Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1885 |
358 |
1951 | (98) | 7 |
| 1886 |
356 |
1967 | (99) | 0 |
| 1887 |
355 |
1984 | (100) | 0 |
| 1888 |
348 |
2000 | (99) | 0 |
| 1889 |
338 |
2016 | (99) | 0 |
| 1890 |
328 |
2033 | (97) | 0 |
| 1891 |
319 |
2049 | (94) | 0 |
| 1892 |
320 |
2066 | (91) | 8 |
| 1893 |
320 |
2059 | (98) | 0 |
| 1894 |
333 |
2053 | (104) | 0 |
| 1895 |
348 |
2047 | (110) | 0 |
| 1896 |
344 |
2040 | (114) | 0 |
| 1897 |
358 |
2034 | (119) | 0 |
| 1898 |
378 |
2028 | (123) | 0 |
| 1899 |
385 |
2021 | (126) | 0 |
| 1900 |
384 |
2015 | (129) | 0 |
| 1901 |
411 |
2009 | (132) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Thornton, George Howard |
| Born: 28 Apr. 1851 |
| Died: 30 Jan. 1920 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 425 |
| Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 253 |
| Rogers, New York State Chess Association, page 13 |
| van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 108 |
| Web |
| Hilbert, John S. [The Queen City: George Thornton and Early Buffalo Chess] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 4078. 'Thornton castling trap'] |
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