Ratings 
  
  | Year       | 
  Rank   | 
   Edo    | 
  Dev.   | 
  Games  | 
 
  | 1913  | 
  913  | 
  1984 |  (87) |   6 | 
 
  | 1914  | 
  884  | 
  1978 |  (87) |   5 | 
 
  
Rating table notes
 
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| Biographical data |  
   | Name: Black, J.   | 
 
   | Born:  | 
 
   | Died:  | 
 
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   | Notes: | 
 
   | This seems to have been a pseudonym, but for whom is not clear. The Falkirk Herald of 26 Mar. 1913 (p.4) and 31 Dec. 1913 (p.4) and 7 Jan. 1914 (p.4) all have J. "Black" (with double quotes around Black). | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 208 | 
 
   |    Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 29 | 
 
| Periodicals |  
   |    [FH], 26 Mar. 1913, page 4 | 
 
   |    [FH], 31 Dec. 1913, page 4 | 
 
   |    [FH], Jan. 1914, page 4 | 
 
 
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