Borthwick, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  811  1895 (76) 9
1898  791  1912 (78) 0
1899  786  1929 (79) 0
1900  776  1946 (78) 0
1901  752  1963 (75) 0
1902  738  1980 (70) 0
1903  699  1997 (62) 4
1904  752  1986 (57) 5
1905  792  1979 (51) 8
1906  813  1967 (48) 18
1907  855  1954 (55) 7
1908  868  1949 (66) 0
1909  956  1944 (73) 0
1910  960  1939 (77) 0
1911  982  1934 (80) 0
1912  961  1929 (81) 0
1913  986  1924 (81) 0
1914  957  1919 (79) 0
1915  889  1914 (75) 7
1916  896  1905 (80) 0
1917  900  1896 (83) 0
1918  924  1887 (85) 0
1919  946  1878 (86) 0
1920  1048  1869 (85) 0
1921  1157  1860 (83) 0
1922  1174  1851 (79) 0
1923  1309  1842 (74) 7
1924  1366  1831 (75) 6
1925  1431  1844 (82) 0
1926  1511  1857 (87) 0
1927  1492  1870 (91) 0
1928  1480  1883 (94) 0
1929  1455  1896 (96) 0
1930  1483  1909 (97) 0
1931  1534  1922 (97) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Borthwick, James  
Born: 3 Mar. 1866
Died: 4 Aug. 1932
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 2
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 955
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 48
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 501
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 35
Periodicals
   [FH], 3 May 1905, page 8
Web
   McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1903]
   McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1907]

Tournament data

Glasgow 1897     14th Scottish Championship     1.5  /  8
Liverpool 1897 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Borthwick, J. - Shaw, J.H.     1 - 0    
Edinburgh 1903     20th Scottish Championship     3  /  4
Dundee 1904     21st Scottish Championship     2  /  5
Stirling 1905     22nd Scottish Championship     4  /  8
Glasgow 1906     23rd Scottish Championship     2  /  7
Shrewsbury 1906 (3)     3rd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class Amateur Tournament     4.5  /  11
Edinburgh 1907     24th Scottish Championship     2  /  7
Glasgow 1915     32nd Scottish Championship     2  /  7
Glasgow 1923     36th Scottish Championship     1.5  /  7
Dundee 1924     37th Scottish Championship     1  /  7
Edinburgh 1931     44th Scottish Championship     3  /  5


Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025