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Court, John 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1876 | 212 | 2153 | (96) | 3 |  
  | 1877 | 191 | 2167 | (91) | 0 |  
  | 1878 | 182 | 2181 | (85) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 167 | 2195 | (77) | 0 |  
  | 1880 | 166 | 2209 | (66) | 15 |  
  | 1881 | 200 | 2197 | (71) | 2 |  
  | 1882 | 227 | 2182 | (77) | 2 |  
  | 1883 | 261 | 2168 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 292 | 2154 | (88) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 314 | 2141 | (92) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 327 | 2127 | (95) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 359 | 2113 | (97) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 378 | 2100 | (98) | 2 |  
  | 1889 | 387 | 2088 | (102) | 1 |  
  | 1890 | 424 | 2077 | (108) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 445 | 2066 | (113) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 499 | 2055 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 531 | 2044 | (122) | 0 |  
  | 1894 | 566 | 2034 | (125) | 0 |  
  | 1895 | 587 | 2023 | (129) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 604 | 2012 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 634 | 2001 | (135) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 674 | 1991 | (137) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 711 | 1980 | (140) | 0 |  
  | 1900 | 746 | 1969 | (142) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Court, John |  
   | Born: 31 Mar. 1841 |  
   | Died: 20 Jan. 1922 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Birth and death dates from original records sent by Alan McGowan. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 958 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 114, 146, 209, 362 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 2, Mar. 1875, page 41 |  
   | [CML], vol. 1, no. 8, Apr. 1880, page 228 |  
   | [TG], vol. 33, no. 6, 6 Jan. 1877, page 7 |  | Web |  
   | McGowan, Alan.  [John Court] |  
   | McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1899] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Edinburgh 1876 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Court, J. - Nimmo, J. | 2 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1880 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Court, J. - Meikle, C. | 1 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Glasgow 1880 | West of Scotland Challenge Cup Tournament | 13 | / | 20 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1881 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Court, J. - Baxter, C.R. | 1.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Edinburgh 1882 | East and West of Scotland Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Court, J. - Fraser, Jo. | 1 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Glasgow 1888 (4) | 5th Scottish Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Court, J. - Phillips, J. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  | Court, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  |  | Court, J. - Mills, D.Y. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Liverpool 1889 (1) | Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Court, J. - Kaizer, M. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Glasgow 1900 | Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Court, J. - England, P.R. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 6 Apr. 2023 |  
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