London, England 1869 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
de Vere, Cecil    2551 (42) 1 /
Franklin, Selim    2026 (89) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2258 (62) 1 /
Mongredien, Augustus (2)    2064 (72) 0 /
 
Hampton, William    2295 (74) 1 /
Stewart, Cattley    2184 (107) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2330 (58) 1 /
Baxter, Alexander    1918 (85) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Newham, William    2038 (60) 0 /
 
Skipworth, Arthur    2266 (44) 1 /
Green, S.J.    2089 (81) 0 /
 
Wisker, John    2489 (43) 1 /
Janson, Edwin    1917 (157) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2568 (42) 1 /
Wisker, John    2489 (43) 0 /
 
Green, Valentine    2258 (62) 1 /
de Vere, Cecil    2551 (42) 0 /
 
Lord, John    2330 (58) 1 /
Skipworth, Arthur    2266 (44) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Hampton, William    2295 (74) 0 /
 
Murphy, Joseph    2249 (83) 1 /
Franklin, William    2108 (119) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2568 (42) 1 /
Green, Valentine    2258 (62) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Murphy, Joseph    2249 (83) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Blackburne, Joseph    2568 (42) 0 /
 
MacDonnell, George    2561 (47) 1 /
Lord, John    2330 (58) 0 /
 
Blackburne, Joseph    2568 (42) 1 /
Lord, John    2330 (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