Cochrane, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1817  1  2262 (124) 3
1818  3  2277 (118) 0
1819  3  2292 (111) 0
1820  6  2307 (104) 5
1821  8  2323 (100) 28
1822  8  2318 (102) 3
1823  8  2327 (105) 0
1824  8  2336 (108) 0
1825  7  2345 (110) 0
1826  7  2354 (112) 0
1827  7  2363 (113) 0
1828  9  2372 (114) 0
1829  9  2381 (114) 0
1830  9  2390 (113) 0
1831  9  2399 (113) 0
1832  11  2408 (111) 0
1833  11  2417 (110) 0
1834  13  2426 (107) 0
1835  13  2435 (104) 0
1836  12  2444 (101) 0
1837  13  2453 (96) 0
1838  14  2462 (91) 0
1839  15  2471 (84) 0
1840  13  2480 (76) 0
1841  13  2489 (65) 0
1842  14  2498 (51) 110
1843  11  2515 (49) 46
1844  10  2510 (63) 0
1845  15  2506 (73) 0
1846  16  2501 (80) 0
1847  16  2496 (85) 0
1848  17  2492 (90) 0
1849  21  2487 (93) 6
1850  26  2453 (95) 25
1851  31  2445 (101) 0
1852  30  2436 (107) 0
1853  34  2428 (112) 0
1854  33  2420 (116) 0
1855  37  2412 (120) 0
1856  37  2403 (123) 0
1857  43  2395 (126) 0
1858  45  2387 (129) 0
1859  50  2379 (132) 0
1860  54  2370 (134) 0
1861  59  2362 (136) 0
1862  59  2354 (137) 0
1863  59  2346 (139) 0
1864  66  2337 (140) 0
1865  64  2329 (141) 0
1866  66  2321 (142) 0
1867  74  2313 (143) 0
1868  81  2304 (143) 0
1869  86  2296 (144) 0
1870  92  2288 (144) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Cochrane, John  
Born: 4 Feb. 1798
Died: 2 Mar. 1878
 
Notes:
Golombek gives death date 02-01-1878. Sarah's first Cochrane web page gives death date 03-03-1878. The Illustrated London News of 16 Mar. 1878 (p.255) gives death date as 04-03-1878. Taylor and Gaige give death date 02-03-1878.
 
References
Books
   Edinburgh Club, Games of London-Edinburgh Match, page 4
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 77
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 166, 957
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 73
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 76
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 42, 357
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 255, 264
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 69
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Murray, History of Chess, page 878
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 26, 175
   Taylor, Chess Skirmishes, page 151
   Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 63
Periodicals
   [BLL], 23 Aug. 1835, page 2
   [BLL], 9 Dec. 1838, page 2
   [BLL], 30 Apr. 1843, page 2
   [BLL], 28 Apr. 1844, page 2
   [BLL], no. 2481, 2 June 1869, page 7
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 161
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 15, 7 Aug. 1841, page 234
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1843, page 77
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1843, page 127
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 318
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 88
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Aug. 1874, page 118
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 11, Oct. 1871, page 343
   [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1544, 19 June 1869, page 627
   [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1545, 26 June 1869, page 651
   [ILN], vol. 59, no. 1665, 19 Aug. 1871, page 163
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1987, 11 Aug. 1877, page 143
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2020, 16 Mar. 1878, page 255
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 7, Feb. 1850, page 104
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Dec. 1841, page 45
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 2, 15 Jan. 1842, page 80
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 5, 15 May 1843, page 230
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 120
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
Web
   Minev, Nikolay.  [The Legacy of John Cochrane]
   Sarah.  [The Cochranes]
   Sarah.  [John Cochrane]
   Sarah.  [State of Chess in 1838]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Forgotten Masters 3: John Cochrane]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 11896. Midshipman John Cochrane]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Cochrane, J. - Harvey, J. (1) 1817         (s)     2   -   1
Mouret, J.F. - Cochrane, J. 1820         (c)     3.5   -   1.5      Mouret, J.F. gave odds of pawn and move
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - Cochrane, J. 1821         (s)     3   -   3
Lewis, W. - Cochrane, J. 1822         (f)     2   -   1      Lewis, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1842         (c)     6.5   -   4.5
Walker, G. (1) - Cochrane, J. 1842         (c)     53   -   41
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1842         (s)     4   -   1
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (1)         (f)     14   -   4
Cochrane, J. - Walker, G. (1) 1843         (c)     8   -   5
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (2)         (f)     3.5   -   3.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (3)         (f)     2   -   4
Buckle, H.T. - Cochrane, J. 1843         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Cochrane, J. - Bannerjee, M. 1849         (c)     6   -   0
Cochrane, J. - Bannerjee, M. 1850         (f)     14.5   -   10.5
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1870         (c)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Paris 1821     'Pools'     2  /  22      odds player in pawn and two moves class

Player information updated: 6 Apr. 2023