Donisthorpe, Wordsworth




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  347  2039 (68) 13
1877  295  2076 (71) 0
1878  263  2112 (72) 0
1879  213  2148 (70) 0
1880  200  2185 (65) 0
1881  174  2221 (58) 0
1882  151  2257 (44) 36
1883  157  2268 (49) 0
1884  155  2279 (45) 8
1885  176  2260 (39) 19
1886  205  2244 (34) 53
1887  175  2271 (48) 0
1888  154  2298 (51) 10
1889  159  2285 (61) 0
1890  184  2272 (66) 1
1891  180  2276 (70) 0
1892  177  2281 (71) 0
1893  167  2286 (70) 2
1894  152  2301 (70) 2
1895  138  2319 (71) 0
1896  115  2337 (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