Punchard, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  316  1999 (90) 14
1872  334  1989 (95) 0
1873  356  1980 (99) 0
1874  393  1970 (101) 0
1875  426  1961 (104) 0
1876  422  1951 (105) 0
1877  408  1942 (106) 0
1878  415  1933 (106) 0
1879  425  1923 (106) 0
1880  465  1914 (104) 0
1881  533  1904 (103) 0
1882  579  1895 (100) 0
1883  650  1885 (97) 0
1884  734  1876 (93) 4
1885  699  1877 (95) 0
1886  694  1877 (95) 0
1887  668  1878 (95) 0
1888  675  1878 (93) 0
1889  652  1879 (91) 0
1890  695  1879 (87) 0
1891  697  1880 (83) 0
1892  725  1880 (76) 11
1893  740  1885 (79) 0
1894  760  1889 (80) 0
1895  759  1893 (78) 0
1896  747  1897 (75) 5
1897  772  1892 (74) 8
1898  773  1885 (80) 0
1899  799  1878 (83) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Punchard, Charles  
Born: 14 Mar. 1833
Died: 8 Jan. 1905
 
Notes:
Full name from correspondence from David Cohen. Yanofsky has 'M. Princhard'? Wright has 'Punchard, J.' at Toronto 1892, but 'Punchard, Charles' at Orillia 1897. I guess that these are actually the same and that the initial 'J.' was an error.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 39, 184
Periodicals
   [TG], vol. 28, 18 Aug. 1871, page 3
   [TG], vol. 53, no. 14777, 30 June 1897, page 10
   [TG], vol. 53, no. 14778, 1 July 1897, page 8
   [TG], 9 Jan. 1905, page 5
Web
   Wright, Stephen.  [Early Canadian Championships]
   [Charles Leslie Punchard (1833 - 1905)]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Piper, T.H.J.D. - Punchard, C. 1896         (f)     4   -   1

Tournament data

Toronto 1871     Toronto Chess Club Tournament     15.5  /  24
Ottawa 1884     12th Canadian Championship Tournament     3  /  5
Toronto 1892     19th Canadian Championship Tournament     3  /  11
Orillia 1897 (1)     22nd Canadian Championship Tournament     3.5  /  8
Montreal 1899 (1)     24th Canadian Championship     1  /  6


Player information updated: 18 Mar. 2024