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Parratt, Walter

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1859  112  2211 (65) 9 1860  118  2183 (57) 29 1861  116  2207 (64) 2 1862  107  2213 (69) 0 1863  103  2219 (71) 0 1864  98  2224 (71) 5 1865  93  2237 (74) 0 1866  89  2249 (75) 4 1867  79  2263 (78) 0 1868  71  2278 (80) 0 1869  64  2292 (80) 2 1870  70  2289 (83) 0 1871  68  2287 (84) 1 1872  71  2284 (85) 0 1873  77  2282 (85) 2 1874  86  2263 (87) 3 1875  91  2255 (95) 0 1876  89  2247 (101) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Parratt, Walter      Also known as: Sir Walter Parratt Born: 10 Feb. 1841 Died: 27 Mar. 1924   Notes: Spinrad says obituary appeared August 4, 1892, but Gaige gives death date 27-03-1924.   References Books    Forster, Amos Burn, page 966    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 320    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 294, 296, 303, 344    Whyld, English Tournaments, page 12 Periodicals    [CPC], vol. 1, June 1859, page 190    [CPC], vol. 2, Mar. 1860, page 85    [CPM], vol. 2, July 1864, page 205    [CPQC], vol. 1, Aug. 1869, page 246    [Era], vol. 26, 5 June 1864, page 5    [Era], vol. 31, 13 June 1869, page 7    [ILN], vol. 30, 16 May 1857, page 472    [ILN], vol. 36, 18 Feb. 1860, page 166    [ILN], vol. 36, 2 June 1860, page 542    [ILN], vol. 40, 4 Jan. 1862, page 30    [ILN], vol. 44, 11 June 1864, page 579    [ILN], vol. 54, 12 June 1869, page 603    [ILN], vol. 64, 21 Mar. 1874, page 283    [ILN], vol. 66, 13 Feb. 1875, page 163    [ILN], vol. 68, 11 Mar. 1876, page 263 Web    Harding, Tim.  [The First Oxford-Cambridge University Match], page 5    Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Thomas and Walter Parratt]    Priestley, Edgar.  [A 'Pride Of Huddersfield' Man]    Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [When Blindfold Chess Became Easy], page 10    [History of the Huddersfield Chess Club]

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

Parratt, W. - Shepherd, E. 1859	(c)	2	-	0
Parratt, W. - Werner, M.G.E. 1859	(c)	1	-	0
Parratt, W. - Young, J.W. (2) 1859	(c)	2.5	-	0.5
Parratt, W. - Robinson, W.L. 1859	(c)	1	-	0
Watkinson, J. - Parratt, W. 1860	(f)	9	-	5	Watkinson, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Werner, M.G.E. - Parratt, W. 1860	(f)	8	-	6
Parratt, W. - Skipworth, A.B. 1869	(f)	2	-	0

Tournament data

Huddersfield and Manchester 1859	4th West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting
	Parratt, W. - Cadman, R.	1 - 0
	Parratt, W. - Thorold, E.	0 - 1
Bradford 1860 (2)	West Yorkshire Chess Association Tournament - Leading Section
	Parratt, W. - Thorold, E.	0 - 1
Leeds 1861 (1)	West Yorkshire Chess Association Tournament
	Parratt, W. - Cadman, R.	1 - 0
	Parratt, W. - Thorold, E.	1 - 0
Worcester, England 1864	Worcester Club - Worcestershire County Match
	Parratt, W. - Zachary, F.D.	2 - 1
Huddersfield 1864 (2)	West Yorkshire Chess Association - 1st Class Tournament
	Parratt, W. - Marsden, D.	1 - 0
	Parratt, W. - Latham, T.S.	0 - 1
Worcester, England 1866	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Parratt, W. - Kempson, S.G.	2 - 0
Birmingham 1866 (1)	Birmingham - Worcester Club Match
	Parratt, W. - Earnshaw, S.W.	1 - 1
Bradford 1871	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Parratt, W. - Steinkuhler, A.	1 - 0
London 1873	1st Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	Parratt, W. - de Soyres, J.	2 - 0
London 1874 (1)	2nd Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	Parratt, W. - de Soyres, J.	1 - 2
Oxford 1876	Oxford University Club - Birmingham Club Match
	Parratt, W. - Ryder, J.F.	1 - 0

Player information updated: 27 Mar. 2018