Trenchard, Herbert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  330  2137 (57) 9
1885  321  2147 (50) 5
1886  306  2161 (41) 25
1887  292  2171 (43) 18
1888  259  2200 (47) 3
1889  217  2245 (44) 12
1890  175  2282 (44) 10
1891  166  2290 (42) 11
1892  164  2296 (40) 20
1893  158  2298 (43) 7
1894  166  2297 (43) 14
1895  160  2300 (46) 0
1896  155  2304 (38) 28
1897  151  2300 (37) 21
1898  195  2277 (38) 38
1899  209  2274 (51) 1
1900  202  2273 (57) 2
1901  186  2285 (60) 0
1902  175  2297 (59) 2
1903  175  2301 (56) 1
1904  158  2316 (49) 17
1905  191  2302 (57) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Trenchard, Herbert William  
Born: 8 Sep. 1857
Died: 15 Apr. 1934
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 318
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 585, 970
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 430
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 153
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 354, 375, 581
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 336
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 278
Periodicals
   [PMG], 18 Dec. 1900, page 10
Web
   Haddrell, Richard.  [Who Was Who?]
   Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13
   Jones, Robert H.  [No 7 Samuel Passmore]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Loman, R.J. - Trenchard, H.W. 1894         (f)     8   -   5
Trenchard, H.W. - Mortimer, J. 1896         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Trenchard, H.W. - Jacobs, H.L. 1896         (f)     5   -   5
Trenchard, H.W. - Jacobs, H.L. 1897         (f)     4.5   -   6.5

Tournament data

London, England 1884 (10)     Simpson's Divan Handicap - Section B     5  /  9      odds player in pawn and two moves class
London, England 1885 (7)     British Chess Association - Tennyson Prize Tournament     2  /  5
Paris 1886 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Lutscher, A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1886 (6)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Tennyson Prize Tourney     3  /  7
London, England 1886 (7)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship Tourney     9.5  /  18
London, England 1887 (3)     British Chess Club Handicap     9  /  15      odds player in pawn and two moves class
London, England 1887 (6)     3rd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship, Section B     2.5  /  5
London, England 1888 (2)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Pearse, A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1888 (4)     Cambridge University - British Chess Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Schott, G.A.     0 - 1    
Paris 1888 (3)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Goetz, A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1889 (4)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Plunkett, H.C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1889 (7)     British Amateur Championship     8  /  11
Paris 1890 (2)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Oberndorffer, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Cambridge 1890 (1)     Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Division 1     6  /  9
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Heppell, J.T.     1 - 0    
Paris 1891     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Didier, L.     1 - 0    
Oxford 1891 (1)     Counties Chess Association - Class I, Division I     4.5  /  9
Brighton 1892 (1)     Counties Chess Association Tournament     5  /  8
London, England 1892 (7)     7th British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship     6.5  /  12
Woodhall Spa 1893 (1)     Counties Chess Association - Class I, Section A     4  /  7
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Downey, F.T.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Hooke, G.A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (7)     London Tournament     3  /  5
London, England 1897 (1)     Cable Team Selection Tournament     5  /  8
London, England 1897 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Ballard, W.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and Leeds 1897     City of London Club - Yorkshire Chess Association Telephone Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Wildman, F.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Galbreath, J.A.     1 - 0    
London, England 1898 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Jackson, E.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1898 (3)     Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier     5  /  36
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Baird, D.G.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
London, England (?) 1900     City of London - Oxford and Cambridge University Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Ure, J.F.F.W.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Delmar, E. (1)     1 - 0    
London, England 1902 (3)     City of London Club - Universities Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Softlaw, H.G.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Voigt, H.G.     0 - 1    
Taunton 1904     Devon - Somerset Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Passmore, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1904 (2)     14th City of London Club Championship     10  /  15
London, England 1904 (3)     City of London Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Lund, H.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Copenhagen 1905     Hastings Club - Copenhagen Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Giersing, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1905 (4)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Trenchard, H.W. - Gattie, W.M.     1 - 0    
London, England 1905 (5)     15th City of London Club Championship     8.5  /  14

Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025