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Murton, Charles 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1871 | 543 | 1765 | (126) | 5 |  
  | 1872 | 582 | 1739 | (127) | 0 |  
  | 1873 | 625 | 1713 | (127) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 700 | 1687 | (126) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 759 | 1661 | (126) | 1 |  
  | 1876 | 759 | 1647 | (128) | 0 |  
  | 1877 | 683 | 1632 | (129) | 0 |  
  | 1878 | 678 | 1618 | (131) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 684 | 1603 | (132) | 2 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Murton, Charles |  
   | Born: 1790 |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1870 (vol.3, p.125) has 'Morton'. The Westminster Papers of 1 Jan. 1871 (vol.3, p.139) has 'Maton'. The City of London Chess Magazine of Dec. 1874 (p.272) has 'Merton' but the issue of Jan. 1875 (p.297) has 'Murton' in the same event. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 965 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 155, 578 |  
   | Harding, Steinitz in London, page 244 |  
   | Renette, H.E. Bird, page 590 |  
   | Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 374 |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 133 |  
   | Zavatarelli and Renette, William N. Potter and John Wisker, page 473 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 272 |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 12, Jan. 1875, page 293, 297 |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 2, Mar. 1875, page 40 |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 7, Aug. 1875, page 195 |  
   | [WP], vol. 3, no. 32, 1 Dec. 1870, page 125 |  
   | [WP], vol. 3, no. 33, 1 Jan. 1871, page 139 |  
   | [WP], vol. 5, no. 11, 1 Mar. 1873, page 169 |  | Web |  
   | Winter, Edward.  [CN 4789. Longevity] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | London, England 1871 (1) | City of London Club Handicap - Section 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Murton, C. - Chappell, H. | 2 - 0 |  |  |  | Murton, C. gave odds of pawn and move |  
  |  | Murton, C. - Argall, H.K. | 1 - 2 |  |  |  | Argall, H.K. gave odds of pawn and move |  
  | London, England 1875 (5) | City of London Club Old Members - New Members Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Murton, C. - Gastineau, H.F. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1879 (2) | City of London Club Handicap |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Murton, C. - Milson | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Murton, C. - Hoare, G. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  | Hoare, G. gave odds of pawn and move |  
 
| Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025 |  
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