Narraway, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  206  2217 (101) 5
1885  194  2231 (94) 16
1886  190  2237 (87) 0
1887  188  2243 (78) 0
1888  189  2250 (67) 7
1889  178  2257 (61) 9
1890  198  2252 (61) 0
1891  208  2246 (55) 14
1892  211  2248 (56) 11
1893  202  2253 (55) 6
1894  204  2251 (52) 24
1895  179  2269 (58) 9
1896  161  2285 (63) 0
1897  136  2301 (64) 8
1898  147  2297 (67) 10
1899  164  2288 (77) 0
1900  173  2279 (85) 0
1901  196  2269 (92) 0
1902  215  2260 (97) 0
1903  241  2251 (101) 0
1904  271  2242 (105) 0
1905  286  2233 (108) 0
1906  315  2224 (110) 0
1907  344  2215 (112) 0
1908  374  2206 (113) 0
1909  408  2197 (114) 0
1910  418  2188 (115) 0
1911  467  2179 (115) 0
1912  474  2170 (115) 0
1913  487  2161 (114) 0
1914  469  2152 (113) 0
1915  469  2143 (111) 0
1916  487  2134 (109) 0
1917  505  2125 (106) 0
1918  545  2115 (103) 0
1919  568  2106 (99) 0
1920  635  2097 (94) 0
1921  689  2088 (89) 0
1922  727  2079 (82) 0
1923  818  2070 (73) 0
1924  876  2061 (62) 15
1925  971  2038 (62) 0
1926  1079  2014 (56) 12
1927  1181  1986 (56) 14
1928  1191  1973 (61) 0
1929  1223  1960 (60) 11
1930  1242  1967 (65) 0
1931  1269  1974 (66) 13

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Narraway, James Ephraim  
Born: 11 June 1857
Died: 16 June 1947
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 304
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 332
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 298
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 270
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 87
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 11, 12, 127
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 187
   Yanofsky, 100 Years of Chess in Canada, page 10
Periodicals
   [TG], vol. 53, no. 14778, 1 July 1897, page 8
Web
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess Timeline]
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Champions - Closed]
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: James Narraway]
   Hilbert, John S.  [A Century Ago in Correspondence Chess]
   Wright, Stephen.  [Early Canadian Championships]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Narraway, J.E. - Fisher, G.F. 1884         (f)     3   -   2
Narraway, J.E. - Stubbs, C.F. 1885         (f)     7   -   4      Narraway, J.E. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Narraway, J.E. - Fisher, G.F. 1885         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Narraway, J.E. - Fish, J. 1894         (f)     5   -   5
Narraway, J.E. - Fish, J. 1895         (f)     6   -   3

Tournament data

Quebec and Montreal 1888     15th Canadian Championship     4  /  5
  Narraway, J.E. - Pope, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Narraway, J.E. - MacLeod, N.M.     0 - 1    
Montreal 1889     16th Canadian Championship     6  /  8
  Narraway, J.E. - Fleming, R.P.     0 - 1    
Montreal 1891     18th Canadian Championship     8.5  /  14
Toronto 1892     19th Canadian Championship Tournament     10.5  /  13
Quebec 1893 (1)     20th Canadian Championship     10  /  12
Montreal 1894     21st Canadian Championship     8.5  /  14
Orillia 1897 (1)     22nd Canadian Championship Tournament     7  /  8
Toronto 1898     23rd Canadian Championship Tournament - First Class     8  /  10
Hamilton, Ontario 1924     32nd Canadian Championship     9  /  15
Montreal 1926 (2)     33rd Canadian Championship     5.5  /  12
Toronto 1927     34th Canadian Championship     4.5  /  14
Montreal 1929 (2)     35th Canadian Championship     4.5  /  11
Hamilton, Ontario 1931     36th Canadian Championship     5  /  13

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022