Brand, John


Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1820  12  2113 (124) 7
1821  13  2118 (126) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Brand, John  
Born: 7 May 1791
Died: 20 Apr. 1856
 
Notes:
Name sometimes given as 'Brande'.
 
References
Books
   Edinburgh Club, Games of London-Edinburgh Match, page 4
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 37
   Hunneman, Selection of Games by the Automaton, page 4
   Murray, History of Chess, page 879
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 22
   Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 63
   Walker, Chess and Chess Players, page 25, 53, 112, 367
   Walker, Chess Studies, page 59, viii
Periodicals
   [BLL], 15 Nov. 1835, page 2
   [BLL], 21 Feb. 1836, page 2
   [BLL], 5 Mar. 1870, page 7
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 21, 19 Mar. 1842, page 329
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1843, page 77
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 2, Feb. 1873, page 45
   [ILN], vol. 26, no. 736, 14 Apr. 1855, page 347
   [MP], no. 16654, 6 May 1824, page 3
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 120
   [ST], no. 411, 5 Sep. 1830, page 3
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1873, page 97
Web
   Sarah.  [Chess Vignettes]
   Sarah.  [The Cochranes]
   Sarah.  [The Romance of Chess - A Perspective on the Art of Odds-giving]
   Sarah.  [State of Chess in 1838]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Chess Disputes], page 13
   Walker, G.  [Deschapelles the Chess-King (from Chess and Chess-Players)]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Mouret, J.F. - Brand, J. 1820         (c)     5.5   -   1.5      Mouret, J.F. gave odds of pawn and move
Brand, J. - Wilson, H.S. 1821         (s)     1.5   -   1.5

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025