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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.

Cochrane is the eponym of the Cochrane Gambit, a variation of the Petroff Defence with the moves (in algebraic notation) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7.

Chronology

1821 Visited Paris where he was beaten by Alexandre Deschapelles
and Louis de la Bourdonnais
1822 Published A Treatise on the Game of Chess. Joined the bar.
1824 Played on the London team in a correspondence chess match against Edinburgh. Made the Scotch Gambit
fashionable.
1841-3 Played hundreds of casual games with Howard Staunton
1869 Retired from practicing law.

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