Sparke, Morton
Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1854 |
144 |
1875 | (111) | 1 |
1855 |
169 |
1883 | (105) | 5 |
1856 |
189 |
1879 | (106) | 1 |
1857 |
197 |
1884 | (107) | 0 |
1858 |
217 |
1889 | (108) | 0 |
1859 |
241 |
1894 | (109) | 1 |
1860 |
263 |
1883 | (111) | 1 |
1861 |
272 |
1880 | (114) | 0 |
1862 |
296 |
1878 | (117) | 0 |
1863 |
301 |
1875 | (120) | 0 |
1864 |
310 |
1872 | (122) | 0 |
1865 |
355 |
1869 | (123) | 2 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: Sparke, Morton |
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Died: |
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Notes: |
Chess Personalia has an 'Arthur M. Sparke' with no dates? Name gives as 'Sharke' in La Régence (Feb. 1850, v.2, p.55). |
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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) |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
Liverpool 1855 |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Sparke, M. - Birch, J.A. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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Manchester 1855 (2) |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Sparke, M. - King, S. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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Sparke, M. - Fisher, A.G. |
1 - 1 |
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Liverpool 1856 |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Sparke, M. - Duval, C.A. |
0 - 1 |
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Manchester and Liverpool 1859 |
Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match |
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Sparke, M. - Cohen, S. (1) |
1 - 0 |
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Manchester and Liverpool 1860 |
Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match |
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Sparke, M. - Wood, John (1) |
0 - 1 |
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Manchester 1865 |
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match |
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Sparke, M. - Steinkuhler, A. |
1 - 1 |
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Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023 |
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