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George Webb Medley
Number of games in database: 37
Years covered: 1849 to 1862

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (4)      C70 C62 C60 C65	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (6)      C01 C00

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Anderssen vs G W Medley, 1862 0-1
   G W Medley vs Morphy, 1859 1-0
   Morphy vs G W Medley, 1859 1/2-1/2
   G W Medley vs Morphy, 1858 1-0


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GEORGE WEBB MEDLEY (born Jul-31-1826, died Nov-29-1898, 72 years old) 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. Brother of John Racker Medley. notes: Either George or John Racker 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 W Medley vs J R Medley   1-0 51 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 2. G W Medley vs Bird 1-0 52 1849 London D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Bird vs G W Medley 1-0 63 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 4. E Lowe vs G W Medley 0-1 61 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament A02 Bird's Opening 5. G W Medley vs Bird 1-0 42 1849 London A13 English 6. G W Medley vs Bird 1-0 36 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 7. E Lowe vs G W Medley   ½-½ 63 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament A03 Bird's Opening 8. Bird vs G W Medley 0-1 29 1849 London C00 French Defense 9. Bird vs G W Medley 1-0 21 1849 London C00 French Defense 10. G W Medley vs E Lowe   1-0 39 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Bird vs G W Medley 0-1 24 1849 London m2 C01 French, Exchange 12. G W Medley vs Bird 1-0 47 1849 London D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. E Lowe vs G W Medley   1-0 59 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament A03 Bird's Opening 14. J R Medley vs G W Medley 0-1 38 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament C01 French, Exchange 15. Bird vs G W Medley 1-0 33 1849 London C00 French Defense 16. G W Medley vs Bird 1-0 53 1849 Ries' Divan Tournament C01 French, Exchange 17. Mongredien vs G W Medley 1-0 26 1850 London m C53 Giuoco Piano 18. G W Medley vs Mongredien 1-0 44 1850 London m C70 Ruy Lopez 19. Mongredien vs G W Medley 0-1 26 1850 London m D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 20. G W Medley vs Mongredien 1-0 44 1850 London m A02 Bird's Opening 21. G W Medley vs Mongredien 0-1 58 1850 London m C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 22. Anderssen vs G W Medley   1-0 22 1851 London C51 Evans Gambit 23. G W Medley vs Morphy 1-0 30 1858 London C51 Evans Gambit 24. Morphy vs G W Medley 1-0 23 1858 Casual Game C39 King's Gambit Accepted 25. G W Medley vs Morphy 0-1 25 1858 Casual Game C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense  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. Feb-01-16    Stonehenge: Some info on the Medley brothers: http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com... Feb-19-16    zanzibar: In <Morphy's Games of Chess> by Sergeant there is this ff on p147: <George W. Medley, secretary London CC; for some years Hon. Sec. BCA; ... Medley deserves great credit as the principle mover in the introduction of a time-limit for chess.>

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