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Hewitt, Thomas 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1870 | 292 | 2031 | (129) | 1 |  
  | 1871 | 302 | 2042 | (125) | 1 |  
  | 1872 | 304 | 2050 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 1873 | 298 | 2057 | (122) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 298 | 2065 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 300 | 2072 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1876 | 292 | 2079 | (116) | 0 |  
  | 1877 | 269 | 2087 | (112) | 0 |  
  | 1878 | 277 | 2094 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 256 | 2102 | (105) | 0 |  
  | 1880 | 262 | 2109 | (100) | 0 |  
  | 1881 | 284 | 2117 | (94) | 0 |  
  | 1882 | 283 | 2124 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 1883 | 303 | 2132 | (80) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 314 | 2139 | (70) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 304 | 2146 | (57) | 15 |  
  | 1886 | 339 | 2121 | (59) | 1 |  
  | 1887 | 369 | 2109 | (58) | 15 |  
  | 1888 | 395 | 2087 | (70) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 430 | 2064 | (79) | 1 |  
  | 1890 | 471 | 2051 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 498 | 2037 | (95) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 555 | 2023 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 606 | 2010 | (107) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Hewitt, Thomas |  | Also known as: Sir Thomas Hewitt |  
   | Born: 1836 |  
   | Died: 8 Jan. 1923 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Gaige gives birth between 9-01-1836 and 8-01-1837. There was a player named 'Hewitt' at a tournament of the 'Stamford Institution' (in London?) in 1856 (Illustrated London News, 16 Feb. 1856, p.187)? Also, a 'Hewett' who was in the Westminster Club in 1868 (Illustrated London News, 9 May 1868, p.475). |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 131 |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 961 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 172 |  
   | Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 67, 360 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 61, 66, 315, 576 |  
   | Harding, Steinitz in London, page 122, 125 |  
   | Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 2, 13 |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 145, 191, 195 |  
   | Townsend, Notes on Staunton, page 141 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 155 |  
   | [CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 154 |  
   | [CW], vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 1867, page 27 |  
   | [Era], vol. 29, no. 1494, 12 May 1867, page 14 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1375, 16 June 1866, page 595 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1426, 11 May 1867, page 482 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1958, 20 Jan. 1877, page 71 |  
   | [Str], vol. 4, no. 11, Sep. 1871, page 271 |  
   | [WP], vol. 1, no. 4, July 1868, page 48 |  
   | [WP], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Feb. 1870, page 153 |  
   | [WP], vol. 3, no. 28, 1 Aug. 1870, page 56 |  
   | [WP], vol. 4, no. 3, 1 July 1871, page 47 |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | London, England 1870 (1) | Westminster Club - City of London Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Hewitt, T. - Smith, T. (1) | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1871 (7) | Westminster - City of London Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Hewitt, T. - Argall, H.K. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1885 (9) | British Chess Association Tournament | 7 | / | 15 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Paris 1886 (2) | British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Hewitt, T. - Istel, I. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1887 (3) | British Chess Club Handicap | 7 | / | 15 | odds player in pawn and move class |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1889 (4) | British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Hewitt, T. - Marett, C. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Paris 1893 | British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Hewitt, T. - Chaseray, C.E. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 14 May 2025 |  
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