Lister, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1883  584  1932 (66) 4
1884  669  1912 (55) 20
1885  686  1891 (64) 0
1886  713  1870 (69) 0
1887  715  1850 (71) 0
1888  737  1829 (70) 7
1889  711  1836 (76) 0
1890  746  1843 (80) 0
1891  734  1851 (82) 0
1892  767  1858 (83) 0
1893  776  1865 (83) 0
1894  791  1873 (81) 0
1895  790  1880 (78) 0
1896  773  1887 (72) 0
1897  778  1895 (65) 8
1898  766  1899 (67) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Lister, James  
Born: 1830
Died: 1912
 
Notes:
Forster gives date of death as 'c1912'. There were three members of the Liverpool Club with the name 'James Lister'. One became a member in 1843 and another in 1847. Then a 'Lister, James, Junr.' became a member in 1885. The James Lister who was vice-president of the Liverpool Club in 1882 and president in 1883 and 1885 was presumably not this third junior James Lister, who was not a member in time. However, Forster gives his date of birth as 1830, so he would have been only about 13 years old when the first James Lister became a member of the Liverpool Club. This first James Lister is probably the one who appears in the Chess Player's Chronicle and La Palamède in the years 1845 and 1846. The James Lister who was active in the early 1880s was thus probably the second one, who became a member of the Liverpool Club in 1847 at about age 17.
 
References
Books
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 29, 59, 77, 78
   England, Liverpool Chess Club, Annual Report 1912, page 13
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 680, 963
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1883, page 69
   [LW], 27 Jan. 1883
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]

Tournament data

Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Lister, J. - Hudson, J.G.     2 - 0    
Manchester 1883     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Lister, J. - Lowenthal, F.     1 - 1    
Liverpool 1884 (1)     Liverpool Club Tournament     6  /  16      odds player in a knight class
Liverpool 1884 (2)     1st Rutherford Silver Cup Competition    
  Lister, J. - Leather, R.K.     0.5 - 1.5    
Liverpool 1884 (3)     2nd Rutherford Silver Cup Competition    
  Lister, J. - Bailey, H.A.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Lister, J. - Blythe, G.     2 - 0    
Liverpool 1888 (2)     Liverpool Club Handicap - Winners' Group     2  /  8      odds player in a rook class
Llandudno 1897 (2)     Llandudno Handicap Tournament - Section A     4.5  /  7      odds player in a knight class
  Lister, J. - Gunston, W.H.     0 - 1          Gunston, W.H. gave odds of a knight
Llandudno 1898 (2)     Llandudno Handicap Tournament - Section A     5  /  9      odds player in a knight class


Player information updated: 13 Jun. 2024