Cook, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  377  1977 (100) 3
1873  365  1993 (98) 0
1874  360  2010 (95) 0
1875  353  2027 (92) 1
1876  342  2038 (89) 1
1877  310  2056 (86) 0
1878  296  2074 (83) 0
1879  266  2093 (78) 0
1880  263  2111 (71) 0
1881  271  2129 (61) 9
1882  259  2149 (61) 5
1883  241  2186 (65) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Cook, William  
Born: 1850
Died: 25 Aug. 1917
 
Notes:
The Chess Players' Chronicle of Jun. 1875 (p.284) has 'W. Cooke'.
 
References
Books
   Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 25
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 260, 958
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 75
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 178
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 108, 175, 524
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 93
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 118
   Zavatarelli, Gloomy Fate of Arthur Towle Marriott, page 73, 93
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 10, Nov. 1875, page 293
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 1, Feb. 1872, page 26
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 7, Feb. 1873, page 218
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 9, June 1875, page 284
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 6, Dec. 1870, page 188
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1622, 12 Nov. 1870, page 507
   [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1836, 31 Oct. 1874, page 427
   [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1858, 20 Mar. 1875, page 283
   [ILN], vol. 66, no. 1867, 22 May 1875, page 499
   [WDP], 12 Dec. 1904
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1874, page 123
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]
   Sericano, C.  [Leamington 1881]
   Winter, Edward.  [Royal Walkabouts]

Tournament data

Clifton 1872     Bristol and Clifton Married vs. Unmarried Members Match    
  Cook, W. - Tribe, W.     1 - 2    
Cheltenham 1875     Cheltenham - Clifton Club Match    
  Cook, W. - Fisher, B.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Cheltenham 1876 (1)     7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Cook, W. - Fisher, B.W.     0 - 1    
Leamington 1881     11th Counties Chess Association Meeting     4  /  9
Oxford 1882 (2)     Birmingham Club - Oxford University Club Match    
  Cook, W. - Wainwright, G.E.     0.5 - 1.5    
Birmingham 1882     Bristol and Clifton - Birmingham Club Match    
  Cook, W. - Fedden, N.     0.5 - 1.5    
Nottingham 1882 (4)     Nottingham - Birmingham Club Match    
  Cook, W. - Marriott, A.T.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1883 (1)     13th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Section A     3.5  /  6
Birmingham 1883 (3)     13th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I Play-offs    
  Cook, W. - Burn, A.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2022