Borthwick, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  814  1895 (76) 9
1898  790  1912 (78) 0
1899  785  1929 (79) 0
1900  778  1947 (78) 0
1901  755  1964 (75) 0
1902  738  1981 (70) 0
1903  699  1998 (62) 4
1904  754  1986 (57) 5
1905  794  1979 (51) 8
1906  815  1968 (48) 18
1907  859  1954 (55) 7
1908  871  1949 (66) 0
1909  960  1944 (73) 0
1910  962  1940 (77) 0
1911  985  1935 (80) 0
1912  966  1930 (81) 0
1913  993  1925 (81) 0
1914  966  1920 (79) 0
1915  905  1915 (75) 7
1916  911  1906 (80) 0
1917  917  1897 (83) 0
1918  942  1888 (85) 0
1919  966  1879 (86) 0
1920  1070  1870 (85) 0
1921  1173  1861 (83) 0
1922  1191  1852 (79) 0
1923  1334  1843 (74) 7
1924  1377  1832 (75) 6
1925  1437  1845 (82) 0
1926  1515  1858 (87) 0
1927  1506  1871 (91) 0
1928  1490  1884 (94) 0
1929  1464  1897 (96) 0
1930  1492  1910 (97) 0
1931  1547  1922 (97) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Borthwick, James  
Born: 3 Mar. 1866
Died: 4 Aug. 1932
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 2
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 955
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 48
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 501
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 35
Periodicals
   [FH], 3 May 1905, page 8
Web
   McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1903]
   McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1907]

Tournament data

Glasgow 1897     14th Scottish Championship     1.5  /  8
Liverpool 1897 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Borthwick, J. - Shaw, J.H.     1 - 0    
Edinburgh 1903     20th Scottish Championship     3  /  4
Dundee 1904     21st Scottish Championship     2  /  5
Stirling 1905     22nd Scottish Championship     4  /  8
Glasgow 1906     23rd Scottish Championship     2  /  7
Shrewsbury 1906 (3)     3rd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class Amateur Tournament     4.5  /  11
Edinburgh 1907     24th Scottish Championship     2  /  7
Glasgow 1915     32nd Scottish Championship     2  /  7
Glasgow 1923     36th Scottish Championship     1.5  /  7
Dundee 1924     37th Scottish Championship     1  /  7
Edinburgh 1931     44th Scottish Championship     3  /  5


Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025