Medley, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  61  2274 (56) 19
1848  50  2316 (54) 0
1849  51  2358 (44) 47
1850  47  2370 (47) 19
1851  59  2344 (53) 6
1852  55  2327 (59) 5
1853  60  2333 (66) 0
1854  57  2339 (70) 0
1855  58  2345 (71) 0
1856  59  2351 (70) 2
1857  59  2347 (69) 2
1858  64  2339 (70) 3
1859  69  2340 (69) 0
1860  77  2341 (66) 8
1861  80  2335 (68) 1
1862  83  2328 (69) 11
1863  83  2313 (80) 0
1864  98  2298 (89) 0
1865  107  2283 (97) 0
1866  111  2268 (103) 0
1867  118  2253 (109) 0
1868  131  2238 (114) 0
1869  143  2223 (119) 0
1870  150  2208 (123) 0
1871  164  2192 (127) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Medley, George Webb  
Born: 31 July 1826
Died: 29 Nov. 1898
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 30-11-1825 and 29-11-1826. Kieseritzky (in La Régence) indicates that he was the brother of John R. Medley. Staunton mentions a 'Medley' as early as 21 Nov. 1846, in his Illustrated London News column (p.331).
 
References
Books
   Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5, 41
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38, 530
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 276
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 340
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 578
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 69, 79
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 355
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 147
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 287, 373
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 233
   Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 15, 17
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 92
Periodicals
   [BLL], 30 May 1847, page 6
   [BLL], 28 Nov. 1847, page 5
   [BLL], 8 Dec. 1850, page 8
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 161
   [CP], vol. 4, no. 1, July 1853, page 32
   [CPC], vol. 9, no. 8, Aug. 1848, page 227
   [CPC], vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 1849, page 66
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 88
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Aug. 1874, page 118
   [ILN], vol. 10, no. 257, 21 Mar. 1847, page 219
   [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1347, 16 Dec. 1865, page 595
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 204
Web
   Sarah.  [Paul Meets Anderssen]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Early World Rankings], page 7
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Medley, G.W. 1847         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
Harrwitz, D. - Medley, G.W. 1847         (f)     11   -   7      Harrwitz, D. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Perigal, G. - Medley, G.W. 1849 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   6.5      Perigal, G. gave odds of pawn and move
Medley, G.W. - Bird, H.E. 1849         (f)     7   -   4
Perigal, G. - Medley, G.W. 1849 (2)         (f)     3   -   3      Perigal, G. gave odds of a pawn for the move
Staunton, H. - Medley, G.W. 1849         (f)     7.5   -   2.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Harrwitz, D. - Medley, G.W. 1850         (f)     1   -   3      Harrwitz, D. gave odds of pawn and move
Medley, G.W. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1850         (f)     9   -   6
Anderssen (offhand) - Medley, G.W. 1851         (c)     4.5   -   1.5
Williams, E. (1) - Medley, G.W. 1852         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Medley, G.W. 1856         (c)     0   -   2      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
Morphy, P.C. - Medley, G.W. 1858         (c)     3   -   0
Kolisch, I. - Medley, G.W. 1860         (f)     5.5   -   1.5
Medley, G.W. - Schroder, A. (1) 1862         (f)     4.5   -   3.5      Medley, G.W. gave odds of pawn and move

Tournament data

London, England 1849     Ries' Divan tournament    
  Medley, G.W. - Bird, H.E.     2 - 1    
  Medley, G.W. - Lowe, E.     2.5 - 1.5    
  Medley, G.W. - Buckle, H.T.     0 - 1    
  Medley, G.W. - Medley, J.R.     2 - 0    
Manchester 1857 (2)     1st British Chess Association Congress Minor Section    
  Medley, G.W. - MacDonnell, G.A.     1 - 0    
  Medley, G.W. - Owen, J.     0 - 1    
London, England 1860 (1)     London Club Handicap Tournament     0  /  1
Bristol and London, England 1861     Bristol - London telegraph match    
  Medley, G.W. - MacDonnell, G.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1862 (1)     London Club - St. James Club Match    
  Medley, G.W. - de Saint Bon, S.A.P.     1 - 0    
London, England 1862 (4)     British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Medley, G.W. - Mackenzie, G.H.     1 - 2          Medley, G.W. gave odds of the move
London, England and Dublin 1865 (1)     St. James Club - Dublin Athenaeum Club Telegraphic Match    
  Medley, G.W. - Hillas     1 - 0    
London, England 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Medley, G.W. - Potter, W.N.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022