Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  514  1815 (114) 7
1872  531  1809 (119) 0
1873  560  1803 (124) 0
1874  602  1796 (128) 0
1875  646  1790 (131) 0
1876  633  1784 (135) 0
1877  578  1778 (138) 0
1878  582  1772 (141) 0
1879  581  1765 (144) 0
1880  626  1759 (146) 0
1881  709  1753 (148) 0
1882  783  1747 (150) 0
1883  839  1741 (152) 0
1884  946  1734 (154) 0
1885  867  1728 (156) 0
1886  892  1722 (158) 0
1887  842  1716 (159) 0
1888  854  1710 (160) 0
1889  832  1704 (162) 0
1890  880  1697 (163) 0
1891  871  1691 (164) 0
1892  940  1685 (165) 0
1893  991  1679 (166) 0
1894  1021  1673 (167) 0
1895  1033  1666 (167) 0
1896  1045  1660 (168) 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