London, England 1869 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2024 (89) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2255 (62) 1 /
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2061 (72) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2292 (74) 1 /
Stewart, Cattley    2181 (107) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1915 (85) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2558 (47) 1 /
Newham, William    2035 (60) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2263 (44) 1 /
Green, S.J.    2086 (81) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1914 (157) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2565 (42) 1 /
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2255 (62) 1 /
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2263 (44) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2558 (47) 1 /
Hampton, William    2292 (74) 0 /
 
Murphy, Joseph    2246 (83) 1 /
Franklin, William    2106 (119) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2565 (42) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2255 (62) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2558 (47) 1 /
Murphy, Joseph    2246 (83) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2558 (47) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2565 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2558 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2327 (58) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2565 (42) 1 /
Lord, John    2327 (58) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Mongredien Prize Tournament
Place: London, England
Start date: 24 Nov. 1868
End date: Mar. 1869
 
Notes:
This tournament was played with modified piece positions (like what is now called FisherRandom Chess or Chess960 or Freestyle Chess, but all 17 games had the same starting position). Gossip forfeited to Blackburne and Gover forfeited to W. Franklin in the first round, and Murphy had a bye. In the third round, Lord had a bye.
 
References
Books
   Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 5, 53
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 65
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 10, 87
Periodicals
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 153
   [CW], vol. 4, no. 9, Dec. 1868, page 344
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 21, Nov. 1868, page 339
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 23, Dec. 1868, page 361

Tournament information updated: 6 Aug. 2024