Edo Historical Chess Ratings



Worrall, Thomas





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  92  2181 (71) 12
1857  77  2225 (67) 0
1858  61  2270 (60) 15
1859  65  2257 (65) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Worrall, Thomas Herbert  
Born: 1807
Died: 6 Sep. 1878
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 30
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 512, 530
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 470
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 380
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 451
Periodicals
   [ILN], vol. 29, 6 Dec. 1856, page 577
   [ILN], vol. 29, 13 Dec. 1856, page 605
   [ILN], vol. 32, 6 Feb. 1858, page 147
   [ILN], vol. 32, 20 Feb. 1858, page 195
   [ILN], vol. 37, 21 July 1860, page 68
   [ILN], vol. 40, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204
   [ILN], vol. 45, 5 Nov. 1864, page 475
   [QR], vol. 85, 1849, page 95
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The First Women's Championship: The Decisive Rounds], page 1
   Sarah.  [Paul Meets Anderssen]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Thomas, W.R.  [Captain William Evans], page 3

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Staunton, H. - Worrall, T.H. 1856         (f)     8   -   4      Staunton, H. gave odds of a rook
Morphy, P.C. - Worrall, T.H. 1858         (c)     8   -   7      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight
Morphy, P.C. - Worrall, T.H. 1859         (f)     7   -   2      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight