London, England 1869 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
de Vere, Cecil    2544 (42) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2019 (89) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2251 (62) 1 /
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2069 (73) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2288 (74) 1 /
Stewart, Cattley    2176 (107) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2324 (58) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1911 (85) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Newham, William    2030 (60) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2258 (44) 1 /
Green, S.J.    2087 (81) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2482 (43) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1910 (157) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2561 (42) 1 /
Wisker, John    2482 (43) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2251 (62) 1 /
de Vere, Cecil    2544 (42) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2324 (58) 1 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2258 (44) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Hampton, William    2288 (74) 0 /
 
Murphy, Joseph    2241 (83) 1 /
Franklin, William    2102 (119) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2561 (42) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2251 (62) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Murphy, Joseph    2241 (83) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2561 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2554 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2324 (58) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2561 (42) 1 /
Lord, John    2324 (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