Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1848 |
77 |
2172 | (73) | 59 |
| 1849 |
100 |
2176 | (78) | 3 |
| 1850 |
96 |
2200 | (82) | 0 |
| 1851 |
93 |
2225 | (85) | 0 |
| 1852 |
79 |
2250 | (87) | 0 |
| 1853 |
78 |
2275 | (87) | 0 |
| 1854 |
70 |
2299 | (87) | 0 |
| 1855 |
62 |
2324 | (85) | 0 |
| 1856 |
56 |
2349 | (81) | 0 |
| 1857 |
46 |
2374 | (76) | 2 |
| 1858 |
42 |
2394 | (73) | 0 |
| 1859 |
42 |
2415 | (68) | 18 |
| 1860 |
50 |
2406 | (79) | 0 |
| 1861 |
50 |
2398 | (88) | 0 |
| 1862 |
49 |
2389 | (96) | 0 |
| 1863 |
46 |
2380 | (102) | 0 |
| 1864 |
54 |
2371 | (108) | 0 |
| 1865 |
60 |
2362 | (114) | 0 |
| 1866 |
62 |
2353 | (118) | 0 |
| 1867 |
66 |
2345 | (123) | 0 |
| 1868 |
75 |
2336 | (127) | 0 |
| 1869 |
78 |
2327 | (130) | 0 |
| 1870 |
82 |
2318 | (133) | 0 |
| 1871 |
89 |
2309 | (136) | 0 |
| 1872 |
97 |
2300 | (139) | 0 |
| 1873 |
99 |
2292 | (141) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Gordon, Thomas |
| Also known as: Rev. Thomas Gordon; Rev. Dr. Gordon; Gamma |
| Born: 22 Dec. 1817 |
| Died: 12 Jan. 1888 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5, 10, 14, 40 |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 145 |
| Harding, Steinitz in London, page 93 |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl, xxvi |
| Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 2 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 149, 209 |
| Periodicals |
| [BCM], vol. 18, no. 4, Apr. 1898, page 140 |
| [BCR], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1853, page 238 |
| [BLL], 23 Feb. 1862, page 1 |
| [CPC], vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 1845, page 32 |
| [CPC], vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 1845, page 229 |
| [CPC], vol. 6, no. 11, Nov. 1845, page 343 |
| [CPC], vol. 13, no. 8, Aug. 1852, page 229 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1853, page 312 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1855, page 103 |
| [CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1862, page 67 |
| [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 109 |
| [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252 |
| [ILN], vol. 21, no. 569, 17 July 1852, page 43 |
| [ILN], vol. 31, no. 875, 22 Aug. 1857, page 195 |
| [ILN], vol. 40, no. 1132, 22 Feb. 1862, page 204 |
| [ILN], vol. 67, no. 1878, 7 Aug. 1875, page 143 |
| [NYC], 28 Sep. 1867 |
| [Pal], vol. 4, no. 8, 15 Aug. 1844, page 378 |
| [SZ], vol. 4, no. 7, July 1849, page 227 |
| Web |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Early World Rankings], page 7 |
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