Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  521  1811 (114) 7
1872  541  1805 (119) 0
1873  570  1799 (124) 0
1874  611  1793 (128) 0
1875  658  1787 (132) 0
1876  650  1781 (135) 0
1877  602  1775 (138) 0
1878  607  1769 (141) 0
1879  615  1763 (144) 0
1880  657  1757 (146) 0
1881  726  1751 (149) 0
1882  807  1745 (151) 0
1883  849  1739 (153) 0
1884  956  1733 (155) 0
1885  880  1727 (156) 0
1886  904  1721 (158) 0
1887  850  1715 (159) 0
1888  868  1709 (161) 0
1889  856  1703 (162) 0
1890  892  1697 (163) 0
1891  880  1691 (164) 0
1892  950  1685 (165) 0
1893  1009  1679 (166) 0
1894  1055  1673 (167) 0
1895  1067  1667 (168) 0
1896  1064  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