Watkinson, John
Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1856 |
100 |
2245 | (83) | 4 |
1857 |
93 |
2264 | (75) | 3 |
1858 |
81 |
2305 | (69) | 1 |
1859 |
60 |
2359 | (62) | 5 |
1860 |
51 |
2400 | (55) | 19 |
1861 |
47 |
2407 | (53) | 32 |
1862 |
49 |
2387 | (58) | 2 |
1863 |
51 |
2377 | (61) | 0 |
1864 |
56 |
2368 | (60) | 12 |
1865 |
58 |
2363 | (62) | 4 |
1866 |
63 |
2344 | (62) | 4 |
1867 |
68 |
2339 | (64) | 3 |
1868 |
66 |
2359 | (67) | 1 |
1869 |
58 |
2383 | (69) | 0 |
1870 |
38 |
2407 | (68) | 2 |
1871 |
32 |
2423 | (67) | 2 |
1872 |
32 |
2438 | (66) | 3 |
1873 |
28 |
2452 | (67) | 11 |
1874 |
29 |
2439 | (76) | 0 |
1875 |
39 |
2427 | (82) | 0 |
1876 |
43 |
2414 | (87) | 5 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: Watkinson, John |
Born: 5 Feb. 1833 |
Died: 19 Dec. 1923 |
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Notes: |
Gaige gives date of death as 19-12-1923; Priestley gives 26-12-1923. The Chess Player's Magazine of Jan. 1865 (p.29) gives his name as 'J.E. Watkinson'. The Report of the Manchester Meeting of 1857 has 'T. Watkinson'. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of 24 Jul. 1858 has a game played by a John Watkinson in Montreal, against W. Scott 'of the Huddersfield Chess Club'. Of course, John Watkinson was also of Huddersfield. Could the two of them have been visiting Montreal together? |
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References |
Books |
Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5 |
Forster, Amos Burn, page 62, 971 |
Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 457 |
Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 119, 495 |
Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page xl |
Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 14 |
Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lxii |
Whyld, English Tournaments, page 12 |
Periodicals |
[BCR], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1853, page 190 |
[CP], vol. 2, no. 46, 29 May 1852, page 176 |
[CPC], vol. 12, no. 9, Sep. 1851, page 284 |
[CPC], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1854, page 61 |
[CPC], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1859, page 190 |
[CPC], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1859, page 364 |
[CPC], vol. 2, no. 15, Mar. 1860, page 85 |
[CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165 |
[CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1862, page 98 |
[CPM], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1865, page 29 |
[CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 184 |
[CPM], vol. 1, no. 9, Sep. 1865, page 284 |
[CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 384 |
[CPM], vol. 3, no. 7, 1 July 1867, page 217 |
[CPQC], vol. 1, no. 4, Nov. 1868, page 121 |
[CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 156 |
[CW], vol. 3, no. 4, July 1867, page 145 |
[Era], vol. 27, no. 1393, 4 June 1865, page 6 |
[Era], vol. 29, no. 1497, 2 June 1867, page 7 |
[Era], vol. 31, no. 1569, 18 Oct. 1868, page 5 |
[Era], vol. 31, no. 1603, 13 June 1869, page 7 |
[Era], vol. 32, no. 1655, 12 June 1870, page 5 |
[FLIN], 24 July 1858 |
[HCWYA], no. 893, 1 June 1867, page 5 |
[ILN], vol. 29, no. 832, 29 Nov. 1856, page 553 |
[ILN], vol. 30, no. 865, 20 June 1857, page 616 |
[ILN], vol. 34, no. 973, 14 May 1859, page 478 |
[ILN], vol. 64, no. 1815, 6 June 1874, page 547 |
[LeM], no. 14685, 2 May 1885, page 7 |
[WP], vol. 5, no. 1, 1 May 1872, page 5 |
[WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26 |
Web |
Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - 1857: Halifax CC Annual Meeting] |
Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - 1866: NYDCA, 2nd Redcar Meeting] |
Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - John Watkinson] |
Priestley, Edgar. [A 'Pride Of Huddersfield' Man] |
Priestly, Edgar. [The History of Huddersfield and District Chess Association, p.2] |
[History of the Huddersfield Chess Club] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Kipping, J.S. - Watkinson, J. 1858 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Thorold, E. 1859 |
(c) |
2 | - | 1 |
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Watkinson, J. - Hunter, W.W. 1859 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Beardsell, B. 1860 |
(f) |
4 | - | 0 |
Watkinson, J. gave odds of a rook |
Watkinson, J. - Parratt, W. 1860 |
(f) |
9 | - | 5 |
Watkinson, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
Watkinson, J. - Thorold, E. 1860 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Werner, M.G.E. 1860 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Tomlinson, W.H.B. 1861 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Young, J.W. (2) 1861 |
