| Ratings 
 
 
  | Rank | Name | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1 | Morphy, Paul | 2790 | (52) | 0 |  
  | 2 | Staunton, Howard | 2633 | (60) | 12 |  
  | 3 | Petrov, Alexander | 2623 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 4 | Harrwitz, Daniel | 2601 | (51) | 7 |  
  | 5 | Anderssen, Adolf | 2594 | (55) | 4 |  
  | 6 | Dubois, Serafino | 2585 | (49) | 0 |  
  | 7 | Löwenthal, Johann | 2556 | (46) | 4 |  
  | 8 | von der Lasa, Tassilo | 2543 | (62) | 0 |  
  | 9 | Hamppe, Carl | 2507 | (79) | 0 |  
  | 10 | Urusov, Sergey | 2501 | (76) | 0 |  
  | 11 | Lange, Max | 2497 | (77) | 0 |  
  | 12 | Buckle, Henry | 2485 | (76) | 0 |  
  | 13 | Laroche, Adolphe | 2471 | (45) | 36 |  
  | 14 | de Rivière, Jules | 2463 | (39) | 145 |  
  | 15 | Barnes, Thomas | 2458 | (45) | 30 |  
  | 16 | Falkbeer, Ernst | 2456 | (43) | 19 |  
  | 17 | Donaldson, John | 2447 | (67) | 0 |  
  | 18 | Boden, Samuel | 2446 | (61) | 8 |  
  | 19 | Bird, Henry | 2446 | (57) | 3 |  
  | 20 | Anderssen, Adolf (offhand) | 2444 | (51) | 0 |  
  | 21 | Tassinari, Girolamo | 2443 | (62) | 3 |  
  | 22 | Discart, Francesco | 2437 | (80) | 18 |  
  | 23 | Campbell, Joseph | 2435 | (58) | 11 |  
  | 24 | Shumov, Ilya | 2433 | (75) | 0 |  
  | 25 | Salmon, George | 2432 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 26 | Deacon, Frederic | 2426 | (78) | 0 |  
  | 27 | Cherriman, John | 2417 | (154) | 0 |  
  | 28 | Wyvill, Marmaduke | 2412 | (100) | 0 |  
  | 29 | Saint-Amant, Charles | 2411 | (56) | 52 |  
  | 30 | Brien, Robert | 2410 | (45) | 13 |  
  | 31 | Zytogórski, Adolf | 2408 | (46) | 26 |  
  | 32 | Bannerjee, Moheschunder | 2408 | (100) | 0 |  
  | 33 | Wayte, William | 2406 | (59) | 0 |  
  | 34 | Budzyński, Wincenty | 2401 | (58) | 0 |  
  | 35 | Cochrane, John | 2397 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 36 | Bonetti, Cornelio | 2393 | (81) | 18 |  
  | 37 | Journoud, Paul | 2393 | (66) | 0 |  
  | 38 | Janssens, Franciscus | 2388 | (39) | 87 |  
  | 39 | Vitzthum von Eckstädt, Conrad | 2388 | (63) | 0 |  
  | 40 | Horwitz, Bernhard | 2388 | (62) | 0 |  
  | 41 | Montgomery, Hardman | 2387 | (72) | 23 |  
  | 42 | Stanley, Charles | 2382 | (58) | 4 |  
  | 43 | Wormald, Robert | 2381 | (72) | 0 |  
  | 44 | Pindar, Eduard | 2379 | (52) | 11 |  
  | 45 | Ranken, Charles | 2370 | (98) | 0 |  
  | 46 | Mayet, Carl | 2369 | (51) | 20 |  
  | 47 | Dufresne, Jean | 2366 | (66) | 0 |  
  | 48 | Owen, John | 2365 | (49) | 8 |  
  | 49 | Rickards | 2355 | (60) | 17 |  
  | 50 | Filiberti, Felice | 2351 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 51 | Kennedy, Hugh | 2349 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 52 | MacGregor, Ernest | 2349 | (126) | 6 |  
  | 53 | Clerc, Albert | 2349 | (148) | 1 |  
  | 54 | Baruch | 2348 | (107) | 0 |  
