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Cairns, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1885  305  2118 (89) 2 1886  291  2133 (83) 2 1887  305  2129 (78) 5 1888  299  2125 (78) 2 1889  294  2134 (80) 0 1890  304  2143 (80) 2 1891  316  2141 (81) 0 1892  329  2138 (81) 1 1893  327  2136 (82) 1 1894  326  2145 (84) 0 1895  306  2155 (84) 1 1896  288  2170 (84) 0 1897  267  2184 (82) 2 1898  276  2182 (82) 1 1899  305  2170 (83) 1 1900  312  2168 (84) 2 1901  315  2175 (86) 4 1902  353  2160 (94) 0 1903  376  2145 (100) 0 1904  420  2131 (106) 0 1905  452  2116 (111) 0 1906  478  2101 (115) 0 1907  513  2087 (119) 0 1908  554  2072 (123) 0 1909  615  2057 (126) 0 1910  630  2042 (128) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Cairns, James C.   Born: 1843 Died: 1915   Notes: Steve Mann gives year of birth as 1842 or 1843.   References Books    Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 34, 35, 44    Forster, Amos Burn, page 956    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 311    Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 132 Web    Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13    Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Lancastrians C-D]

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Tournament data

Liverpool 1885	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Cohen, S.	1 - 1
Manchester 1886	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Kipping, J.S.	2 - 0
Bradford 1887 (2)	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Philip, R.H.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1887 (2)	Liverpool Club - Irish Chess Association Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Harvey, E.L.	2 - 0
Liverpool 1887 (3)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Riddell, J.	0.5 - 0.5
Manchester 1887	Manchester St. Ann's - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Parker, J. (2)	0.5 - 0.5
Liverpool 1888 (1)	Manchester and District - Liverpool and District Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Lewis, J.J.	0 - 1
Manchester 1888	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Mills, D.Y.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1890 (1)	Bradford - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Schott, G.A.	1 - 0
Manchester 1890 (2)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Wright, G.W.	1 - 0
Liverpool 1892	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Jones, H. (1)	0.5 - 0.5
Dublin 1893	Dublin - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Harvey, E.L.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1895 (1)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Kenrick, J.P.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1897 (1)	Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Lea, J.P.	1 - 0
Liverpool 1897 (2)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Palmer, Wilf.C.	1 - 0
Manchester 1898	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Turnbull, W.P.	1 - 0
Manchester 1899	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Jones, H. (1)	0 - 1
Manchester 1900 (1)	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Wildman, F.P.	0 - 1
Manchester 1900 (2)	Lancashire - Warwickshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Hyde, A.H.	0.5 - 0.5
Leeds 1901	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Shields, J.J.	0.5 - 0.5
Liverpool 1901 (2)	Liverpool - Dublin Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Sigerson, G.P.	1 - 0
Lancashire 1901	2nd Lancashire County Championship
	Cairns, J.C. - Dod, A.	1 - 0
	Cairns, J.C. - Spedding, F.E.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1901 (3)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Spencer, E.	1 - 0
Manchester 1910	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Lowenthal, F.	0 - 1

Player information updated: 5 May 2020