de Soyres, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  178  2184 (64) 4
1872  153  2221 (52) 7
1873  145  2222 (43) 21
1874  139  2225 (40) 23
1875  172  2198 (40) 28
1876  174  2194 (45) 14
1877  196  2162 (48) 9
1878  209  2149 (51) 10
1879  175  2188 (56) 0
1880  149  2226 (54) 10
1881  189  2209 (61) 0
1882  213  2192 (64) 0
1883  252  2175 (63) 0
1884  285  2158 (58) 0
1885  312  2141 (49) 26
1886  311  2138 (62) 0
1887  326  2135 (71) 0
1888  326  2131 (77) 0
1889  325  2128 (81) 0
1890  357  2125 (84) 0
1891  360  2121 (85) 0
1892  389  2118 (86) 0
1893  396  2114 (85) 0
1894  409  2111 (82) 4
1895  425  2106 (86) 0
1896  429  2101 (90) 0
1897  447  2096 (92) 0
1898  485  2091 (93) 0
1899  499  2086 (93) 0
1900  536  2081 (92) 0
1901  561  2076 (90) 0
1902  583  2071 (87) 0
1903  598  2066 (83) 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
 
Notes:
Gaige has date of birth as 26-04-1849; Saunders has date of birth as 26-04-1847. Forster and Harding (in Steinitz in London) have birth year 1849.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 80, 969
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 91, 400
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 147
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 216, 235
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 150
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 202, 292, 344
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 1, Feb. 1874, page 23
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 9, Oct. 1874, page 227
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, June 1872, page 94
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 57
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1753, 28 Apr. 1872, page 2
   [Fld], 10 Jan. 1874
   [Fld], 4 Apr. 1874
   [IJ], no. 7161, 8 Nov. 1873, page 8
   [ILN], vol. 59, no. 1662, 29 July 1871, page 99
   [ILN], vol. 59, no. 1682, 9 Dec. 1871, page 555
   [ILN], vol. 60, no. 1701, 13 Apr. 1872, page 363
   [NBSZ], vol. 8, no. 6, June 1871, page 192
   [NSC], 20 May 1888
   [NYC], 3 Oct. 1874
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
   Saunders, John.  [Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players]
   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
Wayte, W. - de Soyres, J. 1875         (f)     5   -   3      Wayte, W. gave odds of pawn and move
de Soyres, J. - Wayte, W. 1880         (f)     3   -   1
de Soyres, J. - Barry, G. (1) 1894         (c)     2   -   1
de Soyres, J. - Short, R. 1894         (c)     0.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Wiesbaden 1871 (1)     Wiesbaden Tournament, Section I     0  /  4
London, England 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
  de Soyres, J. - Vyse, W.E.     0 - 1          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  de Soyres, J. - Fenton, R.H.F.     2 - 1    
London, England 1873 (1)     1st Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  de Soyres, J. - Parratt, W.     0 - 2    
Bristol 1873 (2)     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 (4)     4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Section B     2  /  9
Ipswich, Suffolk 1873 (1)     East Anglian Chess Tournament - Class I     5  /  7
London, England 1874 (3)     2nd Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  de Soyres, J. - Parratt, W.     2 - 1    
London, England 1874 (4)     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, England 1875 (7)     City of London Club Handicap    
  de Soyres, J. - Vyse, W.E.     0 - 1          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
  de Soyres, J. - Andrade, N.     2 - 0          de Soyres, J. gave odds of a knight
  de Soyres, J. - Grady     3 - 1          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  de Soyres, J. - Kunwald, E.     1 - 2          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
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
London, England 1878 (5)     9th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II     5.5  /  8
London, England 1878 (6)     9th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  de Soyres, J. - Thorold, E.     0 - 1          Thorold, E. gave odds of pawn and move
  de Soyres, J. - Gumpel, C.G.     0 - 1          de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
Boston, England 1880     10th Counties Chess Association Meeting     4  /  6
London, England 1885 (7)     British Chess Association - Tennyson Prize Tournament     2  /  5
London, England 1885 (8)     British Chess Association - Ruskin Prize Tournament     4  /  6
London, England 1885 (9)     British Chess Association Tournament     4  /  15
Hilversum 1903     3rd Netherland Chess Federation International Tournament     2  /  9

Player information updated: 6 Oct. 2024