Donisthorpe, Wordsworth




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  326  2042 (68) 13
1877  274  2077 (71) 0
1878  242  2111 (72) 0
1879  199  2146 (70) 0
1880  192  2180 (65) 0
1881  167  2214 (58) 0
1882  148  2249 (44) 36
1883  150  2260 (49) 0
1884  153  2272 (45) 8
1885  174  2254 (39) 19
1886  196  2239 (34) 53
1887  169  2265 (48) 0
1888  150  2292 (51) 10
1889  164  2279 (61) 0
1890  187  2267 (66) 1
1891  177  2272 (70) 0
1892  174  2278 (71) 0
1893  164  2284 (70) 2
1894  145  2300 (70) 2
1895  135  2318 (71) 0
1896  107  2337 (70) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Donisthorpe, Wordsworth  
   Also known as: Adonis Thorpe
Born: 24 Mar. 1847
Died: 30 Jan. 1914
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 96
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 289, 379
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 212, 354
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 306
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 355
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 371
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 12, 184, 195
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 255
   Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 134
Periodicals
   [Fld], 29 Jan. 1876
   [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1906, 5 Feb. 1876, page 143
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Gossip, G.H.D. - Donisthorpe, W. 1882         (f)     10.5   -   8.5
Donisthorpe, W. - Fisher, B.W. 1882 (1)         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Donisthorpe, W. - Fisher, B.W. 1882 (2)         (f)     0   -   5
Donisthorpe, W. - Gattie, W.M. 1888         (f)     5   -   4
Donisthorpe, W. - van Lennep, N.W. 1896         (f)     3   -   0

Tournament data

London, England 1876 (6)     West End Club Even Tournament     4.5  /  13
London, England 1884 (10)     Simpson's Divan Handicap - Section B     6  /  8      odds player in pawn and move class
London, England 1885 (7)     British Chess Association - Tennyson Prize Tournament     2  /  4
London, England 1885 (9)     British Chess Association Tournament     8  /  15
Paris 1886 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - de Boistertre, A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1886 (6)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Tennyson Prize Tourney     2.5  /  7
London, England 1886 (7)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship Tourney     10.5  /  18
London, England 1886 (8)     British Chess Club Triangular Tournament     14  /  27
London, England 1888 (2)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Owen, J.     1 - 0    
Paris 1890 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Chaseray, C.E.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Paris 1893     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - de Boistertre, A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Lord, F.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (2)     Oxford Past - Cambridge Past Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Ranken, C.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (7)     London Tournament     2  /  5


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023