Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  517  1811 (114) 7
1872  541  1805 (119) 0
1873  569  1799 (124) 0
1874  609  1793 (128) 0
1875  655  1787 (132) 0
1876  649  1781 (135) 0
1877  601  1775 (138) 0
1878  605  1769 (141) 0
1879  613  1763 (144) 0
1880  655  1757 (146) 0
1881  723  1751 (149) 0
1882  803  1745 (151) 0
1883  845  1739 (153) 0
1884  953  1733 (155) 0
1885  872  1727 (156) 0
1886  895  1721 (158) 0
1887  843  1715 (159) 0
1888  857  1709 (161) 0
1889  834  1703 (162) 0
1890  882  1697 (163) 0
1891  872  1691 (164) 0
1892  944  1685 (165) 0
1893  996  1679 (166) 0
1894  1024  1673 (167) 0
1895  1037  1667 (168) 0
1896  1046  1661 (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