Died: 1855 |
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| Notes: |
| In the 5 Mar. 1870 issue of Bell's Life in London is reproduced a membership list of the London club from about 1825, including 'F. Mercier'. Murray (p.879) has 'T. Mercier'. The 10 June 1855 issue of Bell's Life in London announces the death of Francis Mercier. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Edinburgh Club, Games of London-Edinburgh Match, page 4 |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 37 |
| Hunneman, Selection of Games by the Automaton, page 7 |
| Levitt, The Turk, Chess Automaton, page 51 |
| Murray, History of Chess, page 879 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 22 |
| Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 63, 71 |
| Walker, Chess and Chess Players, page 367 |
| Walker, Chess Studies, page 59 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 6 Dec. 1835, page 2 |
| [BLL], 13 Nov. 1842, page 2 |
| [BLL], 10 June 1855, page 1 |
| [BLL], 5 Mar. 1870, page 7 |
| [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 9, Sep. 1857, page 258 |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 21, 19 Mar. 1842, page 329 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1843, page 77 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1843, page 371 |
| [CPC], vol. 11, no. 2, Feb. 1850, page 43 |
| [Era], vol. 25, no. 1279, 29 Mar. 1863, page 5, 5 |
| [ILN], vol. 16, no. 408, 12 Jan. 1850, page 27 |
| [ILN], vol. 26, no. 736, 14 Apr. 1855, page 347 |
| [ILN], vol. 27, no. 756, 11 Aug. 1855, page 187 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 5, 15 July 1836, page 187 |
| [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 120 |
| Web |
| Sarah. [Chess Vignettes] |
| Sarah. [The Cochranes] |
| Sarah. [The Romance of Chess - A Perspective on the Art of Odds-giving] |
| Sarah. [State of Chess in 1838] |
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