Avery, Thomas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1856  166  2023 (116) 6
1857  169  2031 (114) 0
1858  184  2040 (112) 3
1859  199  2041 (112) 0
1860  213  2042 (111) 0
1861  227  2042 (110) 0
1862  239  2043 (108) 0
1863  233  2044 (106) 0
1864  241  2045 (103) 0
1865  257  2045 (100) 0
1866  279  2046 (95) 5
1867  281  2031 (95) 0
1868  300  2016 (94) 0
1869  310  2000 (92) 0
1870  340  1985 (88) 0
1871  386  1970 (84) 3
1872  385  1980 (82) 0
1873  377  1990 (80) 6
1874  370  2004 (82) 1
1875  387  2007 (85) 0
1876  378  2011 (86) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Avery, Thomas  
Born: 1813
Died: 17 Feb. 1894
 
Notes:
Gaige gives year of birth as 1813; Sergeant says he was 81 when he died on 17 Feb. 1894.
 
References
Books
   Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5, 39, 40
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 519
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 17
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 243
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 13
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 99, 222
Periodicals
   [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1853, page 154
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 89
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 9, June 1873, page 281
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 10, Aug. 1873, page 307
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 64ii
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 109
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 277, 284
   [Era], vol. 17, no. 876, 8 July 1855, page 6
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1717, 20 Aug. 1871, page 7
   [Fld], 3 Apr. 1875
   [Fld], 3 June 1876
   [ILN], vol. 27, no. 752, 14 July 1855, page 43
   [ILN], vol. 33, no. 925, 3 July 1858, page 14
   [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204
   [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1646, 22 Apr. 1871, page 411
   [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1758, 10 May 1873, page 451
Web
   Sarah.  [The Birmingham Meeting]
   Sarah.  [Morphy - Thomas Avery]
   Sarah.  [Paul Goes to England]
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Tournament data

Birmingham 1856     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Wood, John (2)     3 - 0    
Worcester, England 1856     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Lyttelton, G.W.     2 - 1    
Birmingham 1858 (1)     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Lyttelton, G.W.     3 - 0    
Worcester, England 1866     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Wood, John (2)     2 - 0    
Birmingham 1866 (1)     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Lyttelton, G.W.     3 - 0    
Birmingham 1871     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Eld, F.J.     0 - 3    
Worcester, England 1873     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Anthony, E.     0.5 - 2.5    
Birmingham 1873 (1)     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Lyttelton, G.W.     2 - 1    
Birmingham 1874 (1)     Birmingham - Cheltenham Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Philson     1 - 0    
Birmingham 1876     Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Meredith, S.R.     2 - 1    
Malvern 1876     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Avery, T. - Wood, John (2)     2 - 1    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023