Punchard, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  317  2009 (90) 14
1872  345  1999 (94) 0
1873  355  1989 (98) 0
1874  391  1979 (101) 0
1875  420  1969 (103) 0
1876  420  1959 (105) 0
1877  414  1949 (105) 0
1878  428  1939 (106) 0
1879  426  1929 (105) 0
1880  466  1919 (104) 0
1881  549  1910 (103) 0
1882  592  1900 (100) 0
1883  660  1890 (97) 0
1884  744  1880 (93) 4
1885  710  1880 (94) 0
1886  714  1880 (95) 0
1887  695  1880 (94) 0
1888  700  1880 (93) 0
1889  681  1880 (91) 0
1890  719  1881 (87) 0
1891  719  1881 (82) 0
1892  763  1881 (76) 11
1893  791  1885 (79) 0
1894  808  1889 (79) 0
1895  803  1893 (78) 0
1896  803  1897 (75) 5
1897  820  1891 (73) 8
1898  836  1884 (79) 0
1899  869  1876 (83) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Punchard, Charles  
Born: 14 Mar. 1833
Died: 8 Jan. 1905
 
Notes:
Full name from correspondence from David Cohen. Yanofsky has 'M. Princhard'? Wright has 'Punchard, J.' at Toronto 1892, but 'Punchard, Charles' at Orillia 1897. I guess that these are actually the same and that the initial 'J.' was an error.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 39, 184
Periodicals
   [TG], vol. 28, 18 Aug. 1871, page 3
   [TG], vol. 53, no. 14777, 30 June 1897, page 10
   [TG], vol. 53, no. 14778, 1 July 1897, page 8
   [TG], 9 Jan. 1905, page 5
Web
   Wright, Stephen.  [Early Canadian Championships]
   [Charles Leslie Punchard (1833 - 1905)]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Piper, T.H.J.D. - Punchard, C. 1896         (f)     4   -   1

Tournament data

Toronto 1871     Toronto Chess Club Tournament     15.5  /  24
Ottawa 1884     12th Canadian Championship Tournament     3  /  5
Toronto 1892     19th Canadian Championship Tournament     3  /  11
Orillia 1897 (1)     22nd Canadian Championship Tournament     3.5  /  8
Montreal 1899 (1)     24th Canadian Championship     1  /  6


Player information updated: 18 Mar. 2024