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Beardsell, Thomas

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1870  219  2031 (93) 2 1871  204  2053 (85) 6 1872  213  2042 (81) 1 1873  227  2040 (78) 0 1874  234  2038 (73) 1 1875  238  2042 (67) 7 1876  252  2043 (64) 4 1877  243  2053 (60) 8 1878  252  2044 (60) 11 1879  248  2050 (69) 0 1880  253  2055 (75) 9 1881  276  2064 (80) 0 1882  287  2073 (82) 1 1883  314  2082 (84) 0 1884  308  2091 (84) 4 1885  339  2074 (92) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Beardsell, Thomas John      Also known as: Beardsall Born: 1841 Died: 30 Oct. 1886   Notes: Full name from correspondence from Tim Harding, who also gives birth year as 1841 or 1842 and date of death as 30 Oct. 1886 (from the Dec. 1886 British Chess Magazine, pp.477-478). Richard Forster (Amos Burn, p.954) has 'Beardsell [Beardsall], T.N.'. Sergeant has 'Beardsall'.   References Books    Forster, Amos Burn, page 954    Harding, Doctoral thesis, page 153    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 124 Periodicals    [BCM], Dec. 1886, page 477    [ILN], vol. 56, 4 June 1870, page 595    [ILN], vol. 65, 1874, page 427    [WP], vol. 4, 1 July 1871, page 48

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

Blackburne, J.H. - Beardsell, T.J. 1877	(f)	4.5	-	2.5	Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of a knight
Geary, W. - Beardsell, T.J. 1880	(f)	5	-	4

Tournament data

London 1870 (1)	Westminster Club - City of London Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Elam, C.	0 - 1
Greenwich 1870	Bermondsey Club - Greenwich Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Latter, W.P.	0 - 2
Greenwich 1871	Bermondsey Club - Greenwich Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Morris (1)	2 - 0
London 1871 (2)	City of London Club Handicap - Section 2
	Beardsell, T.J. - Brand, B.	2 - 0				Beardsell, T.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
	Beardsell, T.J. - Potter, W.N.	0 - 2				Potter, W.N. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London 1871 (7)	Westminster - City of London Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Aytoun	1 - 0
London 1871 (8)	Bermondsey Club - Railway Clearing House Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Knight (2)	1 - 0
London 1871 (9)	Bermondsey Club - Greenwich Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Latter, W.P.	1.5 - 0.5
London 1872 (5)	City of London Club Handicap
	Beardsell, T.J. - Mellor, W. (2)	0 - 1				Beardsell, T.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London 1874 (3)	City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Zukertort, J.H.	0 - 1				Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight
London 1875 (2)	City of London Club Handicap
	Beardsell, T.J. - Garraway	1 - 2				Beardsell, T.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London 1875 (5)	Bermondsey Club - International Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Maitland	1 - 1
London 1875 (6)	Bermondsey Club - International Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Healey, F.	0 - 2
London 1876 (1)	Bermondsey Club - International Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Tarrant, J.	1 - 0
London 1876 (2)	Bermondsey Club - International Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Maitland	0 - 1
London 1876 (3)	Bermondsey Club - Alexandra Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Taylor (1)	0.5 - 0.5
London 1876 (10)	City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Potter, W.N.	0 - 1				Potter, W.N. gave odds of a knight
London 1877 (3)	Bermondsey - Shaftesbury Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Weightman	0.5 - 0.5
London 1878 (3)	9th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I		2	/	11
London 1882 (1)	Bermondsey Club - Railway Clearing House Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Tarrant, J.	1 - 0
London 1882 (3)	Bermondsey Club - Woolwich Club Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Nixon (1)	1 - 0
London 1884 (1)	Surrey - Sussex County Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Pierce, W.T.	1 - 1
Brighton 1884 (2)	Surrey - Sussex County Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Pierce, W.T.	2 - 0
Brighton 1885 (2)	Surrey - Sussex County Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Butler, H.W.	0 - 1

Player information updated: 24 May 2014