Mocatta, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  78  2303 (80) 12
1867  77  2299 (83) 0
1868  77  2296 (86) 0
1869  77  2292 (87) 0
1870  81  2289 (86) 2
1871  89  2272 (89) 1
1872  104  2249 (92) 0
1873  119  2226 (94) 0
1874  136  2203 (96) 0
1875  157  2180 (96) 0
1876  176  2157 (96) 2
1877  179  2149 (99) 0
1878  190  2141 (102) 0
1879  199  2133 (103) 0
1880  223  2125 (104) 0
1881  261  2117 (104) 0
1882  280  2109 (104) 0
1883  329  2101 (103) 0
1884  357  2092 (101) 0
1885  374  2084 (99) 0
1886  371  2076 (96) 0
1887  399  2068 (92) 1
1888  388  2071 (90) 1
1889  382  2072 (89) 1
1890  400  2068 (89) 0
1891  421  2064 (88) 3
1892  463  2051 (91) 2
1893  503  2035 (96) 0
1894  546  2018 (101) 1
1895  561  2006 (107) 0
1896  566  1994 (113) 1
1897  583  1983 (118) 0
1898  601  1973 (123) 0
1899  629  1963 (128) 0
1900  653  1952 (132) 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
   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 (11)     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 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: 5 May 2020