(c) |
2 | - | 3 |
Watkinson, J. gave odds of a knight |
Watkinson, J. - Thorold, E. 1861 |
(f) |
7 | - | 4 |
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Watkinson, J. - Shaw, Jos.W. 1861 |
(f) |
7 | - | 4 |
Watkinson, J. gave odds of a rook |
Watkinson, J. - Werner, M.G.E. 1862 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Day, S. 1862 |
(c) |
0 | - | 1 |
Watkinson, J. gave odds of a knight |
Watkinson, J. - Rhodes, J. 1865 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Skipworth, A.B. 1866 (1) |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Skipworth, A.B. 1866 (2) |
(c) |
1 | - | 2 |
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Wayte, W. - Watkinson, J. 1868 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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Watkinson, J. - Day, S. 1872 |
(c) |
2 | - | 1 |
Watkinson, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
Tournament data
Huddersfield 1856 |
Huddersfield - Wakefield Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Shepherd, E. |
1.5 - 0.5 |
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Leeds 1856 |
Leeds - Huddersfield Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Rhodes, J. |
1 - 1 |
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Leeds 1857 (1) |
Leeds - Huddersfield Club Tournament, Section 1 |
1 | / | 3 |
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Bradford 1860 (2) |
West Yorkshire Chess Association Tournament - Leading Section |
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Watkinson, J. - Bishop (1) |
1 - 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Cadman, R. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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Leeds 1861 (1) |
West Yorkshire Chess Association Tournament |
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Watkinson, J. - Wilson, W.J. |
0 - 1 |
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Wakefield 1861 |
Huddersfield - Wakefield Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Hunter, W.W. |
1 - 0 |
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Huddersfield 1864 (1) |
Huddersfield - Bradford Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Knowles, T.A. |
3 - 0 |
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Bradford 1864 |
Huddersfield - Bradford Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Petty, J. |
3 - 0 |
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Huddersfield or Bradford (?) 1864 |
Huddersfield - Bradford Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Tegeler, J.G.F. |
1 - 2 |
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Huddersfield and Sheffield 1864 |
Huddersfield - Sheffield Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Latham, T.S. |
2 - 1 |
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Bradford and Huddersfield 1865 |
Huddersfield - Bradford Club Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Tegeler, J.G.F. |
3 - 0 |
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Wakefield 1867 (1) |
West Yorkshire Chess Association - Tournament 1 |
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Watkinson, J. - Werner, M.G.E. |
0 - 1 |
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Leeds 1867 |
West Riding - North Riding Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Wisker, J. |
0 - 2 |
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Halifax, Yorkshire 1870 (2) |
West Yorkshire Chess Association - 1st Class Tournament |
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Watkinson, J. - Young, J.W. (2) |
1 - 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Skipworth, A.B. |
1 - 0 |
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Bradford 1871 |
Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match |
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Watkinson, J. - Burn, A. |
1 - 1 |
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Huddersfield 1873 |
Huddersfield Club Handicap |
6 | / | 9 |
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Wakefield 1873 (1) |
West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting - First Tournament |
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Watkinson, J. - Bennett, J. |
1 - 0 |
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Watkinson, J. - Young, J.W. (2) |
1 - 0 |
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Huddersfield 1876 (1) |
Huddersfield Club Handicap |
4 | / | 5 |
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Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023 |
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