Bryan, Thomas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1843  46  2277 (67) 26
1844  47  2280 (76) 0
1845  53  2282 (81) 0
1846  58  2285 (86) 0
1847  56  2288 (89) 0
1848  56  2290 (91) 0
1849  67  2293 (91) 0
1850  70  2296 (91) 0
1851  70  2298 (90) 0
1852  63  2301 (87) 0
1853  71  2304 (84) 0
1854  69  2306 (78) 0
1855  70  2309 (71) 0
1856  72  2311 (62) 0
1857  72  2314 (48) 65
1858  86  2302 (61) 0
1859  94  2290 (71) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bryan, Thomas Jefferson  
Born: 1803
Died: 15 May 1870
 
Notes:
Hooper and Whyld give birth date as c1800; Gaige gives c1803. Spinrad gives 'Brian' from The Chess Player. Listed in error as 'Jefferson, B.T.' on Sarah's Morphy contenders page and her Sacrificial Morphy page. A 'Bryant' is listed as a member of the Cercle des Echecs in Paris in 1845, but I suspect this should be 'Bryan, T.' (Le Palamède, 1845, p.135).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 30, 35, 94
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 86, 510
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 56
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 47
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 51
   Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 70
Periodicals
   [BLL], 18 May 1845, page 4
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1858, page 29
   [CPC], vol. 5, no. 4, Apr. 1844, page 115
   [CPC], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1845, page 179, 187
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 7, 15 July 1843, page 329
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1845, page 135
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 9, 15 Sep. 1845, page 403
   [PDEB], 3 June 1870
   [TFF], 27 May 1870
Web
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Sarah.  [The Sacrificial Morphy]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4259. Staunton v Saint Amant]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (1)         (f)     8.5   -   11.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (2)         (c)     5   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
Morphy, P.C. - Bryan, T.J. 1857 (1)         (c)     33.5   -   21.5      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight
Morphy, P.C. - Bryan, T.J. 1857 (2)         (c)     8   -   2      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of pawn and three moves
Morphy, P.C. - Bryan, T.J. 1859         (c)     2   -   1      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a knight

Player information updated: 5 May 2020