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Baxter, John 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1863 | 366 | 1585 | (114) | 15 |  
  | 1864 | 376 | 1597 | (116) | 0 |  
  | 1865 | 446 | 1609 | (117) | 0 |  
  | 1866 | 478 | 1621 | (119) | 0 |  
  | 1867 | 459 | 1633 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1868 | 478 | 1645 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1869 | 477 | 1657 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1870 | 539 | 1669 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1871 | 582 | 1681 | (120) | 3 |  
  | 1872 | 617 | 1684 | (121) | 0 |  
  | 1873 | 642 | 1687 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 698 | 1691 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 740 | 1694 | (124) | 0 |  
  | 1876 | 723 | 1697 | (125) | 3 |  
  | 1877 | 650 | 1694 | (127) | 0 |  
  | 1878 | 645 | 1692 | (129) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 649 | 1689 | (131) | 0 |  
  | 1880 | 681 | 1686 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 1881 | 754 | 1683 | (133) | 2 |  
  | 1882 | 839 | 1683 | (135) | 0 |  
  | 1883 | 892 | 1683 | (137) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 998 | 1683 | (139) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 903 | 1683 | (140) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 918 | 1684 | (141) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 852 | 1684 | (143) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 864 | 1684 | (143) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 842 | 1684 | (144) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 887 | 1684 | (145) | 7 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Baxter, John D. |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [BCM], vol. 10, no. 5, May 1890, page 185 |  
   | [DCA], 13 Dec. 1862 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 58, no. 1653, 3 June 1871, page 555 |  
   | [TG], vol. 33, no. 6, 6 Jan. 1877, page 7 |  
   | [WP], vol. 4, no. 2, 14 Oct. 1871, page 19 |  | Web |  
   | McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1890] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Dundee 1863 (2) | Dundee Club Tournament - Section 2 | 3 | / | 15 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1871 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Baxter, J.D. - Steegman, J. | 3 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh and Glasgow 1872 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Baxter, J.D. - Murray, W. (1) | 3 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1876 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Baxter, J.D. - Grant, R.M. | 0.5 - 2.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1881 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Baxter, J.D. - Beckett, G. | 0 - 2 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Dundee 1890 (2) | Scottish Chess Association Congress - Minor Tournament | 7 | / | 7 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Dundee 1890 (3) | Scottish Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Baxter, J.D. - Connor, J. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 1 Feb. 2023 |  
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