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Cairns, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1885  325  2115 (89) 2 1886  306  2130 (83) 2 1887  319  2125 (78) 5 1888  313  2121 (78) 2 1889  306  2131 (80) 0 1890  316  2140 (80) 2 1891  335  2137 (81) 0 1892  347  2135 (81) 1 1893  353  2133 (82) 1 1894  351  2142 (84) 0 1895  337  2152 (84) 1 1896  316  2167 (83) 0 1897  290  2181 (81) 2 1898  313  2179 (82) 1 1899  340  2167 (82) 1 1900  350  2164 (83) 2 1901  347  2170 (86) 4 1902  382  2156 (94) 0 1903  406  2141 (100) 0 1904  451  2126 (106) 0 1905  482  2111 (111) 0 1906  519  2096 (115) 0 1907  550  2081 (119) 0 1908  587  2066 (122) 0 1909  660  2051 (125) 0 1910  680  2036 (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 (2)	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