Green, Valentine  
  
 
 Ratings 
  
  | Year       | 
  Rank   | 
   Edo    | 
  Dev.   | 
  Games  | 
 
  | 1854  | 
  87  | 
  2239 |  (52) |   20 | 
 
  | 1855  | 
  76  | 
  2281 |  (38) |   94 | 
 
  | 1856  | 
  77  | 
  2288 |  (38) |   88 | 
 
  | 1857  | 
  87  | 
  2277 |  (52) |   0 | 
 
  | 1858  | 
  94  | 
  2267 |  (59) |   37 | 
 
  | 1859  | 
  112  | 
  2249 |  (61) |   13 | 
 
  | 1860  | 
  106  | 
  2255 |  (59) |   0 | 
 
  | 1861  | 
  110  | 
  2261 |  (51) |   0 | 
 
  | 1862  | 
  114  | 
  2266 |  (36) |   101 | 
 
  | 1863  | 
  119  | 
  2246 |  (43) |   19 | 
 
  | 1864  | 
  128  | 
  2243 |  (50) |   9 | 
 
  | 1865  | 
  126  | 
  2243 |  (53) |   22 | 
 
  | 1866  | 
  135  | 
  2233 |  (59) |   3 | 
 
  | 1867  | 
  130  | 
  2239 |  (63) |   0 | 
 
  | 1868  | 
  126  | 
  2245 |  (64) |   0 | 
 
  | 1869  | 
  120  | 
  2251 |  (62) |   9 | 
 
  | 1870  | 
  130  | 
  2239 |  (67) |   8 | 
 
  
Rating table notes
 
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| Biographical data |  
   | Name: Green, Valentine   | 
 
   | Born: 27 Dec. 1831 | 
 
   | Died: 31 Jan. 1877 | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Forster, Amos Burn, page 960 | 
 
   |    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 149 | 
 
   |    Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 4 | 
 
   |    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 34, 65, 575 | 
 
   |    Harding, Steinitz in London, page 41 | 
 
   |    Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 150 | 
 
   |    Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 159, 262 | 
 
   |    Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 9 | 
 
   |    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 84, 115 | 
 
   |    Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lx | 
 
   |    Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 168 | 
 
| Periodicals |  
   |    [BCR], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1853, page 337 | 
 
   |    [CP], vol. 2, no. 43, 8 May 1852, page 147 | 
 
   |    [CP], vol. 2, no. 49, 19 June 1852, page 200 | 
 
   |    [CP], vol. 3, Feb. 1853, page 194 | 
 
   |    [CPC], vol. 13, no. 2, Feb. 1852, page 33 | 
 
   |    [CPC], vol. 3, no. 5, Oct. 1872, page 152 | 
 
   |    [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 153 | 
 
   |    [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 7, Feb. 1871, page 217 | 
 
   |    [CW], vol. 4, no. 9, Dec. 1868, page 344 | 
 
   |    [Era], vol. 17, no. 839, 22 Oct. 1854, page 6 | 
 
   |    [Era], vol. 23, no. 1192, 28 July 1861, page 5 | 
 
   |    [Era], vol. 24, no. 1221, 16 Feb. 1862, page 14 | 
 
   |    [Era], vol. 26, no. 1317, 20 Dec. 1863, page 4 | 
 
   |    [Era], vol. 26, no. 1323, 31 Jan. 1864, page 14 | 
 
   |    [Harp], 7 May 1859 | 
 
   |    [HomC], vol. 8, no. 196, 2 Apr. 1853, page 224 | 
 
   |    [ILN], vol. 22, no. 619, 30 Apr. 1853, page 331 | 
 
   |    [NYC], 7 Sep. 1861 | 
 
| Web |  
   |    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] | 
 
 
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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
  | Green, V. - Lowe, E. 1854 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  4 |    -    | 1 | 
       Lowe, E. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Green, V. - Lowe, E. 1854 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  8 |    -    | 7 | 
       Lowe, E. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
  | Lowenthal, J.J. - Green, V. 1855 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  5.5 |    -    | 2.5 | 
       Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Kenny, C. - Green, V. 1855 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  2.5 |    -    | 1.5 | 
   | 
 
  | Green, V. - de Szabo, E. 1855 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  8 |    -    | 6 | 
   | 
 
  | Kenny, C. - Green, V. 1855 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  8 |    -    | 6 | 
   | 
 
  | Horwitz, B. - Green, V. 1855     | 
      (f)     | 
  4 |    -    | 3 | 
       Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Falkbeer, E.K. - Green, V. 1855     | 
      (f)     | 
  2 |    -    | 4 | 
       Falkbeer, E.K. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Green, V. - de Szabo, E. 1855 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  9 |    -    | 10 | 
   | 
 
  | Lowenthal, J.J. - Green, V. 1855 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  0.5 |    -    | 1.5 | 
       Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Janssens, F.G. - Green, V. 1856 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  8.5 |    -    | 4.5 | 
   | 
 
