Yarranton, Thomas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  171  2068 (122) 3
1859  185  2062 (118) 0
1860  199  2057 (114) 0
1861  219  2051 (110) 0
1862  230  2046 (104) 0
1863  231  2040 (98) 0
1864  246  2035 (91) 3
1865  256  2041 (88) 0
1866  271  2048 (83) 3
1867  255  2056 (82) 3
1868  249  2074 (82) 0
1869  234  2092 (81) 0
1870  233  2110 (79) 0
1871  232  2128 (74) 6
1872  236  2128 (71) 0
1873  229  2128 (66) 7
1874  233  2126 (65) 2
1875  224  2148 (64) 0
1876  202  2169 (60) 3
1877  176  2187 (56) 12
1878  207  2153 (64) 3
1879  222  2137 (70) 0
1880  261  2121 (74) 0
1881  308  2105 (76) 0
1882  341  2089 (75) 2
1883  385  2076 (76) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Yarranton, Thomas Cook  
   Also known as: Rev. Thomas Cook Yarranton
Born: 4 Apr. 1820
Died: 14 Nov. 1887
 
Notes:
Name given as 'Yarrington, Rev. T.C.' in the Illustrated London News of 3 Jan. 1874 (p.23), and 'Rev. T.C. Yaranton' in the Era of 28 Feb. 1858 (p.5). The Chess Player's Chronicle of June 1873 (p.281) has both 'Rev. T.C. Yarrington' and 'Rev. T.E. Yarrington'. The Chess Player's Chronicle of Apr. 1874 (p.56) has 'Rev. C.T. Yarranton'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 472
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 143
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 9, June 1873, page 281
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 10, Aug. 1873, page 307
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 56, 64ii
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 5, 1 May 1867, page 156
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 9, June 1871, page 281, 284
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1867, page 67
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 1014, 28 Feb. 1858, page 5
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1717, 20 Aug. 1871, page 7
   [Fld], 3 June 1876
   [ILN], vol. 44, no. 1256, 23 Apr. 1864, page 403
   [ILN], vol. 52, no. 1487, 13 June 1868, page 595
   [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1758, 10 May 1873, page 451
   [ILN], vol. 62, no. 1763, 14 June 1873, page 571
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1793, 3 Jan. 1874, page 23
   [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1813, 23 May 1874, page 499
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1987, 11 Aug. 1877, page 143
   [NYC], 6 July 1867

Tournament data

Stourbridge 1858     Stourbridge - Kidderminster Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Harrison, C.     3 - 0    
Worcester, England 1864     Worcester Club - Worcestershire County Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Gillam, J.F.     0.5 - 2.5    
Birmingham 1866 (1)     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Zachary, F.D.     1 - 2    
Birmingham 1867     Birmingham - Stourbridge and Wolverhampton Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Lyttelton, G.W.     2 - 1    
Birmingham or Leamington (?) 1868     Birmingham - Leamington Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Gowan, W.G.M.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1871     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Hooper, F.A.     1 - 3    
Wolverhampton 1871     Wolverhampton and Stourbridge Clubs - Birmingham Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Eagles, H.     2 - 0    
Worcester, England 1873     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Drew, F.R.     0 - 2    
Birmingham 1873 (1)     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Ranken, C.E.     0 - 2    
Birmingham 1873 (2)     Birmingham - Stourbridge Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Franklin, J.W.     3 - 0    
Birmingham 1874 (1)     Birmingham - Cheltenham Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Coates, W.     0 - 2    
Birmingham 1876     Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Coker, J.     1 - 1    
Malvern 1876     Birmingham - Worcester Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Drew, F.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Birmingham 1877 (1)     Counties Chess Association - 1st Class     5.5  /  10
  Yarranton, T.C. - Pierpoint, E.P.     1 - 0    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Minchin, C.C.     1 - 0    
Birmingham (?) 1878     Dudley and Stourbridge - Birmingham Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Mainwaring, G.H.     0.5 - 2.5    
Birmingham 1882     Bristol and Clifton - Birmingham Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Berry, W.     1 - 0    
Nottingham 1882 (4)     Nottingham - Birmingham Club Match    
  Yarranton, T.C. - Marriott, E.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1883 (2)     13th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Section B     1.5  /  7


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025