Mortimer, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1863  92  2249 (82) 1
1864  85  2267 (72) 11
1865  81  2267 (69) 9
1866  84  2259 (70) 0
1867  89  2252 (68) 10
1868  97  2236 (74) 0
1869  103  2221 (79) 5
1870  108  2223 (84) 0
1871  102  2225 (88) 0
1872  106  2226 (91) 0
1873  108  2228 (93) 0
1874  100  2230 (94) 0
1875  101  2232 (94) 0
1876  100  2233 (93) 0
1877  97  2235 (91) 0
1878  92  2237 (88) 0
1879  100  2239 (84) 0
1880  109  2241 (79) 0
1881  121  2242 (72) 0
1882  132  2244 (62) 0
1883  143  2246 (48) 30
1884  151  2250 (48) 0
1885  157  2254 (40) 21
1886  146  2264 (35) 45
1887  166  2249 (39) 9
1888  138  2288 (33) 51
1889  149  2289 (38) 15
1890  121  2310 (35) 32
1891  133  2307 (38) 19
1892  152  2282 (42) 11
1893  156  2281 (45) 1
1894  154  2284 (36) 74
1895  188  2249 (45) 0
1896  221  2213 (42) 25
1897  237  2194 (52) 0
1898  266  2176 (54) 2
1899  292  2161 (53) 0
1900  307  2146 (45) 22
1901  326  2143 (41) 17
1902  357  2125 (37) 39
1903  345  2136 (37) 20
1904  360  2144 (33) 59
1905  399  2123 (45) 5
1906  410  2123 (46) 0
1907  418  2123 (37) 45
1908  407  2137 (39) 19
1909  480  2094 (41) 17
1910  513  2068 (43) 17
1911  565  2032 (51) 16

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Mortimer, James  
Born: 22 Apr. 1833
Died: 24 Feb. 1911
 
Notes:
Golombek has birth date 02-04-1833. Gaige has birth date 22-04-1833. Hilbert reports an alterate birth date of 22-04-1832 given in the British Chess Magazine of 1905, but thinks Gaige probably correct. Sergeant also gives 22-04-1832.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 312
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 89
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 324, 965
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 291
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 205
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 105
   Hilbert, Napier, page 132
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 92
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 218
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 264
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 154, 255
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 183
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 87
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 218
Periodicals
   [NR], vol. 3, Jan. 1862, page 8
   [PF], vol. 1, Apr. 1865, page 355
Web
   Sarah.  [Monte Carlo 1902 - The Players]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [James Mortimer]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4879. Census information]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Rosenthal, S. - Mortimer, J. 1864         (f)     7   -   4
Rosenthal, S. - Mortimer, J. 1865         (f)     5   -   2
Rosenthal, S. - Mortimer, J. 1867         (f)     7.5   -   2.5
Neumann, G.R.L. - Mortimer, J. 1869         (f)     5   -   0
Mortimer, J. - Hunter, A. 1888         (f)     5   -   3
Gunsberg, I.A. - Mortimer, J. 1889         (f)     4.5   -   0.5
Albin, A. - Mortimer, J. 1894         (c)     54   -   20
Trenchard, H.W. - Mortimer, J. 1896         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Jones, Ed.O. - Mortimer, J. 1901         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Marshall, F.J. - Mortimer, J. 1903         (f)     4   -   0
Leonhardt, P.S. - Mortimer, J. 1904         (f)     6.5   -   1.5
Marshall, F.J. - Mortimer, J. 1905         (f)     4   -   0

Tournament data

Paris 1863     Café de la Régence Grand Tournoi    
  Mortimer, J. - Guibert, A.M.     0 - 1    
Paris 1865     Grand tournoi de la Régence    
  Mortimer, J. - Duclos, E.P.     1 - 0          Mortimer, J. gave odds of pawn and move
  Mortimer, J. - Rosenthal, S.     0 - 1    
London 1883 (5)     London Tournament     5  /  30
London 1885 (6)     British Chess Association - Ruskin Prize Tournament     5  /  6
London 1885 (7)     British Chess Association Tournament     6  /  15
London 1886 (5)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tourney     4  /  12
London 1886 (8)     British Chess Club Triangular Tournament     17  /  33
London 1887 (4)     3rd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     0  /  9
London 1888 (3)     Simpson's Divan Handicap Tournament     7.5  /  14
London 1888 (4)     British Chess Club Handicap     6.5  /  14
Bradford 1888 (1)     British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     5.5  /  16
London 1889 (5)     5th British Chess Association Tournament     3  /  10
London 1890 (3)     British Chess Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Miniati, N.T.     0 - 1    
London 1890 (4)     Simpson's Divan Handicap     5.5  /  12
Manchester 1890 (1)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     8.5  /  19
London 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Zangwill, L.     0 - 1    
London 1891 (7)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Winter     4  /  9
London 1891 (8)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Summer     5.5  /  9
London 1892 (4)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     3.5  /  11
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Bilbrough, A.     1 - 0    
London 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Smith, S.F.     0 - 1    
London 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Cole, H.H.     0 - 1    
London 1896 (6)     Simpson's Divan Tournament     4  /  11
London 1898 (1)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Gattie, W.M.     1 - 0    
London 1898 (4)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 1    
Paris 1900     Paris International Tournament     3  /  18
London 1900 (2)     Simpson's Divan Tourney     0.5  /  4
Folkestone 1901 (1)     3nd Kent County Chess Association Tournament - Section I     2  /  5
Monte Carlo 1902     Monte Carlo International Tournament     1  /  19
Tunbridge Wells 1902     4th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     4  /  9
Norwich, Norfolk 1902     Southern Counties Chess Union Tournament     2.5  /  11
Canterbury, Kent 1903     5th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     4  /  8
Plymouth 1903 (2)     Southern Counties Chess Union Congress - Class I, Section B     4.5  /  8
Brighton 1904     Brighton Tournament     5  /  8
London 1904 (4)     City of London Club Tournament     4  /  16
Hastings 1904 (1)     London League - Three Unions Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Brown, Fred     0 - 1    
Hastings 1904 (5)     1st British Chess Federation Tournament - 1st Class Amateur Section B     3.5  /  9
London 1904 (5)     Metropolitan Club Rice Gambit Tournament     3.5  /  17
London 1905 (3)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Hamond, F.E.     0 - 1    
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     5  /  28
London 1907 (2)     17th City of London Club Championship     4  /  17
London 1908     18th City of London Club Championship     10  /  19
London 1909     19th City of London Club Championship     5  /  17
London 1910 (2)     20th City of London Club Championship     6  /  17
London 1911 (2)     21st City of London Club Championship     2.5  /  16

Player information updated: 27 Mar. 2018