Mocatta, Abraham

Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1866 |
96 |
2296 | (79) | 12 |
| 1867 |
99 |
2293 | (83) | 0 |
| 1868 |
101 |
2290 | (85) | 0 |
| 1869 |
102 |
2287 | (86) | 0 |
| 1870 |
101 |
2284 | (85) | 2 |
| 1871 |
116 |
2265 | (88) | 1 |
| 1872 |
138 |
2241 | (91) | 0 |
| 1873 |
152 |
2217 | (93) | 0 |
| 1874 |
171 |
2193 | (95) | 0 |
| 1875 |
204 |
2169 | (95) | 0 |
| 1876 |
218 |
2145 | (95) | 2 |
| 1877 |
223 |
2137 | (98) | 0 |
| 1878 |
235 |
2129 | (100) | 0 |
| 1879 |
238 |
2120 | (101) | 0 |
| 1880 |
260 |
2112 | (102) | 0 |
| 1881 |
300 |
2104 | (102) | 0 |
| 1882 |
321 |
2096 | (102) | 0 |
| 1883 |
364 |
2088 | (101) | 0 |
| 1884 |
406 |
2080 | (99) | 0 |
| 1885 |
423 |
2072 | (96) | 0 |
| 1886 |
431 |
2064 | (93) | 0 |
| 1887 |
449 |
2056 | (88) | 1 |
| 1888 |
447 |
2059 | (85) | 1 |
| 1889 |
436 |
2061 | (82) | 1 |
| 1890 |
453 |
2059 | (81) | 0 |
| 1891 |
463 |
2057 | (77) | 3 |
| 1892 |
512 |
2048 | (77) | 5 |
| 1893 |
527 |
2047 | (83) | 1 |
| 1894 |
586 |
2027 | (90) | 1 |
| 1895 |
603 |
2014 | (97) | 0 |
| 1896 |
633 |
2000 | (104) | 1 |
| 1897 |
662 |
1988 | (110) | 0 |
| 1898 |
706 |
1976 | (116) | 0 |
| 1899 |
735 |
1965 | (121) | 0 |
| 1900 |
771 |
1953 | (125) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Mocatta, Abraham |
| Born: 1830 |
| Died: 25 Dec. 1900 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives Mocatta's birth year as 1830; Harding gives 1831. |
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| 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 |
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Tournament data
| London, England 1866 (2) |
British Chess Association Handicap Tournament |
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Mocatta, A. - Mann, H. |
2.5 - 0.5 |
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Mocatta, A. gave odds of the move |
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Mocatta, A. - Chinnery, W.M. |
3 - 1 |
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Mocatta, A. - Steinitz, W. |
0.5 - 2.5 |
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Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move |
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Mocatta, A. - Mongredien, A. (2) |
2 - 0 |
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Mocatta, A. gave odds of pawn and move |
| London, England 1870 (1) |
Westminster Club - City of London Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Gossip, G.H.D. |
2 - 0 |
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| London, England 1871 (7) |
Westminster - City of London Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Janssens, F.G. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England 1876 (17) |
Saint George's - West End Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R. |
0 - 2 |
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| London, England 1887 (2) |
City of London - Saint George's Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Gover, F.F. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1888 (1) |
City of London - Saint George's Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Salter, D.M. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| London, England 1889 (3) |
City of London - Saint George's Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Lambert, C.J. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| London, England 1891 (2) |
British Chess Club - City of London Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Mundell, W.H.A. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England 1891 (3) |
City of London - Saint George's Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1891 (4) |
City of London Club Championship - Section II |
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Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1892 (1) |
City of London Club Championship - Section I |
7.5 | / | 10 |
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| London, England 1892 (3) |
City of London Club Championship - 3-Section Play-off |
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Mocatta, A. - Smith, S.F. |
0 - 1 |
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Mocatta, A. - Moriau, C. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1892 (6) |
City of London - Saint George's Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Ballard, W.R. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1893 (3) |
City of London - Saint George's Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Jones-Bateman, E. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England 1894 (1) |
North and South Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Philip, R.H. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1896 (1) |
City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Atkins, H.E. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England (?) 1900 |
City of London - Oxford and Cambridge University Club Match |
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Mocatta, A. - Arthur, H.B.C. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025 |
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