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| May-01-04 | | SBC: This is entitled "John Miles Cochrane" erroneously.
John Cochrane was his name.
John Miles Cochrane is someone else:
11000104 Cochrane, John Miles M
Federation Zimbabwe
FIDE title None
Current rating: 2189 |
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| May-01-04 | | ruylopez900: Ahh, the namesake of the Cochrane Gambit (or is it Cochrane's Gambit?) in the Petrov Defence. 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘xf7!? ♔xf7 |
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| May-02-04 | | SBC: game 92 can't be right.
Cochrane, born in 1798, died in 1878.
If the date is wrong, then the opponnent listed as Wilfred Evans is wrong - William Davies Evans (1790-1872) would be the correct name. It's the Cochrane Gambit.. but it's the Petroff (not Petrov) Defense. |
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| May-02-04 | | ruylopez900: <SBC> Actually it is the Petrov Defence, Petroff is the americanization of the name but his name really did end with a V. |
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| May-02-04 | | TrueFiendish: In Roman script, that is. |
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| May-03-04 | | SBC: I'll take your word on it. |
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| May-06-04 | | fred lennox: Cochrane was a Scottish barrister, a bold and inventive player, the most reckless player of the day. He led a colorful life. His motto seems to be risk is the essence of strategy. To not take risk is a risk and often the greater foe. |
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| Dec-27-04 | | fred lennox: Cochrane and Staunton- was one of the most contrasting rivalries chess has known, as contrasting as Tal and Botvinnik. I suspect Staunton was aware that Cochrane was strong where he needed to improve, in impetuous play and dashing attacks. Staunton played hundreds of games with him to prepare his match against Amant. |
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| Dec-27-04 | | JamesKnight: If the glove don`t fit - you must acquit. |
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| Dec-28-04 | | mdorothy: <JamesKnight> I was thinking the EXACT same thing when I saw him! |
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| Dec-29-04 | | Knight13: John Cochrane (1798 - 1878), was a Scottish chess master and lawyer. An amateur player, he was the epitome of the early romantic phase of chess history. |
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| Jan-15-05 | | horticulture: I'm sure you all know the theory by which everyone is "six steps away" from everyone else. In one issue of Chess Life, Andy Soltis tries to link himself to Morphy and does so in four steps...but he was aiming for three. This is my best link to Cochrane but I'm sure people (especially grandmasters) could come up with faster ones: Bonin-Reshevsky-Lasker-Bird-Staunton-Cochrane-La Bourdonnais The Bonin one is kind of a stretch since I played him in a G/15 unrated tournament in 2001. Here's my link with Morphy:
Bonin-Reshevsky-Lasker-Bird-Morphy
If the chessgames.com database is right, Reshevsky did play Bonin in 1988 (but I can't find this game in chesslab.com...my library does have a complete anthology of Reshevsky's games so I will check it out). According to Historical Records, no one living at this moment can link himself to Philidor in any way...sorry LOL! |
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| Jan-20-05 | | narwhal: <horticulture>, that is a most fascinating point. Now you've got me on the "connection" bandwagon. It's a shame that I probably don't have many connexions... |
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| Jan-21-05 | | Bartleby: Here is my link with Morphy:
Emory Tate--Bent Larsen--Ossip Bernstein--Mikhail Tchigorin--Henry Edward Bird--Paul Morphy Six degrees exactly! Incidentally, it was a real treat to play Emory Tate, the highest rated player I've ever encountered in a tournament. I had white and tried to make a good showing of myself! |
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| Jan-21-05 | | jahhaj: This is too easy, here's my almost identical link
Keith Arkell--Bent Larsen--Ossip Bernstein--Mikhail Tchigorin--Henry Edward Bird--Paul Morphy I was slaughtered by Keith, the only GM I've ever played in competitive chess. |
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| Jan-21-05 | | refutor: i'm two from tal
hans jung--mikhail tal
H R Jung vs Tal, 1990 |
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| Jan-21-05 | | Daodejing: My list (only with worldchampions)
Karpov (in a simul)- Botwinik - Lasker - Steinitz - Anderssen - Morphy Should I become worldchampion myself? |
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| Jan-21-05 | | Daodejing: Sorry
It was Portisch not Karpov (Biel 1993)
I am an old man :-) |
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Feb-25-05
 | | WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Cochrane's crucial positions: http://www.wtharvey.com/coch.html |
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| Jul-19-05 | | THE pawn: How can he have games from the 1900s in the database and have died before those years? Ghost, ghost, when you catch me...lalala |
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| Jul-19-05 | | sharpnova: even cochrane's biography describes his frequent losses. i have studied this player extensively and have to say he is one of the weakest players i've ever seen. i know a lot of low class players who would completely destroy him.. i'm guessing he wasn't a master or anything? |
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| Jul-24-05 | | percyblakeney: Of course "scientific" rating of players in those days is not a matter to be taken seriously, but it's fascinating that Cochrane is claimed to have become the best player in the world just through a 4 out of 18 result against Staunton :-) http://www.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Pla... |
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| Jul-24-05 | | azaris: More fascinating is the collective cognitive dissonance that occurs whenever Sonas changes his "scientific formula" to crank out the "ratings". Everybody rushes to agree with the new results, no matter how nutty or contradictory to the previous iteration they are. Sonas should get into the corporate research business. Authoritative rubbish is a big business nowadays. |
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| Jul-24-05 | | roni.chessman: John Cocaine |
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Oct-21-05
 | | BishopBerkeley: The dazzling Cochrane Gambit is certainly worthy of pictoral representation. From the familiar Petroff symmetry,
click for larger viewThe White Knight has grabbed the proffered Black King Pawn, only to be challenged by the Queen Pawn... 
click for larger viewThe usual response is for the White Knight to fall back to f3 to allow the gentleman's ritual of Pawn exchange to continue. But Mr. Cochrane's Gambit is distinctly ungentlemanly! 
click for larger viewThe White Knight's Kamikaze Pawn Gluttony, a brazen defiance of the canons of good behavior, can lead to some very exciting Chess! Of course, the Black King must capture the Knight, plunging itself into the fray far earlier than it would like. The valiant White Knight has laid down its life for two Pawns and an exposed, uncastleable Black King: not an obviously bad bargain. Though I suspect cautious play will ultimately give the edge to Black, the prospects for White are certainly intriguing. Obviously not for the faint-of-heart, the Cochrane Gambit occurs in only 67 games in the present database: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Thank you, Mr. Cochrane!
(: ♗ Bishop Berkeley ♗ :)
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