| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1856 | 215 | 1681 | (151) | 2 |  
  | 1857 | 228 | 1678 | (152) | 3 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Simpson, B. |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [BLL], 27 Aug. 1854, page 9 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 2, no. 3, Mar. 1854, page cover |  
   | [CPC], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1854, page 355 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1855, page cover |  
   | [Era], vol. 18, no. 922, 25 May 1856, page 12 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 30, no. 865, 20 June 1857, page 616 |  | Web |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1856: Leeds-Huddersfield Match] |  |  |