| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1892 | 372 | 2129 | (78) | 10 |  
  | 1893 | 384 | 2123 | (81) | 1 |  
  | 1894 | 395 | 2117 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 1895 | 413 | 2112 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 415 | 2107 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 437 | 2101 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 473 | 2096 | (80) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 490 | 2090 | (76) | 10 |  
  | 1900 | 504 | 2092 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1901 | 523 | 2093 | (92) | 0 |  
  | 1902 | 538 | 2095 | (97) | 0 |  
  | 1903 | 542 | 2096 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 1904 | 561 | 2098 | (107) | 0 |  
  | 1905 | 568 | 2099 | (110) | 0 |  
  | 1906 | 565 | 2100 | (113) | 0 |  
  | 1907 | 568 | 2102 | (116) | 0 |  
  | 1908 | 581 | 2103 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1909 | 608 | 2105 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1910 | 604 | 2106 | (121) | 0 |  
  | 1911 | 635 | 2108 | (122) | 0 |  
  | 1912 | 627 | 2109 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 1913 | 624 | 2111 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 1914 | 600 | 2112 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 1915 | 566 | 2113 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 1916 | 563 | 2115 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 1917 | 564 | 2116 | (122) | 0 |  
  | 1918 | 571 | 2118 | (121) | 0 |  
  | 1919 | 576 | 2119 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1920 | 613 | 2121 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1921 | 651 | 2122 | (116) | 0 |  
  | 1922 | 673 | 2124 | (113) | 0 |  
  | 1923 | 731 | 2125 | (110) | 0 |  
  | 1924 | 749 | 2126 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1925 | 764 | 2128 | (102) | 7 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Thrift, William Edward |  
   | Born: 28 Feb. 1870 |  
   | Died: 23 Apr. 1942 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Harding discusses W.E. Thrift briefly in his article 'Dublin University Chess Club'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 339 |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 970 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 425 |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 218 |  | Web |  
   | Sericano, C.  [Dublin 1892] |  
   | [Dictionary of Irish Biography] |  
   | [Irish Championship, Dublin, 1892] |  |  |