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Cairns, James

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1885  326  2113 (89) 2 1886  309  2129 (83) 2 1887  324  2124 (78) 5 1888  315  2120 (78) 2 1889  306  2129 (80) 0 1890  315  2138 (80) 2 1891  334  2136 (81) 0 1892  347  2133 (81) 1 1893  352  2131 (82) 1 1894  348  2141 (84) 0 1895  335  2151 (84) 1 1896  315  2165 (83) 0 1897  290  2180 (81) 2 1898  310  2177 (82) 1 1899  343  2165 (82) 1 1900  349  2162 (83) 2 1901  345  2169 (86) 4 1902  384  2154 (94) 0 1903  413  2139 (100) 0 1904  456  2124 (106) 0 1905  485  2109 (111) 0 1906  523  2094 (115) 0 1907  557  2079 (119) 0 1908  590  2064 (122) 0 1909  665  2050 (125) 0 1910  689  2035 (128) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Cairns, James C.   Born: 1843 Died: 1915   Notes: Steve Mann gives year of birth as 1842 or 1843.   References Books    Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 34, 35, 44    Forster, Amos Burn, page 956    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 311    Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 132 Web    Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13    Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Lancastrians C-D]

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Tournament data

Liverpool 1885	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Cohen, S.	1 - 1
Manchester 1886 (2)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Kipping, J.S.	2 - 0
Bradford 1887 (2)	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Philip, R.H.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1887 (2)	Liverpool Club - Irish Chess Association Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Harvey, E.L.	2 - 0
Liverpool 1887 (3)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Riddell, J.	0.5 - 0.5
Manchester 1887	Manchester St. Ann's - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Parker, J. (2)	0.5 - 0.5
Liverpool 1888 (1)	Manchester and District - Liverpool and District Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Lewis, J.J.	0 - 1
Manchester 1888	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Mills, D.Y.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1890 (1)	Bradford - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Schott, G.A.	1 - 0
Manchester 1890 (2)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Wright, G.W.	1 - 0
Liverpool 1892	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Jones, H. (1)	0.5 - 0.5
Dublin 1893	Dublin - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Harvey, E.L.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1895 (1)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Kenrick, J.P.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1897 (1)	Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Lea, J.P.	1 - 0
Liverpool 1897 (2)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Palmer, Wilf.C.	1 - 0
Manchester 1898	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Turnbull, W.P.	1 - 0
Manchester 1899	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Jones, H. (1)	0 - 1
Manchester 1900 (1)	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Wildman, F.P.	0 - 1
Manchester 1900 (2)	Lancashire - Warwickshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Hyde, A.H.	0.5 - 0.5
Leeds 1901	Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Shields, J.J.	0.5 - 0.5
Liverpool 1901 (2)	Liverpool - Dublin Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Sigerson, G.P.	1 - 0
Lancashire 1901	2nd Lancashire County Championship
	Cairns, J.C. - Dod, A.	1 - 0
	Cairns, J.C. - Spedding, F.E.	0 - 1
Liverpool 1901 (3)	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Spencer, E.	1 - 0
Manchester 1910	Manchester - Liverpool Club Match
	Cairns, J.C. - Lowenthal, F.	0 - 1

Player information updated: 5 May 2020