Cochrane, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1817  3  2293 (123) 3
1818  6  2308 (117) 0
1819  6  2324 (110) 0
1820  8  2339 (103) 12
1821  8  2342 (98) 31
1822  8  2333 (101) 3
1823  8  2342 (104) 0
1824  8  2350 (107) 0
1825  7  2358 (110) 0
1826  7  2367 (111) 0
1827  7  2375 (112) 0
1828  8  2383 (113) 0
1829  9  2392 (113) 0
1830  8  2400 (113) 0
1831  9  2408 (112) 0
1832  9  2417 (111) 0
1833  11  2425 (109) 0
1834  12  2433 (107) 0
1835  13  2442 (104) 0
1836  12  2450 (101) 0
1837  13  2458 (96) 0
1838  14  2467 (91) 0
1839  15  2475 (84) 0
1840  13  2483 (76) 0
1841  13  2492 (65) 0
1842  13  2500 (51) 110
1843  11  2517 (49) 46
1844  10  2512 (63) 0
1845  15  2507 (73) 0
1846  16  2502 (80) 0
1847  16  2497 (86) 0
1848  17  2492 (90) 0
1849  20  2486 (93) 6
1850  26  2452 (95) 25
1851  32  2444 (102) 0
1852  30  2436 (107) 0
1853  35  2427 (112) 0
1854  34  2419 (116) 0
1855  36  2411 (120) 0
1856  36  2402 (123) 0
1857  43  2394 (126) 0
1858  48  2385 (129) 0
1859  53  2377 (132) 0
1860  61  2369 (134) 0
1861  64  2360 (136) 0
1862  66  2352 (137) 0
1863  66  2344 (139) 0
1864  71  2335 (140) 0
1865  76  2327 (141) 0
1866  79  2318 (142) 0
1867  86  2310 (143) 0
1868  90  2302 (144) 0
1869  95  2293 (144) 0
1870  99  2285 (144) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Cochrane, John  
Born: 4 Feb. 1798
Died: 2 Mar. 1878
 
Notes:
Golombek gives death date 02-01-1878. Sarah's first Cochrane web page gives death date 03-03-1878. The Illustrated London News of 16 Mar. 1878 (p.255) gives death date as 04-03-1878. Taylor and Gaige give death date 02-03-1878.
 
References
Books
   Edinburgh Club, Games of London-Edinburgh Match, page 4
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 77
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 166, 957
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 73
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 76
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 42, 357
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 255, 264
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 69
   Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl
   Murray, History of Chess, page 878
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 26, 175
   Taylor, Chess Skirmishes, page 151
   Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 63
Periodicals
   [BLL], 23 Aug. 1835, page 2
   [BLL], 9 Dec. 1838, page 2
   [BLL], 30 Apr. 1843, page 2
   [BLL], 28 Apr. 1844, page 2
   [BLL], no. 2481, 2 June 1869, page 7
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 161
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 15, 7 Aug. 1841, page 234
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1843, page 77
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 5, May 1843, page 127
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 318
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 88
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Aug. 1874, page 118
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 11, Oct. 1871, page 343
   [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1544, 19 June 1869, page 627
   [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1545, 26 June 1869, page 651
   [ILN], vol. 59, no. 1665, 19 Aug. 1871, page 163
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1987, 11 Aug. 1877, page 143
   [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2020, 16 Mar. 1878, page 255
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 7, Feb. 1850, page 104
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Dec. 1841, page 45
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 2, 15 Jan. 1842, page 80
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 5, 15 May 1843, page 230
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 120
   [Sis], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1869, page 221
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5
Web
   Minev, Nikolay.  [The Legacy of John Cochrane]
   Sarah.  [The Cochranes]
   Sarah.  [John Cochrane]
   Sarah.  [State of Chess in 1838]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Forgotten Masters 3: John Cochrane]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 11896. Midshipman John Cochrane]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Cochrane, J. - Harvey, J. (1) 1817         (s)     2   -   1
Mouret, J.F. - Cochrane, J. 1820         (c)     3.5   -   1.5      Mouret, J.F. gave odds of pawn and move
Cochrane, J. - Wilson, H.S. 1820         (f)     2   -   5      Cochrane, J. gave odds of pawn and move
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - Cochrane, J. 1821         (s)     3   -   3
Cochrane, J. - Wilson, H.S. 1821         (s)     1.5   -   1.5      Cochrane, J. gave odds of pawn and move
Lewis, W. - Cochrane, J. 1822         (f)     2   -   1      Lewis, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1842         (c)     6.5   -   4.5
Walker, G. (1) - Cochrane, J. 1842         (c)     53   -   41
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1842         (s)     4   -   1
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (1)         (f)     14   -   4
Cochrane, J. - Walker, G. (1) 1843         (c)     8   -   5
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (2)         (f)     3.5   -   3.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (3)         (f)     2   -   4
Buckle, H.T. - Cochrane, J. 1843         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Cochrane, J. - Bannerjee, M. 1849         (c)     6   -   0
Cochrane, J. - Bannerjee, M. 1850         (f)     14.5   -   10.5
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1870         (c)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Paris 1821     'Pools'     2  /  22      odds player in pawn and two moves class

Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025