Born in London, he arrived in New York,[1] where formed the New York Chess Club in 1839.[2]
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He participated in the First American Chess Congress at New York 1857, and lost a match to Paul Morphy (0 : 3) in the first round.[3] He also lost other matches to him; casual (0 : 5) in 1857, two formal (3.5 : 5.5) in May/June 1859 and (6 : 10) in October 1859, and casual (1 : 3) in 1860 (Morphy gave odds of a knight in three latter matches). He drew a match with Charles D. Mead (1.5 : 1.5) in 1857, and played several times in New York Chess Club tournaments, losing to Frederick Perrin in 1854, 1857, and 1859, and James A. Leonard in 1860/61.[4]
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Thompson died in 1870 in New York City.
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