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White, James 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1866 | 208 | 2121 | (94) | 5 |  
  | 1867 | 204 | 2127 | (93) | 2 |  
  | 1868 | 214 | 2125 | (95) | 0 |  
  | 1869 | 217 | 2124 | (95) | 0 |  
  | 1870 | 225 | 2122 | (94) | 0 |  
  | 1871 | 237 | 2120 | (93) | 0 |  
  | 1872 | 240 | 2118 | (90) | 0 |  
  | 1873 | 234 | 2117 | (86) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 240 | 2115 | (81) | 3 |  
  | 1875 | 260 | 2111 | (80) | 2 |  
  | 1876 | 275 | 2090 | (80) | 2 |  
  | 1877 | 276 | 2082 | (81) | 1 |  
  | 1878 | 306 | 2068 | (83) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 315 | 2054 | (83) | 1 |  
  | 1880 | 341 | 2043 | (81) | 0 |  
  | 1881 | 400 | 2032 | (78) | 1 |  
  | 1882 | 423 | 2026 | (75) | 3 |  
  | 1883 | 459 | 2029 | (73) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 486 | 2031 | (70) | 4 |  
  | 1885 | 494 | 2033 | (71) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 483 | 2034 | (69) | 9 |  
  | 1887 | 521 | 2008 | (78) | 1 |  
  | 1888 | 562 | 1987 | (86) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 593 | 1967 | (93) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 650 | 1947 | (100) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 676 | 1926 | (105) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 751 | 1906 | (109) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 796 | 1886 | (113) | 1 |  
  | 1894 | 834 | 1873 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1895 | 862 | 1861 | (122) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: White, James |  
   | Born: 20 June 1835 |  
   | Died: 17 Jan. 1907 |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Forster, Amos Burn, page 971 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 462 |  
   | Harding, Correspondence Chess, page 84 |  
   | Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 104, 262, 553, 582 |  
   | NDCA, Northumberland and Durham Chess Association Meeting, page 3, 4 |  
   | Whyld, English Tournaments, page 14 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CPC], vol. 3, no. 10, Aug. 1873, page 314 |  
   | [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 7, Feb. 1871, page 217 |  
   | [CW], vol. 2, no. 3, May 1866, page 87 |  
   | [CW], vol. 3, no. 2, Apr. 1867, page 61, 64 |  
   | [CW], vol. 4, no. 1, Apr. 1868, page 32 |  
   | [Era], vol. 29, no. 1493, 5 May 1867, page 6 |  
   | [Era], vol. 29, no. 1496, 26 May 1867, page 7 |  
   | [HCM], vol. 1, no. 10, July 1873, page 206 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 64, no. 1815, 6 June 1874, page 547 |  
   | [LeM], vol. 121, no. 14369, 28 Apr. 1884, page 7 |  
   | [LeM], no. 14685, 2 May 1885, page 7 |  
   | [WP], vol. 2, no. 11, 1 Mar. 1870, page 174 |  
   | [WP], vol. 2, no. 12, 1 Apr. 1870, page 190 |  
   | [WP], vol. 3, no. 29, 1 Sep. 1870, page 71 |  
   | [WP], vol. 5, no. 5, 1 Sep. 1872, page 65 |  
   | [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26 |  
   | [YP], 20 Dec. 1897 |  | Web |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - James White] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Newcastle 1866 (4) | 1st Northumberland and Durham Chess Association Tournament B2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Clay, W. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Newcastle 1866 (6) | 1st Northumberland and Durham Chess Association Tournament D |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Semple, T. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Taylor, G.H. (1) | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Stokoe, T.Y. | 0.5 - 1.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | North Shields 1867 (4) | Northumberland and Durham Chess Association - Tourney C |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Semple, T. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Punshon, R. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Bradford 1874 (1) | Leeds - Bradford Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Petty, J. | 2 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Huddersfield 1874 (1) | Wakefield - Leeds Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Young, J.W. (2) | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1875 (2) | West Yorkshire Chess Association - 2nd Class |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Cockman, A. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Stokoe, T.Y. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Bradford 1876 | Leeds - Bradford Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Braithwaite, W. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (7) | West Yorkshire Chess Association - 6th Tournament |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Whitaker, R. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1877 | Leeds - Bradford Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Petty, J. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1879 | Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Jones, D. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1881 (2) | Manchester Athenaeum - Leeds Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Jones, H. (1) | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1882 (3) | Leeds - Halifax Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Sutcliffe, J. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1882 (4) | Leeds - Hull Church Institute Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Freeborough, E.F. | 1.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1884 (1) | Leeds Club - Midland Railway Institute Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Phillips, F.E. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1884 (4) | West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting - Class I |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Mallett, G.E. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Stokoe, T.Y. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Bradford 1884 (12) | Bradford Meeting - Section VIII (Class A) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Shepherd, F.C. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1886 | Wakefield - Leeds Woodhouse Cup Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Scholefield, W.R. | 1 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Bradford 1886 (2) | Leeds - Bradford Woodhouse Cup Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Padgett, H.C. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1886 (1) | Sheffield and District - Leeds Woodhouse Cup Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Davy, He. | 1.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Bradford 1886 (7) | 1st Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Schott, G.A. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Common, A.W. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Hall, J.E. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Whitley, P. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Bradford 1887 (2) | Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Hodgson, J. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Birmingham 1893 | North and South Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Kup, A.P.C. | 0.5 - 0.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Halifax, Yorkshire 1895 | 10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | White, Ja. - Croft, C. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
| Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023 |  
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