Edo Ratings, Murray, A.K.

Murray, Archibald

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1870	338	1937	(88)	3
1871	359	1939	(80)	2
1872	358	1943	(71)	5
1873	385	1931	(66)	0
1874	411	1919	(57)	15
1875	413	1910	(56)	6
1876	437	1885	(53)	17
1877	426	1879	(60)	9

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Murray, Archibald Keir

Also known as: Major A.K. Murray

Born: 1834

Died: 22 May 1907

Notes:

Harding gives birth year as 1834 or 1835. Staunton gives 'A. Kilmoray' as the opponent of Captain Christie in the East v West of Scotland Match of May 1871, but the Westminster Papers give 'A.K. Murray' as Captain Christie's opponent.

References

Books

Forster, Amos Burn, page 965

Harding, Correspondence Chess, page 215, 427

Harding, Doctoral thesis, page 174, 176

Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 376, 546

Periodicals

[BLL], no. 2339, 16 Feb. 1867, page 7

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 4, Nov. 1868, page 122

[Era], vol. 34, no. 1725, 15 Oct. 1871, page 7

[ILN], vol. 56, no. 1588, 9 Apr. 1870, page 387

[ILN], vol. 58, no. 1641, 18 Mar. 1871, page 267

[ILN], vol. 58, no. 1653, 3 June 1871, page 555

[ILN], vol. 59, no. 1674, 14 Oct. 1871, page 363

[ILN], vol. 60, no. 1709, 8 June 1872, page 555

[ILN], vol. 62, no. 1744, 1 Feb. 1873, page 115

[ILN], vol. 62, no. 1759, 17 May 1873, page 475

[TG], vol. 33, no. 6, 6 Jan. 1877, page 7

[WP], vol. 4, no. 2, 1 June 1871, page 19

[WP], vol. 7, no. 2, 1 June 1874, page 19

Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Donaldson, Jo. - Murray, A.K. 1872         (c)     1   -   1      Donaldson, Jo. gave odds of pawn and move

Hunter, A. - Murray, A.K. 1874         (f)     4.5   -   2.5

Archdall, T.H. - Murray, A.K. 1875         (f)     3.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Glasgow 1870     Glasgow Club - Athenaeum Club Match

  Murray, A.K. - Riddell, J.     2 - 1

Edinburgh 1871     East and West of Scotland Match

  Murray, A.K. - Christie (1)     1 - 1

Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872     East and West of Scotland Match

  Murray, A.K. - Scott, P.     1 - 2

Birmingham 1874 (2)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class     0 / 7

Birmingham 1874 (4)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap

  Murray, A.K. - de Soyres, J.     0 - 1

Glasgow 1875 (1)     6th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Scotland - England Match

  Murray, A.K. - Fisher, B.W.     0 - 1

Cheltenham 1876 (2)     7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     6.5 / 15

Edinburgh 1876     East and West of Scotland Match

  Murray, A.K. - McArthur, G.     0.5 - 2.5

Birmingham 1877 (2)     Counties Chess Association - 2nd Class     4.5 / 9