Wilson, Thomas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1877  492  1875 (89) 2
1878  476  1894 (82) 2
1879  442  1919 (75) 3
1880  440  1947 (71) 0
1881  473  1975 (64) 7
1882  467  1994 (64) 2
1883  462  2028 (62) 7
1884  423  2069 (64) 3
1885  387  2092 (66) 1
1886  362  2106 (67) 2
1887  361  2113 (68) 2
1888  376  2102 (70) 2
1889  372  2099 (73) 1
1890  413  2085 (76) 2
1891  434  2074 (80) 0
1892  485  2063 (83) 1
1893  497  2061 (86) 1
1894  525  2057 (91) 1
1895  531  2056 (96) 0
1896  524  2055 (100) 0
1897  531  2054 (103) 1
1898  576  2046 (108) 0
1899  598  2039 (112) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Wilson, Thomas Bright  
Born: 24 July 1843
Died: 28 Nov. 1915
 
Notes:
The British Chess Magazine of Feb. 1883 (p.68) has 'I.B. Wilson', which I take to be an error for 'T.B. Wilson'. Gaige gives date of death as 28-11-1915; Hooper and Whyld, and Sarah give 1915; Harding, in both his biographies of Blackburne and Steinitz, gives 1898. Steve Mann gives a detailed account of his life from birth, death and census records, giving his death as 28-11-1915, so it seems Harding has erred in this case.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 971
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 465
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 190, 582
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 306
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 68
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 186
   Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 84
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1883, page 68
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2008, 22 Dec. 1877, page 606
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1878: Bradford v Manchester Athenaeum]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Sheffield & DCA v Manchester CA]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Thomas Bright Wilson]
   Sarah.  [Joseph Henry Blackburne]

Tournament data

Liverpool 1877 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Wood, J.M.     0 - 2    
Bradford 1878     Bradford - Manchester Athenaeum Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Mielziner, E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leeds 1879     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Fawcett, J.A.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1879     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Taylor, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Derby 1881     Manchester Athenaeum - Nottingham Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Mellor, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leeds 1881 (2)     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Bilborough, A.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1881 (1)     Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Hussey, E.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Stafford 1881     Birmingham - Manchester Athenaeum Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Wildman, F.P.     0.5 - 1.5    
Manchester 1881 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Beakbane, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Sheffield 1882 (1)     Wesley College - Penistone Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Shendler, R.     0 - 2    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Philip, R.H.     1 - 1    
Manchester 1883     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Beakbane, A.     1 - 1    
Sheffield 1883 (2)     Sheffield and District - Manchester Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Carr-Smith, J.     1 - 1    
Leeds 1883 (3)     Manchester Athenaeum - Hull Church Institute Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Farrow, G.W.     1 - 0    
Derby 1884     Manchester - Nottingham Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Marriott, T.W.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Howell, A.     1 - 1    
Liverpool 1885     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Hvistendahl, A.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1886 (1)     Manchester Athenaeum - Nottingham Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Mellor, E.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1886 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Beakbane, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bradford 1887 (2)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Whitley, P.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1887 (3)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Wellington, S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1888 (1)     Manchester and District - Liverpool and District Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Wellington, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1888     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Leather, R.K.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1889 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Wellington, S.     1 - 0    
London, England 1890 (3)     British Chess Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Frankenstein, E.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1890 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Rutherford, W.W.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1892     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Kaizer, M.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - van Gelder, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Gunston, W.H.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1897 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Ferguson, G.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1899     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Wilson, T.B. - Dawbarn, C.Y.C.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022