Mortimer, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1862  158  2190 (74) 11
1863  142  2211 (69) 1
1864  136  2237 (62) 11
1865  127  2243 (61) 9
1866  130  2240 (63) 0
1867  133  2237 (61) 10
1868  145  2229 (66) 0
1869  149  2221 (68) 13
1870  152  2221 (75) 0
1871  154  2220 (80) 0
1872  158  2220 (84) 0
1873  153  2219 (86) 0
1874  148  2218 (86) 0
1875  159  2218 (86) 0
1876  153  2217 (84) 0
1877  144  2216 (81) 0
1878  150  2216 (76) 0
1879  152  2215 (70) 4
1880  161  2220 (66) 0
1881  167  2226 (59) 6
1882  167  2234 (55) 0
1883  179  2242 (45) 30
1884  187  2244 (47) 0
1885  191  2246 (39) 21
1886  185  2256 (34) 45
1887  206  2245 (39) 9
1888  165  2289 (32) 51
1889  171  2280 (37) 15
1890  153  2296 (35) 32
1891  164  2284 (38) 19
1892  198  2260 (42) 11
1893  198  2259 (44) 1
1894  195  2263 (35) 74
1895  240  2230 (44) 0
1896  282  2197 (41) 25
1897  313  2181 (51) 0
1898  348  2165 (53) 2
1899  383  2152 (52) 0
1900  423  2140 (44) 22
1901  437  2137 (40) 17
1902  493  2119 (36) 39
1903  475  2132 (36) 20
1904  484  2141 (31) 59
1905  485  2142 (38) 15
1906  506  2132 (39) 11
1907  534  2125 (34) 45
1908  525  2134 (37) 19
1909  669  2090 (40) 17
1910  723  2063 (42) 17
1911  835  2026 (50) 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
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 307
   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
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 231, 578
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 95, 255, 269
   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
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 315, 374
   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
   Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 95
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 187
Periodicals
   [NR], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 8
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 8, Apr. 1865, page 355
   [Str], vol. 4, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1870, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 8, Aug. 1865, page 247
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)

Discart, F.F. - Mortimer, J. 1862         (c)     10   -   1
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 (1)         (f)     5   -   0
Neumann, G.R.L. - Mortimer, J. 1869 (2)         (f)     5   -   0
Blackburne, J.H. - Mortimer, J. 1869         (c)     2   -   1
Beskrovny, M.S. - Mortimer, J. 1879         (c)     2   -   2
Barnes, A.P. - Mortimer, J. 1881         (c)     3   -   3
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, England 1883 (5)     London Tournament     5  /  30
London, England 1885 (8)     British Chess Association - Ruskin Prize Tournament     5  /  6
London, England 1885 (9)     British Chess Association Tournament     6  /  15
London, England 1886 (5)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tourney     4  /  12
London, England 1886 (8)     British Chess Club Triangular Tournament     17  /  33
London, England 1887 (4)     3rd British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     0  /  9
London, England 1888 (7)     Simpson's Divan Handicap Tournament     7.5  /  14
London, England 1888 (8)     British Chess Club Handicap     6.5  /  14
Bradford 1888 (1)     British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     5.5  /  16
London, England 1889 (6)     5th British Chess Association Tournament     3  /  10
London, England 1890 (3)     British Chess Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Miniati, N.T.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (4)     Simpson's Divan Handicap     5.5  /  12
Manchester 1890 (1)     6th British Chess Association Tournament - Master Section     8.5  /  19
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Zangwill, L.     0 - 1    
London, England 1891 (7)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney - Summer     5.5  /  9
London, England 1891 (8)     Simpson's Divan Level Tourney     4  /  9
London, England 1892 (4)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament     3.5  /  11
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Bilborough, A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Smith, S.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Cole, H.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (6)     Simpson's Divan Tournament     4  /  11
London, England 1898 (1)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Gattie, W.M.     1 - 0    
London, England 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, England 1900 (2)     Simpson's Divan Tourney     0.5  /  4
Folkestone 1901 (1)     3nd Kent County Chess Association Congress - 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 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, England 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 Congress - 1st Class Amateur Section B     3.5  /  9
London, England 1904 (5)     Metropolitan Club Rice Gambit Tournament     3.5  /  17
Southport 1905 (3)     2nd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     6.5  /  10
London, England 1905 (4)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Mortimer, J. - Hamond, F.E.     0 - 1    
Shrewsbury 1906 (3)     3rd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class Amateur Tournament     7  /  11
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     5  /  28
London, England 1907 (6)     17th City of London Club Championship     4  /  17
London, England 1908     18th City of London Club Championship     10  /  19
London, England 1909 (2)     19th City of London Club Championship     5  /  17
London, England 1910 (2)     20th City of London Club Championship     6  /  17
London, England 1911 (2)     21st City of London Club Championship     2.5  /  16

Player information updated: 14 May 2025