  | Kenny, C. - Green, V. 1856     | 
      (f)     | 
  5 |    -    | 3 | 
   | 
 
  | Green, V. - Zytogorski, A. 1856     | 
      (f)     | 
  8 |    -    | 7 | 
       Zytogorski, A. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | de Szabo, E. - Green, V. 1856     | 
      (f)     | 
  9.5 |    -    | 8.5 | 
   | 
 
  | Janssens, F.G. - Green, V. 1856 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  5.5 |    -    | 1.5 | 
   | 
 
  | Janssens, F.G. - Green, V. 1856 (3)     | 
      (f)     | 
  5.5 |    -    | 3.5 | 
   | 
 
  | Runchunder, K. - Green, V. 1858     | 
      (f)     | 
  18 |    -    | 19 | 
       Runchunder, K. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
  | Runchunder, K. - Green, V. 1859     | 
      (c)     | 
  9 |    -    | 4 | 
       Runchunder, K. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Falkbeer, E.K. - Green, V. 1862 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  7.5 |    -    | 3.5 | 
   | 
 
  | Burden, F. - Green, V. 1862 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  8 |    -    | 1 | 
   | 
 
  | Burden, F. - Green, V. 1862 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  3 |    -    | 6 | 
   | 
 
  | Falkbeer, E.K. - Green, V. 1862 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  4 |    -    | 4 | 
       Falkbeer, E.K. gave odds of the exchange  | 
 
  | Dubois, S. - Green, V. 1862 (1)     | 
      (f)     | 
  5.5 |    -    | 0.5 | 
       Dubois, S. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Lowenthal, J.J. - Green, V. 1862     | 
      (f)     | 
  5.5 |    -    | 4.5 | 
       Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Dubois, S. - Green, V. 1862 (2)     | 
      (f)     | 
  5 |    -    | 0 | 
       Dubois, S. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Falkbeer, E.K. - Green, V. 1862 (3)     | 
      (f)     | 
  0.5 |    -    | 2.5 | 
   | 
 
  | Falkbeer, E.K. - Green, V. 1862 (4)     | 
      (f)     | 
  4 |    -    | 3 | 
   | 
 
  | Dubois, S. - Green, V. 1863     | 
      (f)     | 
  6 |    -    | 2 | 
       Dubois, S. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Healey, F. - Green, V. 1863     | 
      (f)     | 
  5 |    -    | 2 | 
   | 
 
  | Lowenthal, J.J. - Green, V. 1863     | 
      (f)     | 
  1 |    -    | 1 | 
       Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Green, V. - Chinnery, W.M. 1863     | 
      (f)     | 
  1 |    -    | 1 | 
   | 
 
  | Steinitz, W. - Green, V. 1864     | 
      (f)     | 
  8 |    -    | 1 | 
   | 
 
  | Brien, R.B. - Green, V. 1865     | 
      (f)     | 
  5 |    -    | 9 | 
       Brien, R.B. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
 
 Tournament data 
  | London, England 1855     | 
Kling's Coffee House Tournament     | 
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   | 
    Green, V. - Kenny, C.     | 
  4 - 3     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Marett, C.     | 
  4.5 - 3.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Zytogorski, A.     | 
  1 - 4     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1856 (1)     | 
McDonnell Chess Club Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Brien, R.B.     | 
  6 - 7     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1856 (2)     | 
Ries' Divan Handicap Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Wilson, Ja.     | 
  1.5 - 3.5     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | London, England 1862 (1)     | 
London Club - St. James Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Greenaway, F.E.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1862 (3)     | 
British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament     | 
   4  |  /  |  17  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1862 (4)     | 
British Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Chinnery, W.M.     | 
  2.5 - 1.5     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Harris, E.     | 
  2 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Anderssen, K.E.A.     | 
  0 - 2     | 
   |  |  | 
       Anderssen, K.E.A. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Hannah, J.W.     | 
  0 - 2     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Solomons, S.     | 
  2.5 - 1.5     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of the move  | 
 
  | London, England 1865     | 
St. James Club Handicap     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Howard, A.G.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Rodgers (1)     | 
  2 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Sich, A.     | 
  1.5 - 2.5     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | London, England 1866 (2)     | 
British Chess Association Handicap Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Mongredien, A. (2)     | 
  1 - 2     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | London, England 1869 (1)     | 
British Chess Association Handicap Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Murphy, J.B.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Gossip, G.H.D.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  | 
       Gossip, G.H.D. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Bayliss, W.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  | 
       Green, V. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Blackburne, J.H.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Franklin, S.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1869 (2)     | 
Glowworm Prize Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Skipworth, A.B.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1869 (4)     | 
Mongredien Prize Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Mongredien, A. (2)     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - de Vere, C.V.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Green, V. - Blackburne, J.H.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1870 (3)     | 
3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup     | 
   2.5  |  /  |  8  | 
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