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Ridpath, James 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1882 | 878 | 1630 | (144) | 5 |  
  | 1883 | 931 | 1623 | (146) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 1055 | 1615 | (148) | 1 |  
  | 1885 | 939 | 1608 | (149) | 3 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Ridpath, James |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 175, 511 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 4, no. 2, Feb. 1884, page 60 |  
   | [CML], vol. 1, no. 3, Nov. 1879, page 66 |  
   | [CML], vol. 3, no. 10, June 1882, page 291 |  
   | [LW], 18 Feb. 1882 |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | London, England 1882 (4) | City of London Club 4th Class - Railway Clearing House Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Ridpath, J. - Tuckfield | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | London, England 1882 (8) | City of London Club Handicap |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Ridpath, J. - Blackburne, J.H. | 1 - 2 |  |  |  | Blackburne, J.H. gave odds of a knight |  
  |  | Ridpath, J. - Block, T. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  | Block, T. gave odds of pawn and move |  
  |  | Ridpath, J. - Taylor, A.H.S. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  | Ridpath, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  | Brighton 1884 (2) | Surrey - Sussex County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Ridpath, J. - Herbert, F.S. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Brighton 1885 (1) | Brighton - Rest of Sussex Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Ridpath, J. - Riviere, J.C. | 0.5 - 1.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sussex 1885 | Brighton - Rest of Sussex Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Ridpath, J. - Malden, C.S. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 5 May 2020 |  
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