Players' Performance - 2010/11

Paul Morphy v Johann Lowenthal, London 1858.

The Hungarian professional Lowenthal first encountered the 12 year old Morphy when, visiting New Orleans in 1850, he only managed a single draw in their three games. In 1858 Morphy accepted an invitation to play a tournament in Birmingham, England. He triumphed and followed up his success by winning a series of matches in Britain and Europe against the finest players of the day with the notable exception of the veteran Howard Staunton. Consequently, in London in 1859 he was proclaimed 'Champion of the World' before returning to the US later that year. Morphy subsequently concentrated on his Law practice which together with the advent of the American Civil War meant he had little time for the game. This early photograph is undoubtedly a posed subject as the technology of the time would be incapable of taking action shots even for a game as sedate as chess. Morphy won his match with Lowenthal (+9 =2 -3).

The table below shows the performance of Rainham players in both ECF Grading Performance & absolute terms for matches played for the club in the 2010/11 Season.

Wins by default are not included in this table.