Ware, Preston




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  138  2151 (61) 27
1859  134  2194 (58) 4
1860  105  2258 (52) 30
1861  111  2263 (53) 34
1862  109  2258 (62) 0
1863  106  2254 (68) 0
1864  112  2249 (71) 0
1865  119  2245 (70) 3
1866  106  2267 (72) 0
1867  91  2290 (71) 0
1868  77  2313 (67) 0
1869  68  2335 (60) 2
1870  62  2353 (51) 15
1871  69  2340 (52) 15
1872  65  2340 (57) 0
1873  66  2340 (57) 0
1874  64  2340 (51) 32
1875  91  2311 (52) 5
1876  90  2292 (51) 14
1877  90  2285 (58) 0
1878  96  2277 (60) 0
1879  98  2269 (57) 0
1880  110  2261 (50) 17
1881  104  2287 (51) 0
1882  96  2314 (45) 31
1883  124  2296 (57) 1
1884  146  2274 (65) 0
1885  169  2253 (69) 0
1886  196  2232 (71) 0
1887  217  2210 (70) 0
1888  242  2189 (67) 20

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Ware, Preston  
   Also known as: Preston Ware Jr.
Born: 12 Aug. 1821
Died: 29 Jan. 1890
 
Notes:
Hooper and Whyld (1st ed.) give birth year 1820, but correct it to 1821 in the 2nd edition. Sarah's Morphy website gives his name as 'G. Preston Ware'?
 
References
Books
   American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 2
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 385
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 456
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 85, 89, 107, 136
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 130, 181, 581
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 286
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 148
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 333, 375
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 399, 445
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 97
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 81
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 1, July 1899, page 17
   [BDE], vol. 31, no. 295, 16 Dec. 1871, page 3
   [BDE], vol. 31, no. 299, 21 Dec. 1871, page 2
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 343
   [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1860, page 81
   [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 10, Oct. 1860, page 320
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 36
   [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 60, Feb. 1875, page 100
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1739, 21 Jan. 1872, page 14
   [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1580, 12 Feb. 1870, page 186
   [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1688, 13 Jan. 1872, page 51
   [MCR], vol. 2, no. 13, Jan. 1875, page 33
   [NYC], 21 Mar. 1863
   [NYC], 27 Feb. 1869
   [NYC], 31 Jan. 1874
   [SoT], 23 Dec. 1871
   [TFF], 15 Dec. 1871
   [TFF], 22 Dec. 1871
Web
   Sarah.  [Mandarins of the Yellow Buttons]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [The Scandal of 1880, Part 1], page 2
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (1)         (f)     3   -   2
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (2)         (f)     3   -   2      Hammond, G. gave odds of a knight
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (3)         (f)     4   -   1      Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (4)         (f)     3   -   2      Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and move
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (5)         (f)     0.5   -   5.5      Hammond, G. gave odds of a rook
Morphy, P.C. - Ware, P. 1859         (c)     4   -   0      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1860 (1)         (f)     0   -   2      Hammond, G. gave odds of pawn and move
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1860 (2)         (f)     10   -   13
Montgomery, H.P. - Ware, P. 1860         (s)     4   -   1
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1861         (f)     18.5   -   15.5
Wells, F. - Ware, P. 1865         (c)     2   -   1
Ware, P. - Delmar, E. (1) 1870         (c)     6   -   4
Ware, P. - Hammond, G. 1870         (f)     2   -   1
Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (1)         (f)     8.5   -   0.5
Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (2)         (c)     0.5   -   6.5
Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (3)         (f)     7   -   3
Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (4)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Judd, Max - Ware, P. 1875         (f)     4   -   1
Ware, P. - Ryan, J.S. 1883         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Boston, Massachusetts 1858     Boston Club Tournament    
  Ware, P. - Richardson, H.     1 - 0    
New York 1869 (4)     New York Club Tournament    
  Ware, P. - Jones, W.B.     2 - 0    
New York 1870 (1)     New York Chess Club Tournament    
  Ware, P. - Barnett, J.P.     0 - 1    
New York 1870 (4)     Brooklyn Club - Cafe International Team Match     1  /  1
Cleveland 1871 (1)     2nd American Chess Congress - 1st Class Tournament     7  /  15
Philadelphia 1876     4th American Chess Congress     4  /  14
New York 1880 (1)     5th American Chess Congress     5.5  /  17
Vienna 1882 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     8  /  31
Boston, Massachusetts 1888     Paine Tournament     9  /  20

Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2022