Bearne, W.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  515  1815 (114) 7
1872  530  1809 (119) 0
1873  560  1803 (124) 0
1874  601  1797 (128) 0
1875  645  1791 (131) 0
1876  631  1784 (135) 0
1877  579  1778 (138) 0
1878  582  1772 (141) 0
1879  580  1766 (144) 0
1880  625  1760 (146) 0
1881  707  1754 (148) 0
1882  778  1747 (151) 0
1883  837  1741 (153) 0
1884  944  1735 (154) 0
1885  866  1729 (156) 0
1886  889  1723 (158) 0
1887  838  1717 (159) 0
1888  851  1711 (161) 0
1889  823  1704 (162) 0
1890  876  1698 (163) 0
1891  867  1692 (164) 0
1892  936  1686 (165) 0
1893  988  1680 (166) 0
1894  1014  1674 (167) 0
1895  1020  1668 (168) 0
1896  1035  1661 (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