In most cases only the year has been recorded for these games, not the day or month, so rather than attempt to order them chronologically by playing date, we’ve sorted them by their approximate date of publication. 

Printed in the Maryland Chess Review, 1874

[Event “Offhand Game”]

[Site “Frederick, MD”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “Unknown”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 a6 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. Bd5 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Nd5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qxb2 15. Bxc7 Re8 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Nxb6+ Kxc7 18. Qxd7+ Kb8 19. Qxe8+ 1-0


Printed in the Maryland Chess Review, 1874

[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “E.W. Martindale”]

[Black “Theophilus Thompson”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ng5 10. Bxg5 Bxg5 11. f4 Be7 12. Nc3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. a4 c5 15. Qe3 c4 16. Ba2 Qc7 17. axb5 Bc5 0-1

 

Printed in the Maryland Chess Review, 1874

[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Joseph N. Babson”]

[Black “Theophilus Thompson”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 c6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Bb3 g5 8. d4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. d5 g4 11. Nd4 c5 12. Ndb5 f3 13. h4 gxh3 14. gxf3 Qg6 15. Rh2 Qg3 16. Qe2 a6 17. d6 axb5 18. Nxb5 Ra5 19. Bd2 Rxb5 20. Ba4 Bd4 0-1


Printed in the Maryland Chess Review, 1874

[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Charles H Blood”]

[Black “Theophilus Thompson”] 

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.d5 Na5 12.Bd3 c5 13.h3 Re8 14.Re1 Bd7 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 c4 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 18…Bxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Qb6+ 20.Kf1 Qxb2 21.Qb3 Qd2 22.Ne2 b5 23.Bd3 Qg5 24.Rad1 Re3 25.Kg1 Bxh3 0-1


Printed in the Dubuque Chess Journal, August 1874

[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “Frank W Martindale”] 

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.fxg7 Rg8 9.Bh6 Qe7+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Nbd2 Ne5 14.Kf1 Nxf3 15.Nxf3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rd6 17.Re5 Rxh6 18.Rxc5 Rxh2 19.Rf5 Rxg7 20.Re1 Rh1+ 21.Ke2 Rxe1+ 22.Kxe1 dxc3 23.bxc3 a6 24.a4 b6 0-1


Printed in the Dubuque Chess Journal, September 1874

[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “Charles H Blood”]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.g3 Bh3+ 8.Kf2 Qh6 9.Nd5 Kd8 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Nf3 fxg3+ 12.hxg3 Qg6 13.Bxg5+ f6 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.Nxc7 Bxc4 16.Qa3 Kxc7 17.Qxd6+ Kb6 18.Qc5+ Ka6 19.Qxc4+ Kb6 20.a4 a5 21.Qc5+ Ka6 22.Bc7 1-0


[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “Charles H Blood”]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nb5 Qxe4+ 6.Be2 Kd8 7.O-O a6 8.N1c3 Qe8 9.Nxc7 Kxc7 10.Nd5+ Kd8 11.Bf4 d6 12.Nb6 Ra7 13.Bxd6 Bxd6 14.Qxd6+ Bd7 15.Bg4 Nf6 16.Bxd7 Qe7 17.Qd3 Ne5 18.Qd4 Nexd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Qxa7 Qc8 21.Qd4+ Qd7 22.Rad1 Qxd4 23.Rxd4+ Kc8 24.Re1 1-0


Printed in the Hartford Weekly Times, February 27, 1875 edition

[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “Frank W Martindale”] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.O-O Qe7 12.c3 Nd8 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bb6 15.Qd3 g5 16.Bg3 Bxe4 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Rae1 Qd7 19.Nxg5 Bg6 20.Qf3 1-0


Printed in the Dubuque Chess Journal, March 1875

[Event “Correspondence”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1874.??.??”]

[Round “?”] [Result “0-1”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “Charles H Blood”]  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.fxg7 Rg8 9.Bh6 Qe7+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 d3+ 12.Kf1 Bg4 13.Nbd2 O-O-O 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Ne3 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Rd6 17.Bf4 Rg6 18.h3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 R6xg7 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Rg1 Rg6 22.Rg5 Rxg5 23.Bxg5 Rd5 24.h4 Ne5 25.e4 Rd7 26.Kf2 c5 27.Bf6 Nc4 28.b3 Na3 29.Bg5 c4 30.Bc1 Nc2 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kg3 Rd6 33.Bb2 Ra6 34.a3 Rb6 0-1

 

From a correspondence tournament organized by the Maryland Chess Review in 1875

[Event “Maryland Chess Review Postal Card Tournament”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1875.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “R Willing”]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 e4 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6 O-O 11.cxb7 Bxb7 12.Ng4 exd3 13.Bxd3 Re8+ 14.Be3 Nd5 15.Bb5 Re6 16.c4 Bb4+ 0-1

 

From a correspondence tournament organized by the Maryland Chess Review in 1875

[Event “Maryland Chess Review Postal Card Tournament”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1875.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “Theophilus Thompson”]

[Black “Levi A Bertolette”]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 O-O 8.Nxe5 Nxe4 9.Nxf7 Rxf7 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.d5 Ne5 12.Qd4 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 16.f4 gxf4 17.Rxf4+ Kg8 18.Qg3+ Ng6 19.Rf6 Bf5 20.Rxf5 1-0

 

From a correspondence tournament organized by the Maryland Chess Review in 1875

[Event “Maryland Chess Review Postal Card Tournament”]

[Site “USA”]

[Date “1875.??.??”]

[Round “?”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “William A Shinkman”]

[Black “Theophilus Thompson”]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 g5 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.h4 h6 8.Bxf7+ Qxf7 9.Ne5 Qg7 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Nf7+ Ke7 12.Nxh8 Nf6 13.Qg6 Qxh8 14.d3 Qg7 15.Qxg7+ 1-0

 

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