Donisthorpe, Wordsworth




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  335  2043 (68) 13
1877  278  2078 (71) 0
1878  246  2112 (72) 0
1879  206  2147 (70) 0
1880  202  2181 (65) 0
1881  176  2216 (58) 0
1882  152  2250 (44) 36
1883  153  2262 (49) 0
1884  155  2275 (45) 8
1885  175  2256 (39) 19
1886  202  2241 (35) 53
1887  175  2268 (48) 0
1888  153  2296 (51) 10
1889  162  2282 (61) 0
1890  186  2269 (66) 1
1891  177  2274 (70) 0
1892  177  2279 (71) 0
1893  166  2283 (70) 2
1894  147  2299 (70) 2
1895  134  2317 (71) 0
1896  116  2335 (69) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Donisthorpe, Wordsworth  
   Also known as: Adonis Thorpe
Born: 24 Mar. 1847
Died: 30 Jan. 1914
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 96
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 289, 379
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 212, 354
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 306
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 355
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 371
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 12, 184, 195
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 255
   Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 134
Periodicals
   [Fld], 29 Jan. 1876
   [ILN], vol. 68, no. 1906, 5 Feb. 1876, page 143
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13

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

Gossip, G.H.D. - Donisthorpe, W. 1882         (f)     10.5   -   8.5
Donisthorpe, W. - Fisher, B.W. 1882 (1)         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Donisthorpe, W. - Fisher, B.W. 1882 (2)         (f)     0   -   5
Donisthorpe, W. - Gattie, W.M. 1888         (f)     5   -   4
Donisthorpe, W. - van Lennep, N.W. 1896         (f)     3   -   0

Tournament data

London, England 1876 (6)     West End Club Even Tournament     4.5  /  13
London, England 1884 (10)     Simpson's Divan Handicap - Section B     6  /  8      odds player in pawn and move class
London, England 1885 (7)     British Chess Association - Tennyson Prize Tournament     2  /  4
London, England 1885 (9)     British Chess Association Tournament     8  /  15
Paris 1886 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - de Boistertre, A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1886 (6)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Tennyson Prize Tourney     2.5  /  7
London, England 1886 (7)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship Tourney     10.5  /  18
London, England 1886 (8)     British Chess Club Triangular Tournament     14  /  27
London, England 1888 (2)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Owen, J.     1 - 0    
Paris 1890 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Chaseray, C.E.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Jones-Bateman, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Paris 1893     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - de Boistertre, A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Lord, F.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (2)     Oxford Past - Cambridge Past Match    
  Donisthorpe, W. - Ranken, C.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (7)     London Tournament     2  /  5


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023