Chambers, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  476  1969 (58) 9
1885  460  1986 (49) 11
1886  463  1982 (42) 39
1887  443  1996 (48) 9
1888  427  1997 (51) 6
1889  422  2004 (51) 11
1890  406  2027 (53) 9
1891  390  2048 (55) 5
1892  435  2030 (56) 11
1893  475  2012 (62) 0
1894  504  1994 (63) 0
1895  499  1977 (61) 7
1896  501  1971 (62) 0
1897  498  1966 (59) 11
1898  509  1967 (64) 0
1899  505  1967 (66) 0
1900  496  1967 (65) 0
1901  517  1967 (59) 8
1902  499  1991 (58) 5
1903  500  1994 (57) 4
1904  524  2007 (56) 5
1905  558  2005 (54) 8
1906  546  2024 (53) 7
1907  570  2019 (53) 7
1908  563  2018 (53) 7
1909  616  2001 (54) 11
1910  610  1988 (61) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Chambers, John Dillon  
Born: 1842
Died: June 1930
 
Notes:
Possibly the 'G.D. Chambers' who played in the circulating chess game reported in the Chess Monthly of Sept. 1883 (see Chess Note 4652), but the first initial 'G' would then have to be an error.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 223
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 302
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 261, 956
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 67
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 192
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 45
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Blackburne in Sheffield]
   McGowan, Alan.  [John D Chambers]
   McGowan, Alan.  [Scottish Championship 1895]
   Sericano, C.  [Belfast 1886]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4652. Chess by circulation]

Tournament data

Glasgow 1884     1st Scottish Championship     2.5  /  9
Edinburgh 1885     2nd Scottish Championship     6  /  11
Glasgow 1886     3rd Scottish Championship     4  /  11
Nottingham 1886 (1)     Counties Chess Association - Minor Tourney, Division I     1.5  /  6
Nottingham 1886 (5)     Counties Chess Association - Handicap Tournament    
  Chambers, J.D. - Job, J.     0 - 1          Chambers, J.D. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Belfast 1886 (1)     2nd Irish Chess Association Congress     3  /  8
Belfast 1886 (2)     Handicap Tournament     7.5  /  13      odds player in pawn and two moves class
Edinburgh 1887     4th Scottish Championship     4.5  /  8
Stamford 1887 (3)     Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Chambers, J.D. - Mills, D.Y.     0 - 1          Mills, D.Y. gave odds of the move
Glasgow 1888 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Chambers, J.D. - Howard, F.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Glasgow 1888 (2)     5th Scottish Championship     1  /  5
Edinburgh 1889     6th Scottish Championship     6  /  10
Liverpool 1889 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Chambers, J.D. - Sugden, E.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Dundee 1890     7th Scottish Championship     5.5  /  9
Glasgow 1891 (1)     8th Scottish Championship     5  /  5
Edinburgh 1892     9th Scottish Championship     6  /  11
Edinburgh 1895 (1)     12th Scottish Championship     2.5  /  7
Glasgow 1897     14th Scottish Championship     4.5  /  10
Liverpool 1897 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Chambers, J.D. - Rutherford, W.W.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1901 (1)     Lancashire - Cheshire County Match    
  Chambers, J.D. - Wellington, S.     0 - 1    
Glasgow 1901 (2)     18th Scottish Championship     2  /  7
Perth, Scotland 1902     19th Scottish Championship     3  /  5
Edinburgh 1903     20th Scottish Championship     1  /  4
Dundee 1904     21st Scottish Championship     3  /  5
Stirling 1905     22nd Scottish Championship     3  /  8
Glasgow 1906     23rd Scottish Championship     3.5  /  7
Edinburgh 1907     24th Scottish Championship     2.5  /  7
Dundee 1908     25th Scottish Championship     3.5  /  7
Glasgow 1909     26th Scottish Championship     4  /  11
Edinburgh 1910     27th Scottish Championship     3  /  9

Player information updated: 17 Dec. 2017