| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1884 | 686 | 1910 | (111) | 3 |  
  | 1885 | 672 | 1911 | (110) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 673 | 1911 | (108) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 652 | 1912 | (106) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 663 | 1912 | (103) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 652 | 1913 | (100) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 686 | 1913 | (95) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 689 | 1914 | (90) | 7 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Biggs, W.L. |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Land and Water (1 Mar. 1884, p.203) has 'W.L. Bigge'. The British Chess Magazine of Sep. 1891 (p.405) has 'W.L. Biggs'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 475 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1891, page 405 |  
   | [LW], 1 Mar. 1884, page 203 |  |  |