Cordner, Edward


Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1865  280  1941 (167) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Cordner, Edward James  
   Also known as: Rev. E.J. Cordner; Rev. E.I. Cordner
Born: 1795
Died: 13 Dec. 1870
 
Notes:
Di Felice and La Grande Storia degli Scacchi give the name of the player at Dublin 1865 as 'Cordner, Edward James'. The Irish Chess Union website gives 'E. Cordner'. Staunton, in the Illustrated London News of 7 Oct. 1865 (p.347) gives 'Rev. I.C. Cordner' at this event, but in the 28 Oct. 1865 issue he gives a game from the event attributed to 'E. Cordner', so presumably the 'I.C.' was an error. Sergeant has 'Rev. J.C. Cordner' at Dublin 1865, as does the Era of 1 Oct. 1865 (p.6). Edward James Cordner was a Reverend, which also suggests that 'Rev. I.C. Cordner' was really 'Rev. E.J. Cordner'. Staunton also has an 'E.I. Cordner' (28 Dec. 1867, p.722) or 'E.J. Cordner' (28 Jan. 1871, p.91) in later issues of the Illustrated London News. In the Chess World (Dec. 1865, p.304), Staunton has 'Rev. I. Cordner'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 76
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 108
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 139
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 6
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1866, page 22
   [Era], vol. 28, no. 1410, 1 Oct. 1865, page 6
   [Era], vol. 28, no. 1420, 10 Dec. 1865, page 4
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1675, 30 Oct. 1870, page 2
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1337, 7 Oct. 1865, page 347
   [ILN], vol. 47, no. 1340, 28 Oct. 1865, page 426
   [ILN], vol. 51, no. 1462, 28 Dec. 1867, page 722, 722
   [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1634, 28 Jan. 1871, page 91
   [NYC], 11 Feb. 1871
   [WP], vol. 3, no. 33, 1 Jan. 1871, page 138
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Dublin 1865]

Tournament data

Dublin 1865     Dublin Masters Tournament     1  /  4


Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022