Sparke, Morton




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1854  147  1874 (111) 1
1855  171  1882 (105) 5
1856  191  1879 (106) 1
1857  199  1884 (107) 0
1858  219  1888 (108) 0
1859  244  1893 (109) 1
1860  266  1883 (111) 1
1861  277  1880 (114) 0
1862  300  1877 (117) 0
1863  305  1874 (120) 0
1864  316  1871 (122) 0
1865  363  1868 (123) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Sparke, Morton  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Chess Personalia has an 'Arthur M. Sparke' with no dates? Name gives as 'Sharke' in La Régence (Feb. 1850, v.2, p.55).
 
References
Books
   Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 1, 5, 7, 39, 41
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 69, 76, 80, 82
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 969
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 543
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 131
Periodicals
   [CP], vol. 3, June 1853, page 321
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 9, Sep. 1851, page 283
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 115
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1853, page 190
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1854, page cover
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1854, page 355
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1855, page cover
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 110
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 983, 26 July 1857, page 12
   [Fld], 14 May 1853
   [ILN], vol. 18, no. 467, 1 Feb. 1851, page 75
   [ILN], vol. 20, no. 548, 6 Mar. 1852, page 195
   [LiM], no. 4316, 11 Dec. 1861, page 7
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1850, page 55
   [SZ], vol. 13, no. 9, Sep. 1858, page 372
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']
   Jones, Robert H.  [No 9. Carslake Winter-Wood] (broken)
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Newham, S. - Sparke, M. 1854         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Liverpool 1855     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Sparke, M. - Birch, J.A.     0.5 - 1.5    
Manchester 1855 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Sparke, M. - King, S. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
  Sparke, M. - Fisher, A.G.     1 - 1    
Liverpool 1856     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Sparke, M. - Duval, C.A.     0 - 1    
Manchester and Liverpool 1859     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match    
  Sparke, M. - Cohen, S. (1)     1 - 0    
Manchester and Liverpool 1860     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match    
  Sparke, M. - Wood, John (1)     0 - 1    
Manchester 1865     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Sparke, M. - Steinkuhler, A.     1 - 1    

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023