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Tait, William 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1870 | 360 | 1961 | (108) | 2 |  
  | 1871 | 392 | 1960 | (105) | 1 |  
  | 1872 | 403 | 1960 | (103) | 3 |  
  | 1873 | 405 | 1964 | (104) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 413 | 1968 | (105) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 427 | 1972 | (105) | 1 |  
  | 1876 | 432 | 1960 | (107) | 3 |  
  | 1877 | 428 | 1950 | (108) | 0 |  
  | 1878 | 443 | 1939 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 443 | 1929 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1880 | 475 | 1918 | (109) | 2 |  
  | 1881 | 550 | 1914 | (111) | 2 |  
  | 1882 | 595 | 1902 | (115) | 0 |  
  | 1883 | 663 | 1889 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 753 | 1877 | (121) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 740 | 1865 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 754 | 1853 | (126) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 740 | 1841 | (128) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 759 | 1829 | (130) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 756 | 1817 | (132) | 1 |  
  | 1890 | 806 | 1808 | (134) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 814 | 1799 | (137) | 1 |  
  | 1892 | 874 | 1793 | (141) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 912 | 1786 | (144) | 0 |  
  | 1894 | 950 | 1779 | (147) | 0 |  
  | 1895 | 955 | 1772 | (151) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 969 | 1765 | (153) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 981 | 1758 | (156) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 976 | 1751 | (159) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 1018 | 1745 | (161) | 0 |  
  | 1900 | 1051 | 1738 | (163) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Tait, William |  
   | Born: 1844 |  
   | Died: 23 Mar. 1914 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Gaige has birth date between 25-03-1844 and 24-03-1845. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 970 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 418 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 189 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CML], vol. 1, no. 8, Apr. 1880, page 228 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 4, no. 10, Aug. 1875, page 312 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 54, no. 1533, 10 Apr. 1869, page 371 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1588, 9 Apr. 1870, page 387 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1653, 3 June 1871, page 555 |  
   | [WP], vol. 4, no. 2, 1 June 1871, page 19 |  | Web |  
   | McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1895] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Glasgow 1870 | Glasgow Club - Athenaeum Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Hunter, A. | 1 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1871 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Walker, W.N. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Nimmo, J. | 1 - 2 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Glasgow 1875 (1) | 6th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Scotland - England Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Coker, J. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Glasgow 1876 | Western Chess Club University - Non-University Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Kemp (2) | 2 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1880 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Fraser, Jo. | 0 - 2 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1881 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Ballingall, G.A. | 2 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1882 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Greig, J. | 2 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Liverpool 1889 (1) | Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Howard, F.C. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Glasgow 1891 (2) | Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Rutherford, W.W. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Glasgow 1900 | Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Tait, W. - Edge, F.T. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023 |  
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