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  725  1752 (149) 0
1882  805  1746 (151) 0
1883  849  1740 (153) 0
1884  956  1734 (155) 0
1885  877  1728 (156) 0
1886  896  1722 (158) 0
1887  844  1716 (159) 0
1888  859  1710 (161) 0
1889  836  1704 (162) 0
1890  884  1698 (163) 0
1891  874  1692 (164) 0
1892  945  1686 (165) 0
1893  1003  1680 (166) 0
1894  1043  1674 (167) 0
1895  1061  1668 (168) 0
1896  1057  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