Alexander McDonnell
Number of games in database: 111
Years covered: 1826 to 1835
Overall record: +36 -51 =14 (42.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      10 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (21)      B21 B32 B30  King's Gambit Accepted (15)      C33 C38 C37  Evans Gambit (8)      C51 C52  French (5)      C00 C11  French Defense (5)      C00 C11	With the Black pieces:  Evans Gambit (19)      C51 C52  Queen's Gambit Accepted (16)      D20  Giuoco Piano (6)      C53  Bishop's Opening (4)      C23

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 0-1
   La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 0-1
   McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 1-0
   McDonnell vs NN, 1830 1-0
   McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 1-0
   La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 1/2-1/2
   La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 0-1
   McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 1-0
   La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 1/2-1/2
   McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1 by gr2cae
   Blunder check: Alexander McDonnell by nimh
   Selected 19th century games by atrifix
   zumakal blunders archivadas5 by zumakal

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ALEXANDER MCDONNELL (born May-22-1798, died Sep-14-1835) United Kingdom [what is this?] Alexander McDonnell was born on the 22nd of May 1798 in Belfast, Ireland. A player of GM strength he initially studied chess under William Lewis in the 1820's and from June to October 1834 contested six matches against Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais. Although he lost by an overall score of (+27, =13, -45), the high standard of play did a great deal to raise the profile of chess both in France and England. McDonnell died in 1835 of Bright's Disease and is buried in Kensal Green cemetery in London.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Captain Evans vs McDonnell 1-0 20 1826 London C52 Evans Gambit 2. McDonnell vs NN 1-0 28 1828 England C38 King's Gambit Accepted 3. Captain Evans vs McDonnell 1-0 20 1829 London (England) C51 Evans Gambit 4. McDonnell vs NN 1-0 24 1830 Casual 000 Chess variants 5. NN vs McDonnell 0-1 52 1830 Casual C23 Bishop's Opening 6. McDonnell vs NN 1-0 24 1830 Casual C33 King's Gambit Accepted 7. W Fraser vs McDonnell 0-1 24 1830 MacDonnell vs. Fraser C53 Giuoco Piano 8. McDonnell vs NN 1-0 21 1830 Casual C30 King's Gambit Declined 9. McDonnell vs Harrison 1-0 22 1830 Casual 000 Chess variants 10. McDonnell vs NN 1-0 18 1830 Casual 000 Chess variants 11. McDonnell vs J Finch 1-0 15 1830 Casual C38 King's Gambit Accepted 12. McDonnell vs Popert 1-0 19 1830 England 000 Chess variants 13. McDonnell vs J Finch 1-0 26 1830 Casual C00 French Defense 14. McDonnell vs Alexander D'Arblay 1-0 27 1830 Casual C37 King's Gambit Accepted 15. McDonnell vs W Fraser ½-½ 74 1831 London m C00 French Defense 16. McDonnell vs W Fraser   1-0 37 1831 London m C00 French Defense 17. McDonnell vs W Fraser 1-0 37 1831 London m C53 Giuoco Piano 18. W Fraser vs McDonnell 1-0 54 1831 London m C53 Giuoco Piano 19. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 1-0 19 1834 London m4 ;HCL 18 C37 King's Gambit Accepted 20. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 0-1 20 1834 London m 20 C33 King's Gambit Accepted 21. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 0-1 55 1834 London B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 22. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 0-1 32 1834 London m4 ;HCL 18 B30 Sicilian 23. La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell 1-0 32 1834 Match C51 Evans Gambit 24. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 0-1 39 1834 London m3 ;HCL 18 C37 King's Gambit Accepted 25. La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell 0-1 42 1834 London m5 ;HCL 18 C51 Evans Gambit  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jul-17-05    Knight13: <It was the first match of any importance in the history of chess and is still referred to today as the World Championship of 1834> A mistake. Wikipedia must've had the wrong information or I copy-and-pasted from another page by accident. La Bourdonanis was the champ, though. Jul-23-05    Darklight: Is his last name "MacDonnell" or "McDonnell?" If I'm not mistaken, one spelling is Irish and the other is Scottish. Jul-23-05    Calli: <Darklight> The answer is both. Thats because two players have games listed here. The earlier player and Labourdannais opponent is Alexander McDonnell. The later games after 1835 are played by George Alcock MacDonnell. Nov-06-05    biglo: Technically he was born in Ireland rather than Northern Ireland as Northern Ireland did not appear for some 85 years approximately after his death. Nov-07-05    nikolaas: The games from 1961 and later might be played by George Alcock MacDonnell. Nov-07-05    Chessical: <Biglo> By citizenship he was British; by locality he was born in the North of Ireland; and this area became known as Northern Ireland after the negotiated partition of Ireland following the Civil War. Nov-15-05    biglo: I know Chessical I am Northern Irish :) My point is that I would not say that the Roman emperors were from Italy. Dec-03-05    WMD: <I think both he and LaBourdonnais are buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. I really should go down there and take some pictures because it is not far for me.> Did you? Jan-05-06    BIDMONFA: Alexander MacDonnell McDONELL, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/mcdonnell_a... _ Jan-29-06    Knight13: The man who lost to Bardonnais in the unoffical world championship. But played well enough! Jan-29-06    Steppenwolf: "La Bourdonnais". Like MacDonnel, not Donnel. Jan-29-06    Benzol: I wish <chessgames.com> would alter his name to McDonnell which is what it should be. Jan-29-06    Calli: <Benzol> You are right, however, I am just happy to see the games of George Alcock MacDonnell moved out of this page. It only took three years :-O Jan-29-06    offramp: <WMD: <I think both he and LaBourdonnais are buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. I really should go down there and take some pictures because it is not far for me.> Did you?> It's hareder than it sounds. I have even lost track of relatives' graves. I think I might need one of those Geosat things to help me find them. WMD you are a one! Feb-03-06    Cogano: Hi <Benzol>. I surely hope chessgame.com heeds your advice, lest the clan McDonnell take offence. You sure don't want to piss off a clan! LOL! Take very good care and have a great day. Cheers mate! Apr-08-06    Knight13: I'm trusting Benzol on this one. :) Apr-22-07    Knight13: McDonnel is nothing but a mad attacker. You'll probably beat this guy if you play an opening where attacking your opponent's king is not good. Try his patience, make his psychological thinking messed up. This guy has a "have-to-attack" disease. May-07-07    sleepyirv: Umm... if he died in 1835, how does he have games from 1837? May-08-07    SwitchingQuylthulg: The 1836 game is just a duplicate of a 1834 game (with slight, and apparently erroneous, changes in the game score). The 1837 game most likely just has wrong year, too. Jun-26-07    blackburne: Alexander McDonnell, the preromantic. Article in spanish with best games, biography, results in the web "Ajedrez de ataque". Article of McDonnell: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%2... Other romantic players: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%2... --------------- Jun-26-07    keypusher: <Alexander McDonnell, the preromantic.> You can say that again! --Mrs. McDonnell Jul-18-08    myschkin: e.g. Mikhail Bulgakov, the twentieth-century Russian author of the classic novel <The Master and Margarita> (Tip!), as well as various other novels and plays, died of Bright's Disease. Sep-19-08    Cactus: Watching his games, he certainly doesn't seem like a player 'of GM strength' as the bio says. Most games he'll have all kinds of moves that I can see at a glance are obviously bad, and this is especcially strange seeing as he sometimes took <hours> for one move (there were no time controls at the time). Nov-15-08    Fanacas: you do not now for wich move he thought long and for wich move he did not ^^ Jul-23-09    Knight13: I'm celebrating my 10000th kibitizing right here! < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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