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About John Cochrane
John Cochrane was a Scottish chess master and lawyer. After serving in the Royal Navy Cochrane chose to become a barrister. While studying law, he became a very strong chess player and published a book on the game, which included the Cochrane variation of the Salvio Gambit, a main line of the King's Gambit. Around this time he played against the Frenchmen Deschapelles and Labourdonnais, who were acknowledged to be Europe's strongest players at the time.
Everything about John Cochrane →- Occupation
- lawyer, chess player
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 4, 1798
- Died
- March 2, 1878