George Webb Medley
Number of games in database: 37
Years covered: 1849 to 1862
Overall record: +17 -15 =4 (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:  Ruy Lopez (4)      C65 C70 C62 C60	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (6)      C00 C01

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Anderssen vs G Medley, 1862 0-1
   G Medley vs Mongredien, 1850 1-0

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GEORGE WEBB MEDLEY (born 1826, died 1898) United Kingdom [what is this?] English player from London. In 1847, he lost a match with Daniel Harrwitz (+7-11=0). In 1848, he lost a match with Howard Staunton (+1-6=3). In 1849, he defeated Henry Edward Bird in a match (+4-2=0). In 1849, he took 2nd place at the Ries’ Divan knockout tournament in London. He had to beat his brother, John R, Medley, in the play-off for 2nd place. The winner was Henry Thomas Buckle. In 1850, he defeated Augustus Mongredien in a match (+3-2=0). In 1858, he lost a match to Paul Morphy in London (+2-3=0). In 1860, he lost a match to Ignatz Von Kolisch (+0-2-2). Against Medley, Ignatz Von Kolisch sometimes took two hours for three moves. After this match, there was a push to have a time limit in chess, which led to the introduction of sand glasses and clocks in chess. notes: Either George or J R Medley played consultation chess on the team of Lowenthal / Medley.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 37  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Medley vs Bird 1-0 53 1849 London ;HCL 34 C01 French, Exchange 2. G Medley vs Bird 1-0 42 1849 London A13 English 3. E Lowe vs G Medley 0-1 61 1849 London ;HCL 34 A02 Bird's Opening 4. Bird vs G Medley 1-0 21 1849 London C00 French Defense 5. Bird vs G Medley 1-0 63 1849 London ;HCL 34 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 6. Bird vs G Medley 0-1 29 1849 London C00 French Defense 7. E Lowe vs G Medley   ½-½ 63 1849 London ;HCL 34 A03 Bird's Opening 8. G Medley vs Bird 1-0 47 1849 London D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. G Medley vs Bird 1-0 36 1849 London ;HCL 34 A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 10. G Medley vs E Lowe   1-0 39 1849 London ;HCL 34 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Bird vs G Medley 0-1 24 1849 London m2 C01 French, Exchange 12. Bird vs G Medley 1-0 33 1849 London C00 French Defense 13. J R Medley vs G Medley 0-1 38 1849 London ;HCL 34 C01 French, Exchange 14. E Lowe vs G Medley   1-0 59 1849 London ;HCL 34 A03 Bird's Opening 15. G Medley vs Bird 1-0 52 1849 London D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. G Medley vs J R Medley   1-0 51 1849 London ;HCL 34 B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 17. G Medley vs Mongredien 0-1 58 1850 London m C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 18. Mongredien vs G Medley 1-0 26 1850 London m C53 Giuoco Piano 19. G Medley vs Mongredien 1-0 44 1850 London m C70 Ruy Lopez 20. Mongredien vs G Medley 0-1 26 1850 London m D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. G Medley vs Mongredien 1-0 44 1850 London m A02 Bird's Opening 22. Anderssen vs G Medley   1-0 22 1851 London C51 Evans Gambit 23. G Medley vs Morphy 0-1 25 1858 London C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 24. G Medley vs Morphy 0-1 39 1858 London C60 Ruy Lopez 25. G Medley vs Morphy 1-0 46 1858 London 000 Chess variants  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 37

Nov-14-04    Knight13: This guy beat Henry Bird! Jan-01-05    Knight13: He beat some very strong players like Anderssen, and Bird. Jul-23-05    Benzol: George Webb Medley. Mar-17-06    AlexanderMorphy: well this guy had a 6-3 record against Bird...must've been quite a good player! Jul-01-07    sneaky pete: Secretary of the London Chess Club, for some years Honorary Secretary of the BCA. From the British Chess Magazine, 1883: Mr. G. W. Medley, the late Liberal candidate for Mid-Surrey, withdrew from the active practice of chess while still in the prime of life in order to devote himself to more serious pursuits. As if there was any more serious business than chess ... Curious is that <late>, since Medley still had 15 years to live. Maybe he always kept people waiting at appointments. Oct-06-10    GrahamClayton: Here are a couple of interesting articles about Medley's wife and country house, plus photos of George: http://www.winsfordtrust.org.uk/tru... http://www.winsfordwalledgarden.com... Aug-21-12    Zyzz: He beat Paul Morphy too.

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