Morphy, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  468  2043 (72) 10
1886  465  2045 (70) 0
1887  460  2048 (65) 1
1888  477  2038 (59) 11
1889  457  2044 (57) 15
1890  447  2061 (62) 0
1891  422  2078 (64) 0
1892  426  2095 (61) 10
1893  375  2127 (66) 0
1894  337  2159 (68) 0
1895  297  2192 (67) 0
1896  240  2224 (62) 13
1897  264  2210 (74) 0
1898  298  2196 (83) 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 1896 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     9  /  13
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: 24 Aug. 2025