Edo Ratings, Murphy, J.B.

Murphy, Joseph

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1855	86	2258	(81)	10
1856	95	2257	(87)	0
1857	101	2256	(92)	0
1858	107	2256	(95)	0
1859	115	2255	(98)	0
1860	119	2254	(100)	0
1861	124	2254	(101)	0
1862	129	2253	(102)	0
1863	123	2253	(101)	0
1864	127	2252	(100)	0
1865	128	2251	(99)	0
1866	132	2251	(96)	0
1867	130	2250	(93)	0
1868	132	2249	(89)	0
1869	132	2249	(83)	7
1870	150	2226	(89)	2

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Murphy, Joseph B.

Also known as: Dr. Murphy

Born:

Died: 1873

Notes:

Is the 'S.B. Murphy' at the Yorkshire meeting of 1852 (Chess Player's Chronicle, 1852, p.343) an error for 'J.B. Murphy'? The Schachzeitung of Jan. 1870 (p.23) has 'Dr. B. Murphy'.

References

Books

Forster, Amos Burn, page 965

Gillam, London, 1868/9, page 4

Harding, Steinitz in London, page 148

Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 288, 325

Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 4

Periodicals

[BLL], no. 2390, 8 Feb. 1868, page 9

[CPC], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1854, page 171

[CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1864, page 218

[CPM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1867, page 52

[CPM], vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 1867, page 120

[CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 254

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 2, May 1868, page 37, 52

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 83

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 4, Nov. 1868, page 100

[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 144, 153

[CW], vol. 4, no. 9, Dec. 1868, page 344

[Era], vol. 16, no. 834, 17 Sep. 1854, page 7

[Era], vol. 17, no. 837, 8 Oct. 1854, page 6

[Era], vol. 23, no. 1169, 17 Feb. 1861, page 5

[Era], vol. 26, no. 1349, 31 July 1864, page 5

[ILN], vol. 53, no. 1513, 28 Nov. 1868, page 531

[ILN], vol. 57, no. 1607, 6 Aug. 1870, page 155

[NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 1869, page 20

[OSZ], vol. 2, no. 28, 16 May 1873, page 154

[SZ], vol. 24, no. 11, Nov. 1869, page 347

[SZ], vol. 25, no. 1, Jan. 1870, page 23

[WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 54, 57

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

Lowenthal, J.J. - Murphy, J.B. 1855 (f) 5.5 - 4.5 Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves

Tournament data

London, England 1869 (1)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament

  Murphy, J.B. - Green, V.     1 - 0

  Murphy, J.B. - Chinnery, W.M.     1 - 0

  Murphy, J.B. - Wisker, J.     0 - 1          Wisker, J. gave odds of pawn and move

London, England 1869 (2)     Glowworm Prize Tournament

  Murphy, J.B. - Wisker, J.     0.5 - 1.5

London, England 1869 (4)     Mongredien Prize Tournament

  Murphy, J.B. - Franklin, W.L.     1 - 0

  Murphy, J.B. - MacDonnell, G.A.     0 - 1

London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match

  Murphy, J.B. - Frankenstein, E.N.     0.5 - 1.5