Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  521  1814 (114) 7
1872  541  1808 (119) 0
1873  570  1802 (124) 0
1874  611  1796 (128) 0
1875  658  1790 (132) 0
1876  650  1784 (135) 0
1877  602  1778 (138) 0
1878  608  1772 (141) 0
1879  615  1766 (144) 0
1880  658  1760 (146) 0
1881  726  1754 (149) 0
1882  807  1748 (151) 0
1883  850  1742 (153) 0
1884  957  1736 (155) 0
1885  880  1730 (156) 0
1886  904  1724 (158) 0
1887  850  1718 (159) 0
1888  868  1712 (161) 0
1889  853  1706 (162) 0
1890  890  1700 (163) 0
1891  878  1694 (164) 0
1892  948  1688 (165) 0
1893  1008  1682 (166) 0
1894  1046  1676 (167) 0
1895  1064  1670 (168) 0
1896  1059  1664 (169) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bearne, W.J.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
There were also Northampton players named James Bearn (born 1820) and John Hobson Bearn (born 1815), active in the 1850s (see Steve Mann's Yorkshire Chess History website), but it is more likely that the 'Bearne' who played in the City of London Club events in 1871 was W.J. Bearne, who is already mentioned in 1865 in the Household Chess Magazine (31 Jan. 1865, p.16) and the Chess Player's Magazine (June 1865, p.185).
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 32
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 16, no. 6, June 1896, page 230
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 185
   [Fld], 10 May 1873
   [HoCM], vol. 1, no. 1, 31 Jan. 1865, page 16
   [ST], no. 3814, 10 May 1896, page 8
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 6, 15 June 1873, page 168

Tournament data

London, England 1871 (1)     City of London Club Handicap - Section 1    
  Bearne, W.J. - Younger     0 - 2    
London, England 1871 (5)     City of London Club Handicap - Consolation Tournament    
  Bearne, W.J. - Humphreys, E.E.     1 - 0          Humphreys, E.E. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Bearne, W.J. - Shedlock, J.     2 - 0          Bearne, W.J. gave odds of pawn and move
  Bearne, W.J. - Fenton, R.H.F.     0 - 2          Fenton, R.H.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Bearne, W.J. - Hughes-Hughes, M.E.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 14 May 2025