Cochrane, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1817  8  2318 (118) 3
1818  8  2335 (111) 0
1819  9  2351 (104) 0
1820  8  2368 (96) 13
1821  8  2401 (92) 52
1822  8  2386 (95) 3
1823  8  2392 (100) 0
1824  8  2398 (103) 0
1825  7  2403 (106) 0
1826  7  2409 (108) 0
1827  7  2414 (110) 0
1828  7  2420 (111) 0
1829  8  2426 (111) 0
1830  8  2431 (111) 0
1831  8  2437 (111) 0
1832  7  2443 (110) 0
1833  8  2448 (108) 0
1834  10  2454 (106) 0
1835  13  2459 (103) 0
1836  11  2465 (100) 0
1837  11  2471 (96) 0
1838  12  2476 (90) 0
1839  14  2482 (84) 0
1840  11  2487 (76) 0
1841  12  2493 (65) 0
1842  13  2499 (51) 110
1843  11  2514 (49) 46
1844  10  2509 (63) 0
1845  15  2504 (73) 0
1846  16  2499 (80) 0
1847  16  2494 (86) 0
1848  17  2489 (90) 0
1849  20  2484 (93) 6
1850  25  2450 (95) 25
1851  30  2442 (101) 0
1852  30  2434 (107) 0
1853  34  2425 (112) 0
1854  35  2417 (116) 0
1855  36  2409 (120) 0
1856  35  2400 (123) 0
1857  41  2392 (126) 0
1858  47  2383 (129) 0
1859  52  2375 (132) 0
1860  60  2367 (134) 0
1861  64  2358 (136) 0
1862  69  2350 (137) 0
1863  67  2342 (139) 0
1864  75  2333 (140) 0
1865  79  2325 (141) 0
1866  81  2317 (142) 0
1867  90  2308 (143) 0
1868  97  2300 (144) 0
1869  99  2292 (144) 0
1870  103  2283 (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
   [Pion], vol. 1, no. 1, Feb. 1873, page 28
   [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
Lewis, W. - Cochrane, J. 1820         (s)     0.5   -   0.5      Lewis, W. gave odds of a knight
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'     11  /  43      odds player in pawn and two moves class

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026