Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1864 |
181 |
2144 | (158) | 3 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Withers, John |
| Born: 1804 |
| Died: 24 Mar. 1882 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives birth between 25-03-1804 and 24-03-1805. The Chess Player (1852, v.3, p.120) gives name as 'Whithers'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 1, 23 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 467 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 109 |
| Walker, A Selection of Games at Chess, page 280 |
| Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 143 |
| Periodicals |
| [BLL], 17 May 1840, page 2 |
| [BLL], 9 Feb. 1845, page 2 |
| [BLL], 17 Sep. 1848, page 8 |
| [BLL], 1 Dec. 1850, page 8 |
| [CP], vol. 3, Dec. 1852, page 120 |
| [CPC], vol. 2, no. 13, 22 Jan. 1842, page 208 |
| [CPC], vol. 5, no. 12, Dec. 1844, page 380 |
| [CPC], vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 1845, page 225 |
| [CPC], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1853, page 125 |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1855, page cover |
| [CPC], vol. 3, no. 30, June 1861, page 165 |
| [Era], vol. 22, no. 1147, 16 Sep. 1860, page 14 |
| [Era], vol. 23, no. 1155, 11 Nov. 1860, page 5 |
| [Era], vol. 23, no. 1184, 2 June 1861, page 16 |
| [Era], vol. 24, no. 1222, 23 Feb. 1862, page 14 |
| [Fld], 9 July 1853 |
| [ILN], vol. 15, no. 403, 15 Dec. 1849, page 395 |
| [ILN], vol. 27, no. 777, 29 Dec. 1855, page 774 |
| [NCG], 7 Nov. 1840 |
| [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 June 1842, page 319 |
| Web |
| Burt, John. [The Bristol Chess Club] |
| Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Early World Rankings], page 7 |
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