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Cairns, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1885  319  2114 (89) 2 1886  304  2129 (83) 2 1887  319  2124 (78) 5 1888  310  2121 (78) 2 1889  304  2130 (80) 0 1890  312  2139 (80) 2 1891  328  2136 (81) 0 1892  343  2134 (81) 1 1893  346  2132 (82) 1 1894  338  2141 (84) 0 1895  321  2151 (84) 1 1896  297  2165 (83) 0 1897  273  2179 (81) 2 1898  291  2177 (82) 1 1899  321  2164 (82) 1 1900  325  2161 (84) 2 1901  326  2168 (86) 4 1902  362  2153 (94) 0 1903  383  2138 (100) 0 1904  432  2123 (106) 0 1905  465  2108 (111) 0 1906  497  2093 (115) 0 1907  535  2078 (119) 0 1908  570  2063 (122) 0 1909  640  2048 (125) 0 1910  651  2033 (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