Edo Historical Chess Ratings

de Soyres, John

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1871  126  2113 (72) 4 1872  105  2146 (63) 0 1873  99  2178 (50) 21 1874  91  2209 (50) 9 1875  97  2206 (50) 12 1876  108  2200 (52) 14 1877  114  2178 (56) 9 1878  103  2200 (61) 0 1879  97  2222 (62) 0 1880  99  2244 (58) 10 1881  127  2217 (65) 0 1882  153  2190 (69) 0 1883  199  2163 (69) 0 1884  218  2136 (67) 0 1885  242  2109 (62) 15 1886  255  2104 (73) 0 1887  266  2099 (81) 0 1888  269  2094 (87) 0 1889  276  2089 (92) 0 1890  285  2085 (96) 0 1891  298  2080 (100) 0 1892  311  2075 (102) 0 1893  315  2070 (104) 0 1894  327  2065 (105) 0 1895  336  2060 (106) 0 1896  328  2055 (106) 0 1897  345  2050 (105) 0 1898  358  2045 (104) 0 1899  365  2040 (102) 0 1900  365  2035 (99) 0 1901  392  2030 (96) 0 1902  402  2025 (92) 0 1903  394  2020 (87) 10 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: de Soyres, John      Also known as: Rev. John de Soyres Born: 26 Apr. 1849 Died: 3 Feb. 1905   References Books    Forster, Amos Burn, page 969, 80    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 91, 400    Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 150    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 202 Periodicals    [ILN], vol. 59, 29 July 1871, page 99    [ILN], vol. 59, 9 Dec. 1871, page 555    [ILN], vol. 60, 13 Apr. 1872, page 363    [NSC], 20 May 1888 Web    Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: John de Soyres]    Harding, Tim.  [Another Blast from the Postal Past], page 11    Harding, Tim.  [The First Oxford-Cambridge University Match], page 7    Sericano, C.  [Boston (Inghilterra) 1880]

Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (1)	(f)	3	-	0
Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (2)	(f)	2	-	1	Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and move
Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (3)	(f)	2	-	1	Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Burn, A. - de Soyres, J. 1875 (4)	(f)	1	-	2	Burn, A. gave odds of a knight
de Soyres, J. - Wayte, W. 1880	(f)	3	-	1

Tournament data

Wiesbaden 1871 (1)	Wiesbaden Tournament, Section I		0	/	4
London 1873	1st Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	de Soyres, J. - Parratt, W.	0 - 2
Bristol 1873 (1)	4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament
	de Soyres, J. - Kempson, S.G.	1 - 0				de Soyres, J. gave odds of pawn and move
	de Soyres, J. - Lambert, C.J.	1 - 0
	de Soyres, J. - Ranken, C.E.	1 - 0				Ranken, C.E. gave odds of pawn and move
Bristol 1873 (3)	4th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Section B		2	/	9
Ipswich 1873	East Anglian Chess Tourney		5	/	7
London 1874 (1)	2nd Oxford - Cambridge University Match
	de Soyres, J. - Parratt, W.	2 - 1
Birmingham 1874 (4)	5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap
	de Soyres, J. - Murray, A.K.	1 - 0
	de Soyres, J. - Skipworth, A.B.	1 - 0				Skipworth, A.B. gave odds of pawn and move
	de Soyres, J. - Newham, W.L.	1 - 0
	de Soyres, J. - Burn, A.	0.5 - 1.5				Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and move
	de Soyres, J. - Wayte, W.	0.5 - 0.5				Wayte, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Cheltenham 1876 (2)	7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class		13	/	15
Louth, Lincolnshire 1877 (1)	Lincoln County Chess Association Meeting - 1st Class		5.5	/	9	odds player in pawn and move class
Boston (England) 1880	10th Counties Chess Association Meeting		4	/	6
London 1885 (2)	British Chess Association Tournament		4	/	15
Hilversum 1903	3rd Netherland Chess Federation International Tournament		2	/	10