Bryan, Thomas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1843  46  2270 (67) 26
1844  47  2273 (76) 0
1845  53  2276 (81) 0
1846  58  2279 (86) 0
1847  57  2282 (89) 0
1848  56  2284 (91) 0
1849  68  2287 (91) 0
1850  71  2290 (91) 0
1851  71  2293 (90) 0
1852  63  2296 (87) 0
1853  70  2299 (84) 0
1854  69  2301 (78) 0
1855  70  2304 (71) 0
1856  69  2307 (62) 0
1857  70  2310 (48) 65
1858  84  2298 (61) 0
1859  93  2287 (71) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bryan, Thomas Jefferson  
Born: 1803
Died: 15 May 1870
 
Notes:
Hooper and Whyld give birth date as c1800; Gaige gives c1803. Spinrad gives 'Brian' from The Chess Player. Listed in error as 'Jefferson, B.T.' on Sarah's Morphy contenders page and her Sacrificial Morphy page. A 'Bryant' is listed as a member of the Cercle des Echecs in Paris in 1845, but I suspect this should be 'Bryan, T.' (Le Palamède, 1845, p.135).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 30, 35, 94
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 86, 510
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 56
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 47
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 51
   Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 70
Periodicals
   [BLL], 18 May 1845, page 4
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1858, page 29
   [CPC], vol. 5, no. 4, Apr. 1844, page 115
   [CPC], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1845, page 179, 187
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 7, 15 July 1843, page 329
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1845, page 135
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 9, 15 Sep. 1845, page 403
   [PDEB], 3 June 1870
   [TFF], 27 May 1870
Web
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sarah.  [The Sacrificial Morphy]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4259. Staunton v Saint Amant]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (1)         (f)     8.5   -   11.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (2)         (c)     5   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
Morphy, P.C. - Bryan, T.J. 1857 (1)         (c)     33.5   -   21.5      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight
Morphy, P.C. - Bryan, T.J. 1857 (2)         (c)     8   -   2      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of pawn and three moves
Morphy, P.C. - Bryan, T.J. 1859         (c)     2   -   1      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight

Player information updated: 5 May 2020