Borthwick, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  815  1894 (76) 9
1898  794  1911 (78) 0
1899  788  1928 (79) 0
1900  781  1945 (78) 0
1901  756  1962 (75) 0
1902  742  1979 (70) 0
1903  707  1996 (62) 4
1904  758  1985 (57) 5
1905  799  1978 (51) 8
1906  821  1966 (48) 18
1907  869  1953 (55) 7
1908  873  1948 (66) 0
1909  962  1943 (73) 0
1910  963  1938 (77) 0
1911  987  1933 (80) 0
1912  968  1928 (81) 0
1913  994  1923 (81) 0
1914  969  1918 (79) 0
1915  906  1913 (75) 7
1916  912  1904 (80) 0
1917  918  1895 (83) 0
1918  944  1886 (85) 0
1919  968  1877 (86) 0
1920  1074  1868 (85) 0
1921  1176  1859 (83) 0
1922  1207  1850 (79) 0
1923  1353  1841 (74) 7
1924  1395  1830 (75) 6
1925  1450  1843 (82) 0
1926  1530  1856 (87) 0
1927  1515  1869 (91) 0
1928  1497  1882 (94) 0
1929  1470  1895 (96) 0
1930  1498  1908 (97) 0
1931  1552  1921 (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