  | 55 | Guibert, A.M. | 2347 | (115) | 0 |  
  | 56 | Gordon, Thomas | 2346 | (81) | 0 |  
  | 57 | Tilghman, Benjamin | 2344 | (114) | 0 |  
  | 58 | Medley, George | 2344 | (70) | 2 |  
  | 59 | Bezzel, Max | 2343 | (105) | 10 |  
  | 60 | Thompson, James (1) | 2343 | (51) | 0 |  
  | 61 | Jenay, Eduard | 2339 | (73) | 0 |  
  | 62 | Kipping, James | 2336 | (47) | 9 |  
  | 63 | Drew, Francis | 2323 | (135) | 0 |  
  | 64 | Mongrédien, Augustus (1) | 2320 | (72) | 0 |  
  | 65 | Hammond, George | 2318 | (70) | 0 |  
  | 66 | Kenny, Charles | 2318 | (38) | 85 |  
  | 67 | Schulten, John | 2310 | (42) | 97 |  
  | 68 | Perrin, Frederic | 2304 | (45) | 20 |  
  | 69 | Wiegelmann, Thomas | 2304 | (88) | 10 |  
  | 70 | de Szabo, Emeric | 2302 | (42) | 52 |  
  | 71 | Bryan, Thomas | 2302 | (62) | 0 |  
  | 72 | Wolff, Balduin | 2301 | (76) | 18 |  
  | 73 | Greenaway, F.E. | 2301 | (112) | 0 |  
  | 74 | Palmer, George | 2298 | (135) | 0 |  
  | 75 | Brunner, G.A. | 2292 | (126) | 0 |  
  | 76 | Hannah, James | 2289 | (74) | 6 |  
  | 77 | Green, Valentine | 2288 | (38) | 88 |  
  | 78 | Lécrivain, Siméon | 2283 | (73) | 0 |  
  | 79 | MacDonnell, George | 2280 | (98) | 0 |  
  | 80 | Kling, Josef | 2278 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 81 | von Schmidt, Evgeny | 2277 | (113) | 0 |  
  | 82 | Marache, Napoleon | 2276 | (49) | 16 |  
  | 83 | van 't Kruijs, Maarten | 2275 | (105) | 0 |  
  | 84 | Stewart, Cattley | 2273 | (67) | 13 |  
  | 85 | Lepge, Carl | 2273 | (102) | 10 |  
  | 86 | Ehrmann, August | 2271 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 87 | Preti, Jean-Louis | 2271 | (78) | 1 |  
  | 88 | Wilson, James | 2267 | (77) | 13 |  
  | 89 | Burden, Francis | 2261 | (75) | 7 |  
  | 90 | Marett, Charles | 2260 | (69) | 0 |  
  | 91 | Francis, Henry | 2258 | (127) | 0 |  
  | 92 | Parisi, Carlo | 2257 | (128) | 0 |  
  | 93 | Solomons, S. | 2254 | (72) | 16 |  
  | 94 | Murphy, Joseph | 2249 | (87) | 0 |  
  | 95 | Hillel, David | 2248 | (136) | 4 |  
  | 96 | Löwe, Edward | 2248 | (62) | 4 |  
  | 97 | Hodges, William | 2244 | (100) | 0 |  
  | 98 | Watkinson, John | 2242 | (83) | 4 |  
  | 99 | Pollmächer, Herrmann | 2240 | (77) | 24 |  
  | 100 | Eliason, C. | 2240 | (88) | 18 |  
  | 101 | Ralli, D. | 2239 | (68) | 0 |  
  | 102 | Weil, Gottlieb | 2232 | (131) | 0 |  
  | 103 | Montgomery, William | 2224 | (62) | 5 |  
  | 104 | Skipworth, Arthur | 2223 | (112) | 0 |  
  | 105 | Loyd, Thomas | 2223 | (55) | 13 |  
  | 106 | Selfe, Henry | 2215 | (126) | 3 |  
  | 107 | Devinck, François | 2215 | (115) | 0 |  
  | 108 | Cook, Eugene | 2214 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 109 | Rousseau, Eugène | 2213 | (99) | 0 |  
  | 110 | Petrovsky, Nikolay | 2213 | (135) | 0 |  
  | 111 | Worrall, Thomas | 2210 | (55) | 62 |  
  | 112 | Delannoy, Alphonse | 2209 | (72) | 1 |  
