Edo Ratings, Birch, J.A.

Birch, James

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1855	146	1939	(120)	2
1856	166	1938	(118)	0
1857	177	1936	(115)	0
1858	191	1934	(113)	0
1859	220	1933	(109)	1
1860	235	1934	(107)	0
1861	240	1934	(104)	3
1862	244	1938	(102)	6
1863	242	1936	(103)	2
1864	261	1932	(107)	0
1865	284	1929	(110)	1
1866	320	1919	(115)	0
1867	313	1910	(119)	0
1868	338	1900	(123)	0
1869	350	1891	(126)	1

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Birch, James A.

Born:

Died:

Notes:

Staunton gives his name as 'I.A. Birch' in the Illustrated London News of 4 Apr. 1863 (p.395), but it is given elsewhere as 'J. Birch' or 'James Birch'. I believe these are the same person, as 'I' was often used interchangably for 'J' as an initial in the 19th century. The middle initial 'A' also appears in the subscription list of the book of the Chess Association of Manchester meeting in 1857, and in Renette's biography of Paulsen, citing the Manchester Weekly Express and Guardian of 21 Dec. 1861. The Jun. 1853 issue of the Chess Player's Chronicle has 'James Bird' in error. There was also a 'Lee Birch' or 'Lea Birch' in Manchester, who was active at least from 1837 to 1853, and another 'James Birch' who played in Glasgow in the 1870s and was born in Manchester in 1841, but too young to have been the Manchester player of 1853.

References

Books

Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 40

Renette, Louis Paulsen, page 119

Whyld, English Tournaments, page 11

Periodicals

[CP], vol. 3, June 1853, page 322

[CPC], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1853, page 180

[CPC], vol. 3, no. 5, May 1855, page 176

[Era], vol. 18, no. 919, 4 May 1856, page 14

[Era], vol. 24, no. 1203, 13 Oct. 1861, page 13

[Era], vol. 24, no. 1214, 29 Dec. 1861, page 4

[ILN], vol. 22, no. 623, 21 May 1853, page 403

[ILN], vol. 28, no. 797, 3 May 1856, page 483

[ILN], vol. 30, no. 843, 7 Feb. 1857, page 124

[ILN], vol. 38, no. 1068, 5 Jan. 1861, page 23

[ILN], vol. 42, no. 1197, 4 Apr. 1863, page 395

[MWET], no. 736, 26 Apr. 1856, page 6

Web

Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Tournament data

Liverpool 1855     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match

  Birch, J.A. - Sparke, M.     1.5 - 0.5

Manchester and Liverpool 1859     Manchester - Liverpool Telegraph Match

  Birch, J.A. - de Szabo, E.     0 - 1

Manchester 1861 (1)     Manchester Chess Club Tournament - 1st Class

  Birch, J.A. - Pindar, E.D.     0 - 3

Manchester 1862 (1)     Manchester Club Tournament

  Birch, J.A. - Perkins, G.     3 - 1

Manchester 1862 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match

  Birch, J.A. - Soul, J.     0.5 - 1.5

Liverpool 1863     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match

  Birch, J.A. - Schull, L.     0.5 - 1.5

Manchester 1865     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match

  Birch, J.A. - Soul, C.     0.5 - 0.5

Manchester 1869     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match

  Birch, J.A. - Soul, C.     0 - 1