London, England 1869 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2029 (89) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2255 (62) 1 /
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2074 (73) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2292 (74) 1 /
Stewart, Cattley    2183 (107) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2328 (58) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1910 (85) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Newham, William    2031 (60) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2260 (44) 1 /
Green, S.J.    2091 (81) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2485 (43) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1910 (157) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 1 /
Wisker, John    2485 (43) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2255 (62) 1 /
de Vere, Cecil    2548 (42) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2328 (58) 1 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2260 (44) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Hampton, William    2292 (74) 0 /
 
Murphy, Joseph    2248 (83) 1 /
Franklin, William    2101 (120) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2255 (62) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Murphy, Joseph    2248 (83) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2557 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2328 (58) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2564 (42) 1 /
Lord, John    2328 (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