Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  478  1816 (114) 7
1872  498  1810 (119) 0
1873  529  1804 (124) 0
1874  579  1798 (128) 0
1875  623  1792 (131) 0
1876  603  1786 (135) 0
1877  552  1780 (138) 0
1878  551  1774 (141) 0
1879  556  1768 (144) 0
1880  600  1761 (146) 0
1881  672  1755 (149) 0
1882  739  1749 (151) 0
1883  811  1743 (153) 0
1884  908  1737 (155) 0
1885  841  1731 (156) 0
1886  845  1725 (158) 0
1887  801  1719 (159) 0
1888  812  1713 (161) 0
1889  782  1707 (162) 0
1890  841  1701 (163) 0
1891  837  1695 (164) 0
1892  886  1689 (165) 0
1893  913  1683 (166) 0
1894  944  1677 (167) 0
1895  960  1670 (168) 0
1896  961  1664 (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

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: 25 Jun. 2019