George Alcock MacDonnell
Number of games in database: 91
Years covered: 1861 to 1883
Overall record: +43 -38 =9 (52.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Giuoco Piano (8)      C50 C53 C54  King's Gambit Accepted (7)      C37 C39 C35  Ruy Lopez (7)      C84 C67 C79 C80  Bird's Opening (4)      A02 A03  Philidor's Defense (4)      C41  Scotch Game (4)      C45	With the Black pieces:  Philidor's Defense (8)      C41  Sicilian (6)      B23 B21 B20 B24 B46  King's Gambit Declined (5)      C30 C31  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      A40 D05 D02

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1872 1-0
   G MacDonnell vs Anderssen, 1862 1/2-1/2
   Bird vs G MacDonnell, 1882 1/2-1/2
   V Green vs G MacDonnell, 1862 0-1
   G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1861 1-0
   G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1872 1-0
   G MacDonnell vs J Wisker, 1874 1-0
   G MacDonnell vs Steinitz, 1862 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   London (Vizayanagaram) (1883)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Dundee Congress 1867 by Calli

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GEORGE ALCOCK MACDONNELL (born Aug-16-1830, died Jun-03-1899) Ireland [what is this?] (Reverend) George Alcock MacDonnell born 1830 was an Irish player and author. He was 3rd= at Dundee 1867 and 3rd= at London 1872 and had a chess column in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. note: MacDonnell played on the teams of Em. Lasker / MacDonnell, Blackburne / Bird / MacDonnell, De Vere / MacDonnell, MacDonnell / Zukertort & G Macdonnell / Pollock. Wikipedia article: George Alcock MacDonnell

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G MacDonnell vs S Boden 1-0 28 1861 London (England) C51 Evans Gambit 2. G MacDonnell vs Steinitz 1-0 29 1862 London C44 King's Pawn Game 3. Mackenzie vs G MacDonnell 1-0 47 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C41 Philidor Defense 4. Owen vs G MacDonnell   0-1 52 1862 London A35 English, Symmetrical 5. G MacDonnell vs Mackenzie 1-0 49 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C50 Giuoco Piano 6. G MacDonnell vs Blackburne 1-0 50 1862 London C54 Giuoco Piano 7. Mackenzie vs G MacDonnell 1-0 36 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie B06 Robatsch 8. G MacDonnell vs Mackenzie 1-0 47 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C50 Giuoco Piano 9. G MacDonnell vs F Deacon 1-0 25 1862 London B40 Sicilian 10. G MacDonnell vs Steinitz ½-½ 41 1862 London (England) C51 Evans Gambit 11. Paulsen vs G MacDonnell   1-0 39 1862 London C30 King's Gambit Declined 12. G MacDonnell vs Mackenzie ½-½ 37 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie A10 English 13. G MacDonnell vs Anderssen ½-½ 27 1862 London C39 King's Gambit Accepted 14. Mackenzie vs G MacDonnell 0-1 64 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C41 Philidor Defense 15. G MacDonnell vs Anderssen 0-1 31 1862 London B40 Sicilian 16. J Robey vs G MacDonnell   0-1 46 1862 London C41 Philidor Defense 17. Mackenzie vs G MacDonnell 1-0 48 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie B06 Robatsch 18. G MacDonnell vs Anderssen 0-1 29 1862 ENG C51 Evans Gambit 19. G MacDonnell vs Mackenzie 0-1 28 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C42 Petrov Defense 20. G MacDonnell vs Hannah   0-1 37 1862 London C01 French, Exchange 21. V Green vs G MacDonnell 0-1 27 1862 London C41 Philidor Defense 22. G MacDonnell vs Mackenzie 0-1 27 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C01 French, Exchange 23. G MacDonnell vs Anderssen   1-0 37 1862 London C51 Evans Gambit 24. Mackenzie vs G MacDonnell 1-0 47 1862 MacDonnell-Mackenzie C41 Philidor Defense 25. G MacDonnell vs Mongredien 1-0 20 1862 London C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | MacDonnell wins | MacDonnell loses

May-12-05    InspiredByMorphy: According to this site http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/p... Born 1830 Died 1899 . In my opinion the following are notable games G MacDonnell vs Steinitz, 1862 G MacDonnell vs Blackburne, 1862 Blackburne vs G MacDonnell, 1867 G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1872 G MacDonnell vs S Hamel, 1867 Jun-26-05    sneaky pete: From the British Chess Magazine (1930): Although a distant member of the same family he should not be confused with Alexander MacDonnell, the illustrious rival of La Bourdonnais. Such was often the case in his early days. It is said that after playing Steinitz in the Dundee congress of 1867, the latter called one of his elders aside and whispered: "He is stronger now than he was when he played La Bourdonnais." G.A.MacDonnell was soon informed of this and wittily remarked: "That other MacDonnell has been living on my reputation ever since he died." Aug-16-06    biglo: Here is a picture of Rev George MacDonnell http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... May-22-09    keypusher: A very entertaining book by the Rev., with pen portraits of Steinitz, Zukertort, Blackburne, Bird, Mason, etc....and it's free. http://books.google.com/books?id=_G... Feb-28-10    Chessical: The Mackenzie - MacDonnell match of 1862 is featured here: Game Collection: MacDonnell - Mackenzie match 1862. Mar-17-11    Penguincw: Happy Birthday to Player of the Day,George Alock MacDonnell. Mar-17-11    chesstyro: nice move chess games. happy saint patricks day! Aug-16-11    Domdaniel: Ireland, 1830. - Well, that's decided. We'll call the boy 'George', in honour of their late majesties George I, George II, George III and George IV. And the Georgian Squares of Dublin. Name a boy after a square, he may become a decent chessplayer, what? - That's nice, dear. But what about a middle name? I thought 'Patrick' after my Uncle Pat? - Uncle Patrick Prunty? The clergyman who changed his name to Bronte and whose daughters write scandalous romantic novels? Never. It's a name for peasants, in any case. If you want the boy to be a Reverend, why not call him 'Alcock', eh? ... and George Alcock it was, Reverend and chessplayer.

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