Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  98  2301 (79) 12
1867  99  2298 (83) 0
1868  102  2295 (85) 0
1869  102  2292 (86) 0
1870  102  2289 (85) 2
1871  116  2270 (88) 1
1872  137  2246 (91) 0
1873  152  2222 (93) 0
1874  172  2198 (95) 0
1875  205  2174 (95) 0
1876  220  2150 (95) 2
1877  223  2141 (98) 0
1878  236  2133 (100) 0
1879  243  2125 (101) 0
1880  268  2117 (102) 0
1881  300  2109 (102) 0
1882  324  2101 (102) 0
1883  366  2092 (101) 0
1884  410  2084 (99) 0
1885  428  2076 (96) 0
1886  433  2068 (93) 0
1887  450  2060 (88) 1
1888  451  2063 (85) 1
1889  438  2065 (82) 1
1890  456  2063 (81) 0
1891  465  2061 (77) 3
1892  512  2052 (77) 5
1893  526  2051 (83) 1
1894  591  2031 (90) 1
1895  611  2017 (97) 0
1896  636  2003 (104) 1
1897  666  1992 (110) 0
1898  710  1980 (116) 0
1899  740  1968 (121) 0
1900  776  1957 (125) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Mocatta, Abraham  
Born: 1830
Died: 25 Dec. 1900
 
Notes:
Gaige gives Mocatta's birth year as 1830; Harding gives 1831.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 37, 965
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 286
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 283
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 363, 389, 578
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 241, 323
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 2
   Saint James' Chess Club, Chess Match by Electric Telegraph, page 3
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 226, 238
Periodicals
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1957, 13 Jan. 1877, page 47
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2009, 29 Dec. 1877, page 631
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 34, 1 Feb. 1871, page 160
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 3, 1 July 1871, page 48
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The Family Life of Grandmaster Gunsberg], page 2

Tournament data

London, England 1866 (2)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament    
  Mocatta, A. - Mann, H.     2.5 - 0.5          Mocatta, A. gave odds of the move
  Mocatta, A. - Chinnery, W.M.     3 - 1    
  Mocatta, A. - Steinitz, W.     0.5 - 2.5          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
  Mocatta, A. - Mongredien, A. (2)     2 - 0          Mocatta, A. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gossip, G.H.D.     2 - 0    
London, England 1871 (7)     Westminster - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Janssens, F.G.     1 - 0    
London, England 1876 (17)     Saint George's - West End Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 2    
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Gover, F.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Salter, D.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1889 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Lambert, C.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Mundell, W.H.A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1891 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0 - 1    
London, England 1891 (4)     City of London Club Championship - Section II    
  Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1892 (1)     City of London Club Championship - Section I     7.5  /  10
London, England 1892 (3)     City of London Club Championship - 3-Section Play-off    
  Mocatta, A. - Smith, S.F.     0 - 1    
  Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1892 (6)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 1    
London, England 1893 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Philip, R.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London, England (?) 1900     City of London - Oxford and Cambridge University Club Match    
  Mocatta, A. - Arthur, H.B.C.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025