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Beardsell, Thomas

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1870  226  2031 (93) 2 1871  211  2052 (85) 6 1872  228  2041 (81) 1 1873  236  2039 (78) 0 1874  240  2038 (73) 1 1875  243  2041 (67) 7 1876  256  2043 (64) 4 1877  246  2053 (60) 8 1878  254  2043 (60) 11 1879  251  2049 (69) 0 1880  260  2054 (75) 9 1881  280  2063 (80) 0 1882  290  2071 (82) 1 1883  316  2080 (84) 0 1884  310  2090 (84) 4 1885  342  2073 (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
Hull and London 1872	Crystal Palace Meeting: Hull-London Telegraph Match
	Beardsell, T.J. - Walker, Ja.	1 - 0
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: 30 Sept. 2018