White, James




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1866  206  2121 (94) 5
1867  202  2127 (93) 2
1868  212  2125 (95) 0
1869  211  2124 (95) 0
1870  214  2122 (94) 0
1871  223  2120 (93) 0
1872  232  2119 (90) 0
1873  227  2117 (86) 0
1874  234  2115 (81) 3
1875  254  2112 (80) 2
1876  271  2091 (80) 2
1877  271  2082 (81) 1
1878  302  2068 (83) 0
1879  306  2054 (83) 1
1880  338  2043 (81) 0
1881  397  2033 (78) 1
1882  419  2027 (75) 3
1883  457  2029 (73) 0
1884  485  2032 (70) 4
1885  490  2033 (71) 0
1886  485  2035 (69) 9
1887  523  2009 (78) 1
1888  561  1988 (86) 0
1889  591  1968 (94) 0
1890  649  1947 (100) 0
1891  672  1927 (105) 0
1892  741  1907 (109) 0
1893  788  1886 (113) 1
1894  826  1874 (118) 0
1895  849  1862 (122) 1

Rating table notes

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