Ware, Preston
Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1858 |
140 |
2153 | (61) | 27 |
1859 |
135 |
2196 | (58) | 4 |
1860 |
108 |
2260 | (52) | 30 |
1861 |
112 |
2265 | (53) | 34 |
1862 |
116 |
2260 | (62) | 0 |
1863 |
113 |
2255 | (68) | 0 |
1864 |
120 |
2250 | (70) | 0 |
1865 |
125 |
2246 | (70) | 3 |
1866 |
110 |
2268 | (72) | 0 |
1867 |
97 |
2291 | (71) | 0 |
1868 |
83 |
2313 | (67) | 0 |
1869 |
75 |
2336 | (60) | 2 |
1870 |
66 |
2354 | (51) | 15 |
1871 |
71 |
2340 | (51) | 15 |
1872 |
69 |
2340 | (57) | 0 |
1873 |
67 |
2340 | (57) | 0 |
1874 |
63 |
2340 | (51) | 32 |
1875 |
90 |
2311 | (52) | 5 |
1876 |
95 |
2292 | (51) | 14 |
1877 |
94 |
2285 | (58) | 0 |
1878 |
99 |
2278 | (60) | 0 |
1879 |
100 |
2271 | (57) | 0 |
1880 |
114 |
2263 | (50) | 17 |
1881 |
106 |
2291 | (51) | 0 |
1882 |
99 |
2318 | (45) | 31 |
1883 |
122 |
2303 | (56) | 1 |
1884 |
144 |
2286 | (64) | 0 |
1885 |
162 |
2269 | (68) | 0 |
1886 |
177 |
2251 | (70) | 0 |
1887 |
205 |
2234 | (69) | 0 |
1888 |
214 |
2217 | (65) | 20 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: Ware, Preston |
Also known as: Preston Ware Jr. |
Born: 12 Aug. 1821 |
Died: 29 Jan. 1890 |
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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'? |
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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 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1858 (1) |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
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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 |
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Montgomery, H.P. - Ware, P. 1860 |
(s) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Hammond, G. - Ware, P. 1861 |
(f) |
18.5 | - | 15.5 |
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Wells, F. - Ware, P. 1865 |
(c) |
2 | - | 1 |
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Ware, P. - Delmar, E. (1) 1870 |
(c) |
6 | - | 4 |
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Ware, P. - Hammond, G. 1870 |
(f) |
2 | - | 1 |
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Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (1) |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 0.5 |
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Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (2) |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 6.5 |
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Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (3) |
(f) |
7 | - | 3 |
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Neill, B.M. - Ware, P. 1874 (4) |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 2.5 |
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Judd, Max - Ware, P. 1875 |
(f) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ware, P. - Ryan, J.S. 1883 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Tournament data
Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2022 |
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