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Piper, Thomas 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1882 | 164 | 2233 | (59) | 7 |  
  | 1883 | 166 | 2253 | (50) | 25 |  
  | 1884 | 177 | 2252 | (63) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 185 | 2252 | (72) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 188 | 2251 | (79) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 192 | 2250 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 200 | 2249 | (87) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 197 | 2248 | (89) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 214 | 2247 | (90) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 206 | 2247 | (91) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 214 | 2246 | (90) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 213 | 2245 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 1894 | 218 | 2244 | (84) | 0 |  
  | 1895 | 220 | 2243 | (80) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 217 | 2242 | (74) | 32 |  
  | 1897 | 218 | 2243 | (77) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 233 | 2245 | (79) | 12 |  
  | 1899 | 253 | 2235 | (81) | 7 |  
  | 1900 | 263 | 2230 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 1901 | 281 | 2224 | (93) | 0 |  
  | 1902 | 296 | 2219 | (98) | 0 |  
  | 1903 | 305 | 2213 | (101) | 0 |  
  | 1904 | 329 | 2208 | (104) | 0 |  
  | 1905 | 346 | 2203 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1906 | 366 | 2197 | (108) | 0 |  
  | 1907 | 385 | 2192 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1908 | 410 | 2186 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1909 | 446 | 2181 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1910 | 463 | 2176 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1911 | 507 | 2170 | (108) | 0 |  
  | 1912 | 497 | 2165 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1913 | 512 | 2159 | (104) | 0 |  
  | 1914 | 500 | 2154 | (101) | 6 |  
  | 1915 | 470 | 2155 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1916 | 464 | 2156 | (111) | 0 |  
  | 1917 | 471 | 2158 | (114) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Piper, Thomas Harry James Day |  | Also known as: Thomas Henry Piper |  
   | Born: 30 Jan. 1857 |  
   | Died: 26 Nov. 1938 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Harding has 'Thomas Henry Piper', as does the BCCF E-mail Bulletin and the obituary in the Victoria Daily Times of 26 Nov. 1938 (p.15); Stephen Wright has 'Thomas Harry James Day Piper', citing his death registration. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 230 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 174, 176, 547 |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 188 |  
   | Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 142 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2021, 23 Mar. 1878, page 279 |  
   | [VDT], 26 Nov. 1938, page 15 |  | Web |  
   | Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Thomas Piper] |  
   | Donaldson, John.  [History of the MI Chess Room] |  
   | Winter, Edward.  [Kasparov, Karpov and the Scotch] |  
   | Wright, Stephen.  [BCCF E-mail Bulletin #5], page 4 |  
   | Wright, Stephen.  [BCCF E-mail Bulletin #93], page 4 |  
   | Wright, Stephen.  [Founding of the Victoria Chess Club] |  
   | Wright, Stephen.  [Historical Who's Who of B.C. Chess Personalia] |  
   | Wright, Stephen.  [A Tale of Three Cities: the 1895 Pacific Cable Matches] |  |  | 
 Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
 
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Babson, J.N. 1896 | (f) | 7 | - | 2 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Punchard, C. 1896 | (f) | 4 | - | 1 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Chapman, W.C. 1896 | (f) | 12.5 | - | 5.5 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Dickey, W.A. 1898 | (c) | 7.5 | - | 1.5 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Peterson, A.F. 1898 | (c) | 2 | - | 1 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Lund, H.B. 1899 | (c) | 4.5 | - | 2.5 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Adams, E.B. (2) 1914 | (f) | 4 | - | 2 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Gibbs (1) 1914 | (f) | 2 | - | 0 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Fink, A.J. 1917 | (c) | 1 | - | 0 |  |  
  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Putkzer 1917 | (c) | 2 | - | 0 |  |  Tournament data 
  | London, England 1882 (2) | City of London Club 3rd Class - 4th Class Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Ridpath, E. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. gave odds of pawn and move |  
  | London, England 1882 (8) | City of London Club Handicap |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Giuliano, J. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. gave odds of a knight |  
  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Chappell, W.T. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Blackburne, J.H. | 1.5 - 1.5 |  |  |  | Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. - Laws, B.G. | 0 - 2 |  |  |  | Piper, T.H.J.D. gave odds of pawn and move |  
  | London, England 1883 (6) | Vizayanagaram Tournament | 16 | / | 25 |  |  |  |  |  
 
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