Trenchard, Herbert




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  331  2134 (57) 9
1885  320  2144 (50) 5
1886  300  2158 (41) 25
1887  287  2168 (43) 18
1888  251  2197 (47) 3
1889  212  2242 (44) 12
1890  174  2279 (44) 10
1891  162  2287 (42) 11
1892  163  2293 (40) 20
1893  156  2296 (43) 7
1894  165  2294 (43) 14
1895  158  2297 (46) 0
1896  155  2300 (38) 28
1897  151  2296 (37) 21
1898  192  2273 (38) 38
1899  206  2270 (51) 1
1900  200  2269 (57) 2
1901  186  2281 (60) 0
1902  173  2293 (59) 2
1903  175  2297 (56) 1
1904  156  2311 (49) 17
1905  193  2297 (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