de Soyres, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  125  2158 (67) 4
1872  111  2194 (57) 3
1873  109  2206 (45) 21
1874  100  2223 (43) 23
1875  107  2217 (45) 13
1876  112  2217 (49) 14
1877  118  2199 (53) 9
1878  106  2219 (59) 0
1879  98  2240 (60) 0
1880  99  2261 (57) 10
1881  121  2239 (63) 0
1882  148  2218 (65) 0
1883  189  2197 (64) 0
1884  214  2176 (59) 0
1885  254  2154 (50) 26
1886  256  2149 (64) 0
1887  273  2144 (74) 0
1888  267  2140 (82) 0
1889  275  2135 (88) 0
1890  297  2130 (93) 0
1891  314  2125 (96) 0
1892  328  2120 (99) 0
1893  342  2115 (102) 0
1894  352  2110 (103) 0
1895  345  2105 (104) 0
1896  351  2100 (104) 0
1897  347  2096 (104) 0
1898  364  2091 (103) 0
1899  376  2086 (102) 0
1900  385  2081 (99) 0
1901  411  2076 (96) 0
1902  421  2071 (92) 0
1903  425  2066 (88) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: de Soyres, John  
   Also known as: Rev. John de Soyres
Born: 26 Apr. 1849
Died: 3 Feb. 1905
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 80, 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 91, 400
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 150
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 202, 292, 344
Periodicals
   [IJ], 8 Nov. 1873, page 8
   [ILN], vol. 59, 29 July 1871, page 99
   [ILN], vol. 59, 9 Dec. 1871, page 555
   [ILN], vol. 60, 13 Apr. 1872, page 363
   [NSC], 20 May 1888
Web
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: John de Soyres]
   Harding, Tim.  [Another Blast from the Postal Past], page 11
   Harding, Tim.  [The First Oxford-Cambridge University Match], page 7
   Sericano, C.  [Boston (Inghilterra) 1880]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (1)         (c)     1   -   1
Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (2)         (c)     2   -   0      Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and move
Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (3)         (c)     1.5   -   0.5      Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Zukertort, J.H. - de Soyres, J. 1874 (4)         (c)     2   -   0      Zukertort, J.H. gave odds of a knight
Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (1)         (f)     3   -   0
Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (2)         (f)     2   -   1      Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and move
Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (3)         (f)     2   -   1      Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (4)         (f)     1   -   2      Burn, A. gave odds of a knight
de Soyres, J. - Wayte, W. 1880         (f)     3   -   1

Tournament data

Wiesbaden 1871 (1)     Wiesbaden Tournament, Section I     0  /  4
London 1872 (5)     City of London Club Handicap    
  de Soyres, J. - Shedlock, J.     1 - 0          de Soyres, J. gave odds of a rook
  de Soyres, J. - Lovelock, J.F.     1 - 0          de Soyres, J. gave odds of a rook
  de Soyres, J. - Down, H.F.     1 - 0          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
London 1873     1st Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  de Soyres, J. - Parratt, W.     0 - 2    
Bristol 1873 (1)     4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  de Soyres, J. - Kempson, S.G.     1 - 0          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
  de Soyres, J. - Lambert, C.J.     1 - 0    
  de Soyres, J. - Ranken, C.E.     1 - 0          Ranken, C.E. gave odds of pawn and move
Bristol 1873 (3)     4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Section B     2  /  9
Ipswich 1873 (1)     East Anglian Chess Tournament - Class I     5  /  7
London 1874 (1)     2nd Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  de Soyres, J. - Parratt, W.     2 - 1    
London 1874 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  de Soyres, J. - Eschwege, H.     1 - 2          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
  de Soyres, J. - Mayow     1 - 2          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
Birmingham 1874 (4)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap    
  de Soyres, J. - Murray, A.K.     1 - 0    
  de Soyres, J. - Skipworth, A.B.     1 - 0          Skipworth, A.B. gave odds of pawn and move
  de Soyres, J. - Newham, W.L.     1 - 0    
  de Soyres, J. - Burn, A.     0.5 - 1.5          Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and move
  de Soyres, J. - Wayte, W.     0.5 - 0.5          Wayte, W. gave odds of pawn and move
London 1875 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  de Soyres, J. - Vyse, W.E.     0 - 1          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
Cheltenham 1876 (2)     7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     13  /  15
Louth 1877 (1)     Lincoln County Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class     5.5  /  9      odds player in pawn and move class
Boston, England 1880     10th Counties Chess Association Meeting     4  /  6
London 1885 (5)     British Chess Association - Tennyson Prize Tournament     2  /  5
London 1885 (6)     British Chess Association - Ruskin Prize Tournament     4  /  6
London 1885 (7)     British Chess Association Tournament     4  /  15
Hilversum 1903     3rd Netherland Chess Federation International Tournament     2  /  9

Player information updated: 14 Nov. 2015