  | 113 | Stern, Dmitry | 2207 | (92) | 0 |  
  | 114 | Soul, John | 2205 | (80) | 2 |  
  | 115 | Shore, R. (1) | 2202 | (144) | 3 |  
  | 116 | von Hanneken, Hermann | 2200 | (104) | 0 |  
  | 117 | Werndlij, Thomas | 2199 | (120) | 4 |  
  | 118 | Leow, S. | 2198 | (81) | 30 |  
  | 119 | Maurian, Charles | 2195 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 120 | Schurig, Richard | 2194 | (71) | 6 |  
  | 121 | Palazzi, Domenico | 2193 | (155) | 0 |  
  | 122 | Minchin, James | 2185 | (139) | 0 |  
  | 123 | Rhodes, John | 2184 | (95) | 2 |  
  | 124 | Franz, Robert | 2183 | (97) | 12 |  
  | 125 | Elkin, Lewis | 2182 | (135) | 3 |  
  | 126 | Kyllmann, Maximilian | 2180 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 127 | Raphael, Benjamin | 2162 | (65) | 6 |  
  | 128 | Matthews, Fred. | 2155 | (142) | 0 |  
  | 129 | McConnell, James | 2149 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 130 | Messemaker, Christiaan | 2142 | (105) | 4 |  
  | 131 | Schunck, Heinrich | 2139 | (112) | 0 |  
  | 132 | Pelikan, Victor | 2132 | (136) | 0 |  
  | 133 | Taylor, George | 2127 | (121) | 4 |  
  | 134 | Dufresne, Gustav | 2119 | (113) | 0 |  
  | 135 | McCombe, Alexander | 2109 | (148) | 3 |  
  | 136 | Freeman, James | 2107 | (122) | 3 |  
  | 137 | Shaw, John | 2101 | (114) | 0 |  
  | 138 | Roberts, Daniel | 2099 | (82) | 0 |  
  | 139 | Richardson, Horace | 2099 | (99) | 0 |  
  | 140 | Hughes, Hesseth | 2092 | (96) | 0 |  
  | 141 | Muller (1) | 2092 | (108) | 7 |  
  | 142 | Watts, W. | 2088 | (181) | 3 |  
  | 143 | Gallatin, Albert | 2086 | (85) | 7 |  
  | 144 | Julien, Denis | 2083 | (73) | 0 |  
  | 145 | Cohen, Sigismund | 2080 | (73) | 2 |  
  | 146 | Mead, Charles | 2077 | (109) | 1 |  
  | 147 | Cadman, Robert | 2076 | (91) | 2 |  
  | 148 | Baucher, Henri | 2072 | (137) | 0 |  
  | 149 | Anderson, C.E. | 2072 | (72) | 12 |  
  | 150 | Möhle, Adolphe | 2060 | (79) | 0 |  
  | 151 | Zachary, Francis | 2059 | (89) | 6 |  
  | 152 | Hasché, Hans | 2054 | (82) | 0 |  
  | 153 | Smith, G. (1) | 2053 | (89) | 4 |  
  | 154 | Lequesne, Eugène | 2052 | (108) | 1 |  
  | 155 | Sinclair, John | 2050 | (117) | 2 |  
  | 156 | Gärtner, Eduard | 2044 | (116) | 0 |  
  | 157 | Bodé, Charles | 2044 | (127) | 0 |  
  | 158 | Jungbauer, Franz | 2034 | (158) | 0 |  
  | 159 | Mantin, Martin | 2034 | (74) | 0 |  
  | 160 | Trelawny, John | 2033 | (77) | 12 |  
  | 161 | Willberg | 2031 | (121) | 6 |  
  | 162 | Spoelstra, B. | 2027 | (121) | 0 |  
  | 163 | Avery, Thomas | 2025 | (116) | 6 |  
  | 164 | Bendix, Kurt | 2021 | (120) | 6 |  
  | 165 | Fanning | 2020 | (150) | 3 |  
  | 166 | Gillam, J.F. | 2010 | (123) | 3 |  
  | 167 | Winn (1) | 2005 | (133) | 4 |  
  | 168 | Robinson, William | 1993 | (112) | 2 |  
  | 169 | Gondi | 1988 | (163) | 0 |  
  | 170 | Marsden, David | 1988 | (93) | 4 |  
