Burt, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1865  269  2038 (84) 6
1866  253  2072 (81) 2
1867  238  2085 (80) 0
1868  236  2098 (78) 0
1869  230  2111 (74) 0
1870  229  2123 (68) 0
1871  226  2136 (59) 10
1872  223  2148 (60) 0
1873  211  2160 (56) 7
1874  189  2184 (57) 11
1875  190  2193 (67) 0
1876  175  2203 (73) 0
1877  154  2212 (77) 0
1878  148  2221 (79) 0
1879  144  2230 (79) 0
1880  147  2239 (78) 0
1881  153  2248 (75) 0
1882  154  2257 (70) 0
1883  160  2266 (62) 2
1884  173  2267 (53) 12
1885  167  2271 (55) 9
1886  182  2263 (64) 4
1887  189  2264 (73) 0
1888  200  2266 (80) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Burt, John Norman  
Born: 1834
Died: 11 Apr. 1888
 
Notes:
Gaige says died age c53. John Richards (Introduction to 'The Bristol Chess Club') says died age 55. Given as 'T. Burt' in the Illustrated London News of 12 Nov. 1870 (p.507), or was that a different Burt? The Chess Player's Magazine of Feb. 1865 (p.57) has 'Burtt' playing for Bristol. I am guessing that this was J.N. Burt. The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Feb. 1869 (vol.1, p.133) and Apr. 1869 (vol.1, p.186) has 'J. Birt' of Bristol. I am guessing that this, too, was J.N. Burt.
 
References
Books
   Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 13, 26
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 956
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 59
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 85, 258
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 215
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 10
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 89
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 9, June 1873, page 283
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 57
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 325
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 370
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 3, 18 July 1868, page 86
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 5, Feb. 1869, page 133
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 6, Apr. 1869, page 186
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1869, page 313
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1717, 20 Aug. 1871, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1622, 12 Nov. 1870, page 507
   [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1709, 8 June 1872, page 555
   [WDP], 14 Sep. 1927, page 8
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 3, 1 July 1871, page 43
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]
   Sericano, C.  [Malvern 1871]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lowenthal, J.J. - Burt, J.N. (1) 1866         (c)     0   -   2      Lowenthal, J.J. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

Bath 1865     Bristol - Bath Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Kennedy, H.A.     0.5 - 0.5          Kennedy, H.A. gave odds of a knight
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Cowdry (1)     2 - 1    
Bath and Bristol 1865     Bath and Bristol Handicap     0  /  2      odds player in a knight class
Cardiff 1871     Cardiff - Bristol Athenaeum Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Fedden, N.     0 - 1    
Malvern 1871 (1)     2nd Counties Chess Association Meeting, 3rd British Chess Association Challenge Cup     4  /  9
Bristol 1873 (2)     4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Minchin, J.I.     0 - 1    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Wayte, W.     0 - 1          Wayte, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Bristol 1873 (3)     4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Section A     2  /  5
Birmingham 1874 (3)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     10.5  /  12
Birmingham 1874 (4)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Skipworth, A.B.     0 - 1          Skipworth, A.B. gave odds of pawn and move
Bath 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Mills, D.Y.     2 - 0    
Bath 1884 (1)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Harsant, W.H.     0.5 - 1.5    
Bath 1884 (4)     14th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class I, Division 2     6  /  10
Bristol 1885     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Mills, D.Y.     1 - 1    
Hereford 1885 (2)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class IB     2.5  /  5
Hereford 1885 (6)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Ranken, C.E.     1 - 0          Ranken, C.E. gave odds of pawn and move
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Rudge, Ms. M.     1 - 0          Burt, J.N. (1) gave odds of pawn and move
Clifton 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Jones, G.H.D.     1.5 - 0.5    
Bath 1886     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Harsant, W.H.     1 - 1    
Clifton 1888 (1)     Bristol and Clifton - City Chess and Draughts Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Fedden, N.     1.5 - 0.5    
Clifton 1888 (2)     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Burt, J.N. (1) - Leonard, H.L.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022