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Parratt, Walter

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1859  112  2211 (65) 9 1860  120  2184 (57) 29 1861  120  2210 (64) 2 1862  110  2219 (69) 0 1863  100  2227 (71) 0 1864  98  2235 (70) 5 1865  88  2250 (73) 0 1866  82  2264 (74) 4 1867  77  2281 (78) 0 1868  64  2298 (79) 0 1869  60  2314 (79) 2 1870  60  2316 (81) 0 1871  60  2317 (82) 1 1872  62  2320 (82) 0 1873  64  2323 (81) 4 1874  69  2299 (84) 3 1875  81  2289 (93) 0 1876  81  2280 (99) 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. The Liverpool Mercury of 25 May 1871 (p.3) has 'Porratt'. The Chess Player's Chronicle of Dec. 1873 (p.377) has 'U. Parratt'.   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    [CPC], vol. 3, Dec. 1873, page 377    [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    [HCM], vol. 1, Apr. 1873, page 136    [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    [LiM], 25 May 1871, page 3 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, England 1873 (1)	1st Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	Parratt, W. - de Soyres, J.	2 - 0
Oxford 1873	Bristol and Clifton Club - Oxford University Club Match
	Parratt, W. - Mosely, L.	2 - 0
London, England 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: 25 Jun. 2019