  | 171 | Robertson, James | 1985 | (133) | 0 |  
  | 172 | de Lastic | 1984 | (135) | 4 |  
  | 173 | Gozzano | 1982 | (143) | 0 |  
  | 174 | Crawshay, S. | 1981 | (129) | 5 |  
  | 175 | van Roggen, A.W. | 1981 | (131) | 0 |  
  | 176 | Millard, Henry | 1981 | (117) | 2 |  
  | 177 | Cronhelm, Edward | 1975 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 178 | King, Adelmour | 1972 | (96) | 6 |  
  | 179 | Beygang, Julius | 1964 | (166) | 2 |  
  | 180 | Luppi, Francesco | 1952 | (141) | 0 |  
  | 181 | Dawson, Richard | 1945 | (149) | 0 |  
  | 182 | Birch, James | 1938 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 183 | Cluley, William | 1928 | (175) | 2 |  
  | 184 | Sneltjes, F.D. | 1919 | (154) | 0 |  
  | 185 | Meek, Alexander | 1917 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 186 | Sheppard, J.H. | 1916 | (174) | 0 |  
  | 187 | Maddison, G.L. | 1911 | (146) | 0 |  
  | 188 | Guicciardi, Franz | 1908 | (176) | 0 |  
  | 189 | King, S. (1) | 1903 | (139) | 0 |  
  | 190 | Bishop (1) | 1896 | (140) | 2 |  
  | 191 | Sparke, Morton | 1879 | (106) | 1 |  
  | 192 | Kloos, Hermanus | 1877 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 193 | Isaac, Lister | 1872 | (137) | 0 |  
  | 194 | Duval, Charles | 1866 | (152) | 1 |  
  | 195 | Dougherty, Alexander | 1865 | (181) | 2 |  
  | 196 | Bloundell | 1846 | (117) | 4 |  
  | 197 | Hazeltine, Miron | 1843 | (93) | 10 |  
  | 198 | Fuller, William | 1841 | (99) | 22 |  
  | 199 | Peters (1) | 1839 | (168) | 3 |  
  | 200 | Simpson (1) | 1826 | (112) | 4 |  
  | 201 | Jones (3) | 1816 | (123) | 2 |  
  | 202 | Miller, William | 1815 | (83) | 10 |  
  | 203 | Tomlinson, William | 1813 | (143) | 2 |  
  | 204 | Shepherd, Edward | 1811 | (166) | 2 |  
  | 205 | Lafitte, A. | 1802 | (169) | 1 |  
  | 206 | Hunter, William | 1790 | (126) | 2 |  
  | 207 | Koopman, Justus | 1786 | (158) | 0 |  
  | 208 | Fry, Henry | 1785 | (117) | 3 |  
  | 209 | Lyttelton, George | 1783 | (102) | 3 |  
  | 210 | Perrin, Alphonse | 1774 | (129) | 0 |  
  | 211 | Robinson, John | 1763 | (121) | 2 |  
  | 212 | Mucklow, James | 1745 | (171) | 0 |  
  | 213 | Ciccolini, Alessandro | 1709 | (135) | 0 |  
  | 214 | Bennett, Charles | 1704 | (177) | 2 |  
  | 215 | Simpson, B. | 1681 | (151) | 2 |  
  | 216 | Wood, John (2) | 1656 | (139) | 3 |  
  | 217 | Tarn, Edward | 1656 | (142) | 4 |  
  | 218 | Empson, J.F. | 1641 | (164) | 3 |  
  | 219 | Praag, J.S. | 1632 | (157) | 0 |  
  | 220 | Myers, William | 1624 | (193) | 2 |  
  | 221 | Nicol, W.W. | 1548 | (191) | 5 |  
  | 222 | Tonks, E. | 1540 | (213) | 2 |  
  | 223 | Desvignes, F.C. | 1530 | (157) | 0 |  |  | Events 
 
 
  | Matches |  |  |  
| 
  |  | Janssens, F.G. - Green, V. 1856 (1) | London, England |  
  |  | Janssens, F.G. - Kenny, C. 1856 (1) | London, England |  
