London, England 1869 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2023 (89) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2254 (62) 1 /
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2060 (72) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 1 /
Stewart, Cattley    2180 (107) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2326 (58) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1914 (85) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Newham, William    2034 (60) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2262 (44) 1 /
Green, S.J.    2085 (81) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1914 (157) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 1 /
Wisker, John    2486 (43) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2254 (62) 1 /
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2326 (58) 1 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2262 (44) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 0 /
 
Murphy, Joseph    2245 (83) 1 /
Franklin, William    2105 (119) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2254 (62) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Murphy, Joseph    2245 (83) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2326 (58) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 1 /
Lord, John    2326 (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