Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  519  1812 (114) 7
1872  541  1806 (119) 0
1873  570  1800 (124) 0
1874  611  1794 (128) 0
1875  658  1788 (132) 0
1876  650  1782 (135) 0
1877  601  1776 (138) 0
1878  607  1770 (141) 0
1879  615  1764 (144) 0
1880  655  1758 (146) 0
1881  724  1752 (149) 0
1882  804  1746 (151) 0
1883  848  1740 (153) 0
1884  955  1734 (155) 0
1885  876  1728 (156) 0
1886  895  1722 (158) 0
1887  843  1716 (159) 0
1888  858  1710 (161) 0
1889  835  1704 (162) 0
1890  883  1698 (163) 0
1891  873  1692 (164) 0
1892  944  1686 (165) 0
1893  997  1680 (166) 0
1894  1039  1674 (167) 0
1895  1057  1668 (168) 0
1896  1055  1662 (169) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bearne, W.J.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
There were also Northampton players named James Bearn (born 1820) and John Hobson Bearn (born 1815), active in the 1850s (see Steve Mann's Yorkshire Chess History website), but it is more likely that the 'Bearne' who played in the City of London Club events in 1871 was W.J. Bearne, who is already mentioned in 1865 in the Household Chess Magazine (31 Jan. 1865, p.16) and the Chess Player's Magazine (June 1865, p.185).
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 32
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 16, no. 6, June 1896, page 230
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 185
   [Fld], 10 May 1873
   [HoCM], vol. 1, no. 1, 31 Jan. 1865, page 16
   [ST], no. 3814, 10 May 1896, page 8
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 6, 15 June 1873, page 168

Tournament data

London, England 1871 (1)     City of London Club Handicap - Section 1    
  Bearne, W.J. - Younger     0 - 2    
London, England 1871 (5)     City of London Club Handicap - Consolation Tournament    
  Bearne, W.J. - Humphreys, E.E.     1 - 0          Humphreys, E.E. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Bearne, W.J. - Shedlock, J.     2 - 0          Bearne, W.J. gave odds of pawn and move
  Bearne, W.J. - Fenton, R.H.F.     0 - 2          Fenton, R.H.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Bearne, W.J. - Hughes-Hughes, M.E.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 14 May 2025