Brown, Theodore




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1857  73  2308 (88) 1
1858  70  2333 (80) 0
1859  60  2359 (71) 21
1860  58  2376 (59) 25
1861  60  2372 (56) 6
1862  76  2346 (55) 6
1863  91  2311 (57) 13
1864  97  2308 (62) 0
1865  98  2306 (64) 0
1866  96  2304 (62) 33
1867  112  2277 (67) 0
1868  129  2249 (69) 2
1869  138  2241 (72) 0
1870  142  2232 (72) 0
1871  152  2223 (70) 0
1872  166  2214 (65) 2
1873  148  2225 (60) 7
1874  139  2233 (60) 0
1875  145  2241 (55) 26

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Brown, Theodore Morris  
Born: 1837
Died: 25 Sep. 1876
 
Notes:
Samsin has 'Thaddeus M. Brown'. The New York Clipper of 7 Jan. 1860 has an obituary for Theodore M. Brown, but continues to mention him in subsequent issues. An announcement of his death also appears in the 22 Jan. 1860 issue of the New Orleans Sunday Delta, but is retracted in the 29 Jan. 1860 issue. The Illustrated London News of 28 Oct. 1876 has an obituary for T.M. Brown, the American problem composer, and Gaige has his death in 1876.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 274, 503
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 55
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 88
   Hilbert, Tragic Life of Leonard, page 88
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 60
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 42, 364
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. I, page 41
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. II, page 42, 114
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. V, page 19, 76
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 191, 12 Aug. 1872, page 3
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 196, 17 Aug. 1872, page 3
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 212, 5 Sep. 1872, page 2
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1858, page 27
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1858, page 383
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1859, page 100, 102
   [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1860, page 158
   [CMNY], vol. 4, no. 6, June 1860, page 192
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 7, Feb. 1875, page 204
   [DDG], 8 Apr. 1859
   [DFP], 24 Oct. 1875
   [DL], 1 Apr. 1859, page 2
   [Era], vol. 22, no. 1131, 27 May 1860, page 5
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1252, 21 Sep. 1862, page 5
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1317, 20 Dec. 1863, page 4
   [Fld], 21 Oct. 1876
   [GWT], 8 Feb. 1867
   [HWT], 10 June 1871
   [HWT], 13 Apr. 1872
   [HWT], 11 Oct. 1873
   [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1593, 7 May 1870, page 491
   [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1944, 28 Oct. 1876, page 423
   [MCR], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1874, page 173
   [NOSD], 22 Jan. 1860
   [NOSD], 29 Jan. 1860
   [NYC], 22 Aug. 1857
   [NYC], 1 May 1858
   [NYC], 12 June 1858
   [NYC], 29 Oct. 1859
   [NYC], 7 Jan. 1860
   [NYC], 22 Sep. 1860
   [NYC], 31 May 1862
   [NYC], 22 Aug. 1868
   [SLGD], 31 Oct. 1875
   [SoT], 2 June 1860
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1876, page 125
Web
   Samsin, Myron.  [The Mysterious Albert Ensor], page 6
   Sarah.  [E. Morphy/Quincy Chess]
   Sarah.  [Ernest Morphy - the Quincy Connection]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5192. Knight ending]
   [Theodore Brown]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Morphy, P.C. - Brown, T.M. 1857         (c)     1   -   0      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of a rook
Brown, T.M. - Schmidt, C.F. 1859         (c)     8   -   7
Brown, T.M. - Perrin, F. 1860         (c)     8   -   2
Leonard, J.A. - Brown, T.M. 1861         (c)     3   -   3
Neumann, G.R.L. - Brown, T.M. 1862         (c)     1   -   0
Brown, T.M. - Mayet, C. 1862         (c)     3   -   2
Brown, T.M. - Schurig, B.E.R. 1863         (c)     6.5   -   6.5
Brown, T.M. - Kennicott, H.M.L. 1866         (c)     13   -   3
Brown, T.M. - Nicholson, E.A. 1866         (c)     8   -   5
Brown, T.M. - Perrin, F. 1866         (c)     4   -   0
Stanley, C.H. - Brown, T.M. 1868         (c)     2   -   0
Barnett, J.P. - Brown, T.M. 1872         (c)     2   -   0
Delmar, E. (1) - Brown, T.M. 1873         (f)     5   -   2
Brown, T.M. - Thornton, G.H. 1875 (1)         (c)     0   -   2      Brown, T.M. gave odds of a knight
Brown, T.M. - Thornton, G.H. 1875 (2)         (c)     0   -   2
Ensor, A.W. - Brown, T.M. 1875         (f)     7   -   5
Judd, Max - Brown, T.M. 1875         (f)     7   -   3

Tournament data

Saint Louis 1859     Saint Louis Tournament    
  Brown, T.M. - Rombauer     1 - 0    
  Brown, T.M. - Skinner, J.W.     2 - 4    
Saint Louis 1860 (1)     Saint Louis Tournament    
  Brown, T.M. - Daenzer, C.     1 - 0    
Saint Louis 1860 (2)     Western Chess Congress    
  Brown, T.M. - Tennison, O.M.     2 - 1    
  Brown, T.M. - Jenks, G.A.     3 - 1    
  Brown, T.M. - Daenzer, C.     3 - 4    

Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026