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Cairns, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1885  309  2119 (89) 2 1886  296  2134 (83) 2 1887  310  2129 (78) 5 1888  301  2126 (78) 2 1889  298  2135 (80) 0 1890  307  2144 (80) 2 1891  319  2141 (81) 0 1892  335  2139 (81) 1 1893  335  2137 (82) 1 1894  329  2146 (84) 0 1895  311  2156 (84) 1 1896  288  2170 (84) 0 1897  269  2185 (82) 2 1898  280  2183 (82) 1 1899  312  2171 (83) 1 1900  319  2168 (84) 2 1901  320  2175 (86) 4 1902  356  2161 (94) 0 1903  379  2146 (100) 0 1904  425  2131 (106) 0 1905  457  2117 (111) 0 1906  488  2102 (115) 0 1907  517  2087 (119) 0 1908  557  2072 (123) 0 1909  622  2058 (126) 0 1910  639  2043 (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