London, England 1869 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
de Vere, Cecil    2547 (42) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2028 (89) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2254 (62) 1 /
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2073 (73) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 1 /
Stewart, Cattley    2182 (107) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1909 (85) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Newham, William    2029 (60) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2258 (44) 1 /
Green, S.J.    2090 (81) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2484 (43) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1909 (157) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2563 (42) 1 /
Wisker, John    2484 (43) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2254 (62) 1 /
de Vere, Cecil    2547 (42) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2327 (58) 1 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2258 (44) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Hampton, William    2291 (74) 0 /
 
Murphy, Joseph    2246 (83) 1 /
Franklin, William    2100 (120) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2563 (42) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2254 (62) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Murphy, Joseph    2246 (83) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2563 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2556 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2327 (58) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2563 (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