Mortimer, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1862  153  2188 (74) 11
1863  140  2209 (69) 1
1864  133  2235 (62) 11
1865  125  2241 (61) 9
1866  127  2238 (63) 0
1867  129  2235 (61) 10
1868  143  2228 (66) 0
1869  147  2220 (68) 13
1870  143  2219 (75) 0
1871  144  2218 (80) 0
1872  148  2218 (84) 0
1873  147  2217 (86) 0
1874  144  2216 (86) 0
1875  153  2216 (86) 0
1876  147  2215 (84) 0
1877  136  2214 (81) 0
1878  142  2213 (76) 0
1879  143  2213 (70) 4
1880  147  2218 (66) 0
1881  153  2223 (59) 6
1882  157  2231 (55) 0
1883  170  2240 (45) 30
1884  181  2241 (47) 0
1885  187  2242 (39) 21
1886  179  2250 (34) 45
1887  199  2238 (39) 9
1888  163  2279 (33) 51
1889  167  2275 (37) 15
1890  148  2293 (35) 32
1891  161  2284 (38) 19
1892  197  2260 (42) 11
1893  191  2259 (44) 1
1894  187  2263 (35) 74
1895  238  2230 (44) 0
1896  264  2196 (41) 25
1897  295  2180 (51) 0
1898  337  2164 (53) 2
1899  363  2152 (52) 0
1900  390  2139 (44) 22
1901  410  2136 (40) 17
1902  455  2118 (36) 39
1903  436  2131 (36) 20
1904  456  2140 (31) 59
1905  464  2139 (38) 15
1906  495  2130 (39) 11
1907  514  2123 (35) 45
1908  511  2132 (37) 19
1909  642  2088 (40) 17
1910  692  2062 (42) 17
1911  802  2025 (50) 16

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Mortimer, James  
Born: 22 Apr. 1833
Died: 24 Feb. 1911
 
Notes:
Golombek has birth date 02-04-1833. Gaige has birth date 22-04-1833. Hilbert reports an alterate birth date of 22-04-1832 given in the British Chess Magazine of 1905, but thinks Gaige probably correct. Sergeant also gives 22-04-1832.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 307
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 312
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 89
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 324, 965
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 291
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 205
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 105
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 231, 578
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 95, 255, 269
   Hilbert, Napier, page 132
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 92
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 218
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 264
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 315, 374
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 154, 255
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 183
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 87
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 218
   Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 95
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 187
Periodicals
   [NR], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 8
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 8, Apr. 1865, page 355
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 8, Aug. 1865, page 247
Web
   Sarah.  [Monte Carlo 1902 - The Players]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [James Mortimer]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4879. Census information]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Discart, F.F. - Mortimer, J. 1862         (c)     10   -   1
Rosenthal, S. - Mortimer, J. 1864         (f)     7   -   4
Rosenthal, S. - Mortimer, J. 1865         (f)     5   -   2
Rosenthal, S. - Mortimer, J. 1867         (f)     7.5   -   2.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Mortimer, J. 1869 (1)         (f)     5   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Mortimer, J. 1869 (2)         (f)     5   -   0
Blackburne, J.H. - Mortimer, J. 1869         (c)     2   -   1
Beskrovny, M.S. - Mortimer, J. 1879         (c)     2   -   2
Barnes, A.P. - Mortimer, J. 1881         (c)     3   -   3
Mortimer, J. - Hunter, A. 1888         (f)     5   -   3
Gunsberg, I.A. - Mortimer, J. 1889         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
Albin, A. - Mortimer, J. 1894         (c)     54   -   20
Trenchard, H.W. - Mortimer, J. 1896         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Jones, Ed.O. - Mortimer, J. 1901         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Marshall, F.J. - Mortimer, J. 1903         (f)     4   -   0
Leonhardt, P.S. - Mortimer, J. 1904         (f)     6.5   -   1.5
Marshall, F.J. - Mortimer, J. 1905         (f)     4   -   0

Tournament data

Paris 1863     Café de la Régence Grand Tournoi    
  Mortimer, J. - Guibert, A.M.     0 - 1    
Paris 1865     Grand tournoi de la Régence    
  Mortimer, J. - Duclos, E.P.     1 - 0          Mortimer, J. gave odds of pawn and move
  Mortimer, J. - Rosenthal, S.     0 - 1    
London, England 1883 (5)     London Tournament     5  /  30
London, England 1885 (8)     British Chess Association - Ruskin Prize Tournament     5  /  6
London, England 1885 (9)     British Chess Association Tournament     6  /  15
London, England 1886 (5)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tourney     4  /  12
London, England 1886 (8)     British Chess Club Triangular Tournament     17  /  33
London, England 1887 (4)     3rd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     0  /  9
London, England 1888 (7)     Simpson's Divan Handicap Tournament     7.5  /  14
London, England 1888 (8)     British Chess Club Handicap     6.5  /  14
Bradford 1888 (1)     British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     5.5  /  16
London, England 1889 (5)     5th British Chess Association Tournament     3  /  10
London, England 1890 (3)     British Chess Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Miniati, N.T.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (4)     Simpson's Divan Handicap     5.5  /  12
Manchester 1890 (1)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     8.5  /  19
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Zangwill, L.     0 - 1    
London, England 1891 (7)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Summer     5.5  /  9
London, England 1891 (8)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney     4  /  9
London, England 1892 (4)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     3.5  /  11
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Bilborough, A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Smith, S.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Cole, H.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (6)     Simpson's Divan Tournament     4  /  11
London, England 1898 (1)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Gattie, W.M.     1 - 0    
London, England 1898 (4)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 1    
Paris 1900     Paris International Tournament     3  /  18
London, England 1900 (2)     Simpson's Divan Tourney     0.5  /  4
Folkestone 1901 (1)     3nd Kent County Chess Association Congress - Section I     2  /  5
Monte Carlo 1902     Monte Carlo International Tournament     1  /  19
Tunbridge Wells 1902     4th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     4  /  9
Norwich, Norfolk 1902     Southern Counties Chess Union Tournament     2.5  /  11
Canterbury 1903     5th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     4  /  8
Plymouth 1903 (2)     Southern Counties Chess Union Congress - Class I, Section B     4.5  /  8
Brighton 1904     Brighton Tournament     5  /  8
London, England 1904 (4)     City of London Club Tournament     4  /  16
Hastings 1904 (1)     London League - Three Unions Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Brown, Fred     0 - 1    
Hastings 1904 (5)     1st British Chess Federation Congress - 1st Class Amateur Section B     3.5  /  9
London, England 1904 (5)     Metropolitan Club Rice Gambit Tournament     3.5  /  17
Southport 1905 (3)     2nd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     6.5  /  10
London, England 1905 (4)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Hamond, F.E.     0 - 1    
Shrewsbury 1906 (3)     3rd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class Amateur Tournament     7  /  11
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     5  /  28
London, England 1907 (6)     17th City of London Club Championship     4  /  17
London, England 1908     18th City of London Club Championship     10  /  19
London, England 1909 (2)     19th City of London Club Championship     5  /  17
London, England 1910 (2)     20th City of London Club Championship     6  /  17
London, England 1911 (2)     21st City of London Club Championship     2.5  /  16

Player information updated: 18 Mar. 2024