Morphy, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  507  2017 (73) 10
1886  507  2016 (72) 0
1887  514  2014 (67) 1
1888  535  1999 (61) 11
1889  545  1993 (61) 12
1890  569  1998 (67) 0
1891  558  2002 (69) 0
1892  584  2007 (69) 10
1893  602  2005 (79) 0
1894  621  2003 (86) 0
1895  618  2001 (93) 0
1896  622  1999 (98) 0
1897  634  1997 (103) 0
1898  664  1995 (107) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Morphy, John  
   Also known as: Murphy
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
La Grande Storia degli Scacchi and Di Felice have 'J. Murphy'. Gaige has 'J. Morphy'. Winter has 'John Morphy'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 229
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 965
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 274, 276, 277
   Rowland, Pollock Memories, page 88
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 198
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 182
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 18
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 460
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 1, no. 1, June 1897, page 48
   [ACMa], vol. 1, no. 2, July 1897, page 103
   [CML], vol. 9, no. 11, July 1888, page 330
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Dublino 1885]
   Winter, Edward.  [A Chess Idealist]
   [Irish Championship, Dublin, 1892]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Rynd, J.A.P. - Morphy, J. 1888         (f)     9   -   2      Rynd, J.A.P. gave odds of pawn and move

Tournament data

Dublin 1885     1st Irish Chess Association Congress     5.5  /  10
Liverpool 1887 (2)     Liverpool Club - Irish Chess Association Match    
  Morphy, J. - Wellington, S.     1 - 0    
Dublin 1888     Dublin City - Phoenix Club Match    
  Morphy, J. - Murray, P.     1 - 0    
Dublin 1889 (1)     3rd Irish Chess Association Congress     3  /  8
Dublin 1889 (2)     Irish Championship     4  /  7
Dublin 1892     Irish Championship     5.5  /  10
New York 1898 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Morphy, J. - Terker, D.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (7)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Morphy, J. - Friedman, H. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 1 Sept. 2022