  |  | Janssens, F.G. - de Szabo, E. 1856 (1) | London, England |  
  |  | Kenny, C. - Green, V. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | Green, V. - Zytogorski, A. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | Stanley, C.H. - Montgomery, W.W. 1856 | New York |  
  |  | Tassinari, G. - de Riviere, J.A. 1856 | Paris |  
  |  | de Szabo, E. - Green, V. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | Janssens, F.G. - de Szabo, E. 1856 (2) | London, England |  
  |  | Fuller, W.J.A. - Dougherty, A.E. 1856 | Philadelphia |  
  |  | Montgomery, H.P. - Fuller, W.J.A. 1856 | Philadelphia |  
  |  | Montgomery, H.P. - Fosdick, W.W. 1856 | Philadelphia |  
  |  | Montgomery, H.P. - Raphael, B.I. 1856 | Philadelphia |  
  |  | de Riviere, J.A. - Schulten, J.W. 1856 (1) | Paris |  
  |  | Janssens, F.G. - Green, V. 1856 (2) | London, England |  
  |  | Janssens, F.G. - Green, V. 1856 (3) | London, England |  
  |  | Janssens, F.G. - Kenny, C. 1856 (2) | London, England |  
  |  | MacGregor, E.A.M. - Hannah, J.W. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Medley, G.W. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | Campbell, Jos.G. - Kenny, C. 1856 | London, England (?) |  
  |  | de Riviere, J.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1856 | Paris |  
  |  | de Riviere, J.A. - de Lastic 1856 (1) | Paris |  
  |  | Mayet, C. - Schurig, B.E.R. 1856 | Leipzig |  
  |  | Mayet, C. - Pollmacher, H. 1856 | Leipzig |  
  |  | Mayet, C. - Beygang, J. 1856 | Leipzig |  
  |  | Mayet, C. - Lepge, C. 1856 | Leipzig |  
  |  | de Riviere, J.A. - de Lastic 1856 (2) | Paris |  
  |  | Bezzel, M.F.W. - Pollmacher, H. 1856 | Leipzig |  
  |  | de Riviere, J.A. - Schulten, J.W. 1856 (2) | Paris |  
  |  | Lowe, E. - Delannoy, A. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | Staunton, H. - Worrall, T.H. 1856 | London, England (?) |  
  |  | Elkin, L. - Montgomery, W.W. 1856 | New York |  
  |  | Elkin, L. - Mead, C.D. 1856 | New York |  
  |  | Perrin, F. - Elkin, L. 1856 | New York |  
  |  | Bird, H.E. - Falkbeer, E.K. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | Harrwitz, D. - de Riviere, J.A. 1856 | Paris |  
  |  | Eliason, C. - Leow, S. 1856 | Berlin |  
  |  | Anderssen, K.E.A. - Hillel, D. 1856 | Breslau |  
  |  | Barnes, T.W. - Lowenthal, J.J. 1856 | London, England |  
  |  | Pindar, E.D. - Kipping, J.S. 1856 | Manchester |  
  |  | Hazeltine, M.J. - Miller, W.C. 1856 | New York |  
  |  | Bally, E. - Fuller, W.J.A. 1856 | New York |  
  |  | de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Worrall, T.H. 1856 | unknown location |  
  |  | Discart, F.F. - Bonetti, C. 1856 | Modena |  
  |  | Werndlij, T.J. - Messemaker, C. 1856 | Gouda |  
  |  | Lepge, C. - Pollmacher, H. 1856 | Leipzig |  |  |  |  
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