Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1860 |
35 |
2446 | (82) | 14 |
| 1861 |
41 |
2428 | (87) | 0 |
| 1862 |
49 |
2410 | (91) | 0 |
| 1863 |
48 |
2392 | (94) | 0 |
| 1864 |
58 |
2374 | (95) | 0 |
| 1865 |
65 |
2355 | (96) | 0 |
| 1866 |
70 |
2337 | (96) | 3 |
| 1867 |
77 |
2329 | (95) | 0 |
| 1868 |
83 |
2321 | (94) | 0 |
| 1869 |
88 |
2313 | (91) | 0 |
| 1870 |
91 |
2305 | (87) | 0 |
| 1871 |
98 |
2297 | (82) | 0 |
| 1872 |
103 |
2290 | (76) | 6 |
| 1873 |
103 |
2288 | (77) | 7 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Gocher, John |
| Born: |
| Died: |
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| Notes: |
| John Gocher is given as the contact person (and therefore Secretary) for the Ipswich and Suffolk Chess club in the 16 Jan. 1858 issue of the Illustrated London News (p.67). In the 20 Oct. 1860 issue (p.380), the Secretary of the Ipswich Club is given as Thomas Gocher ('we believe'). This might be an error for John Gocher, but the latter had a brother and a father both named Thomas, as well as a brother named Charles (from census information via Tim Harding). The Chess Player's Chronicle of Oct. 1859 (p.301) says the president of the Ipswich Club was 'Grochey', probably a corruption of Gocher. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 225 |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 926, 960 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 112 |
| Hindle, Mystery of Edward Pindar, page 49, 71 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 109 |
| Periodicals |
| [CdC], no. 5683, 14 Nov. 1873, page 3 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1859, page 301 |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 22, Oct. 1860, page 305 |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 24, Dec. 1860, page 380 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 71 |
| [CW], vol. 1, no. 2, Apr. 1865, page 49 |
| [Era], vol. 20, no. 1010, 31 Jan. 1858, page 4 |
| [Era], vol. 28, no. 1427, 28 Jan. 1866, page 4 |
| [IJ], no. 7161, 8 Nov. 1873, page 8 |
| [ILN], vol. 32, no. 898, 16 Jan. 1858, page 67 |
| [ILN], vol. 46, no. 1322, 1 July 1865, page 643 |
| [Sph], vol. 1, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1865, page 113 |
| Web |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 4903. The Balaclava Charge] |
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