Cochrane, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1817  8  2323 (118) 3
1818  8  2340 (111) 0
1819  9  2356 (104) 0
1820  8  2373 (96) 13
1821  8  2406 (92) 52
1822  8  2391 (95) 3
1823  8  2397 (100) 0
1824  8  2402 (103) 0
1825  7  2408 (106) 0
1826  7  2414 (108) 0
1827  7  2419 (110) 0
1828  7  2425 (111) 0
1829  8  2430 (111) 0
1830  8  2436 (111) 0
1831  8  2441 (111) 0
1832  7  2447 (110) 0
1833  8  2452 (108) 0
1834  10  2458 (106) 0
1835  12  2464 (103) 0
1836  11  2469 (100) 0
1837  11  2475 (96) 0
1838  12  2480 (90) 0
1839  14  2486 (84) 0
1840  11  2491 (76) 0
1841  12  2497 (65) 0
1842  13  2503 (51) 110
1843  12  2518 (49) 46
1844  11  2513 (63) 0
1845  16  2508 (73) 0
1846  16  2503 (80) 0
1847  16  2498 (86) 0
1848  17  2492 (90) 0
1849  20  2487 (93) 6
1850  26  2453 (95) 25
1851  32  2445 (101) 0
1852  30  2436 (107) 0
1853  34  2428 (112) 0
1854  34  2420 (116) 0
1855  36  2411 (120) 0
1856  36  2403 (123) 0
1857  42  2394 (126) 0
1858  49  2386 (129) 0
1859  51  2378 (132) 0
1860  61  2369 (134) 0
1861  67  2361 (136) 0
1862  73  2352 (137) 0
1863  69  2344 (139) 0
1864  75  2336 (140) 0
1865  79  2327 (141) 0
1866  81  2319 (142) 0
1867  89  2310 (143) 0
1868  99  2302 (144) 0
1869  101  2294 (144) 0
1870  103  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
   [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