Morphy, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  507  2016 (73) 10
1886  507  2014 (72) 0
1887  514  2012 (67) 1
1888  534  1998 (61) 11
1889  543  1992 (61) 12
1890  565  1996 (67) 0
1891  557  2000 (69) 0
1892  580  2005 (69) 10
1893  595  2002 (79) 0
1894  610  2000 (86) 0
1895  607  1998 (93) 0
1896  612  1996 (98) 0
1897  622  1994 (103) 0
1898  644  1992 (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