Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  521  1807 (114) 7
1872  538  1801 (119) 0
1873  565  1795 (124) 0
1874  612  1789 (128) 0
1875  655  1783 (132) 0
1876  648  1777 (135) 0
1877  601  1771 (138) 0
1878  607  1764 (141) 0
1879  612  1758 (144) 0
1880  645  1752 (146) 0
1881  720  1746 (149) 0
1882  800  1740 (151) 0
1883  846  1734 (153) 0
1884  952  1728 (155) 0
1885  872  1722 (156) 0
1886  895  1716 (158) 0
1887  844  1710 (159) 0
1888  856  1704 (161) 0
1889  834  1698 (162) 0
1890  884  1692 (163) 0
1891  877  1686 (164) 0
1892  946  1680 (165) 0
1893  999  1674 (166) 0
1894  1026  1667 (167) 0
1895  1039  1661 (168) 0
1896  1049  1655 (168) 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