Watts, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  295  2033 (85) 1
1871  303  2046 (75) 6
1872  308  2051 (68) 5
1873  299  2060 (65) 0
1874  297  2070 (59) 6
1875  301  2077 (57) 13
1876  281  2090 (64) 2
1877  272  2094 (69) 0
1878  285  2097 (72) 2
1879  275  2099 (77) 0
1880  280  2102 (79) 0
1881  312  2104 (80) 0
1882  315  2106 (79) 1
1883  337  2109 (78) 1
1884  367  2110 (77) 3
1885  358  2115 (80) 3
1886  355  2118 (87) 0
1887  352  2121 (92) 0
1888  352  2124 (97) 1
1889  335  2125 (102) 0
1890  361  2126 (106) 0
1891  357  2127 (109) 1
1892  391  2119 (114) 0
1893  413  2110 (119) 0
1894  436  2102 (123) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Watts, John James  
Born: 9 Oct. 1829
Died: 4 May 1905
 
Notes:
Full name and birth and death dates sent by Michael Kühl from FamilySearch.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 971
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 581
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 180, 198, 306
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 121, 122
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 1, Feb. 1874, page 23
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 28, Apr. 1861, page 128
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1864, page 50
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1867, page 72
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1687, 22 Jan. 1871, page 4
   [Fld], 20 Sep. 1873
   [Fld], 10 Jan. 1874
   [Fld], 31 Jan. 1874
   [Fld], 17 Oct. 1874
   [ILN], vol. 56, no. 1585, 19 Mar. 1870, page 307
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1607, 6 Aug. 1870, page 155
   [ILN], vol. 63, no. 1785, 15 Nov. 1873, page 471
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2000, 10 Nov. 1877, page 462
   [SoT], 11 Oct. 1873
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 9, 1 Jan. 1872, page 153
Web
   Sarah.  [der Schwarze Tod]

Tournament data

London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1871 (3)     City of London Club Handicap - Section 3    
  Watts, J.J. - Parley     2 - 1          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Watts, J.J. - de Vere, C.V.     1 - 2          de Vere, C.V. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1872 (1)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Watts, J.J. - Mellor, W. (2)     1.5 - 0.5          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move
  Watts, J.J. - Cole, A.J.     0 - 1          Cole, A.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1872 (5)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Watts, J.J. - Lowson, H.     1 - 0          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Watts, J.J. - Down, H.F.     0 - 1    
London, England 1874 (4)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Watts, J.J. - Bussy, B.F.     1 - 2    
  Watts, J.J. - Ballard, W.R.     0 - 2          Ballard, W.R. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1874 (9)     City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Bird, H.E.     1 - 0          Bird, H.E. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1875 (5)     City of London Club Old Members - New Members Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Rosenbaum, A. (1)     0 - 1    
London, England 1875 (7)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Watts, J.J. - Eschwege, H.     1.5 - 2.5    
  Watts, J.J. - Sharpe, F.     1 - 0          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move
  Watts, J.J. - Garraway, W.     1 - 2          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1875 (10)     Endeavour Club - Bermondsey Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Peyer, V.C.     0.5 - 1.5    
London, England 1875 (16)     Bermondsey Club - International Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Physick, T.     1 - 1    
London, England 1876 (1)     Bermondsey Club - International Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Hill (1)     1 - 0    
London, England 1876 (15)     City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Horwitz, B.     1 - 0          Horwitz, B. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1877 (4)     Bermondsey - Shaftesbury Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Swyer (1)     1 - 0    
London, England 1878 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Watts, J.J. - Knight, W.J.J.     1 - 0          Watts, J.J. gave odds of the move
  Watts, J.J. - Huckvale, J.A.     0 - 1    
London, England 1882 (2)     City of London Club 3rd Class - 4th Class Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Horsfall, C.F.     1 - 0          Watts, J.J. gave odds of pawn and move
London, England 1882 (8)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Watts, J.J. - Cutler, C.G.     1 - 0    
London, England 1883 (2)     City of London Club 3rd Class - Cambridge University Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Raymond, E.L.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1884 (3)     City of London Club 3rd Class - Cambridge University Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Sherrard, H.W.     1 - 0    
Brighton 1884 (2)     Surrey - Sussex County Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Wilson, W.V.     0 - 2    
London, England 1885 (1)     Surrey - Sussex County Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Lucas, P.J.     0 - 1    
London, England 1885 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Marett, C.     0 - 1    
London, England 1885 (3)     City of London - Universities Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Wainwright, G.E.     1 - 0    
Brighton 1885 (2)     Surrey - Sussex County Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Colborne, J.G.     1 - 0    
London, England 1888 (3)     City of London - Universities Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Topham, R.S.     1 - 0    
Rochester, Kent 1891     Kent - Surrey County Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Taylor, J.H.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (2)     Oxford Past - Cambridge Past Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Schomberg, R.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Watts, J.J. - Yarnold, C.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025