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Champion, John 
  
 
 
| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1864 | 326 | 1855 | (103) | 2 |  
  | 1865 | 369 | 1858 | (97) | 3 |  
  | 1866 | 394 | 1859 | (96) | 4 |  
  | 1867 | 388 | 1855 | (99) | 2 |  
  | 1868 | 413 | 1839 | (103) | 0 |  
  | 1869 | 426 | 1824 | (107) | 0 |  
  | 1870 | 474 | 1808 | (110) | 0 |  
  | 1871 | 527 | 1793 | (113) | 0 |  
  | 1872 | 557 | 1777 | (115) | 1 |  
  | 1873 | 590 | 1768 | (118) | 0 |  
  | 1874 | 639 | 1758 | (122) | 0 |  
  | 1875 | 691 | 1749 | (125) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Champion, John James |  
   | Born: 7 Apr. 1834 |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The Era of 9 Feb. 1868 (p.4) has 'T. Champion' in error. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 10, Nov. 1874, page 234 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 3, Mar. 1866, page 92 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 5, May 1866, page 153 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1866, page 218 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1866, page 332 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 383 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1867, page 31 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1867, page 72 |  
   | [CPM], vol. 3, no. 7, 1 July 1867, page 217 |  
   | [CW], vol. 2, no. 1, Mar. 1866, page 25 |  
   | [CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 156 |  
   | [CW], vol. 3, no. 4, July 1867, page 145 |  
   | [CW], vol. 3, no. 12, Mar. 1868, page 466 |  
   | [Era], vol. 28, no. 1430, 18 Feb. 1866, page 6 |  
   | [Era], vol. 39, no. 1533, 9 Feb. 1868, page 4 |  
   | [HCM], vol. 3, no. 8, May 1875, page 162 |  
   | [HCWYA], no. 893, 1 June 1867, page 5 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1374, 9 June 1866, page 571 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1430, 8 June 1867, page 586 |  
   | [LeM], vol. 109, no. 10636, 13 May 1872, page 3 |  
   | [Str], vol. 6, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1873, page 84 |  | Web |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1873: Blackburne Visits Sheffield] |  
   | Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - John James Champion] |  |  | 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Huddersfield and Sheffield 1864 | Huddersfield - Sheffield Club Match |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Champion, J.J. - Miller, W.J.C. | 0.5 - 1.5 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1865 | Sheffield Athenaeum Club Tournament |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Champion, J.J. - Roddewig, W. | 2 - 0 |  |  |  | Champion, J.J. gave odds of pawn and two moves |  
  |  | Champion, J.J. - Bennett, J. | 1 - 2 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1866 (2) | Sheffield Athenaeum Club Handicap | 11 | / | 17 | odds player in pawn and move class |  |  |  |  |  
  | Wakefield 1867 (3) | West Yorkshire Chess Association - Tournament 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Champion, J.J. - Ellis, W. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Champion, J.J. - Waldheim, F. | 1 - 0 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Leeds 1872 (2) | 17th West Yorkshire Chess Association Meeting, Tournament 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Champion, J.J. - Fawcett, J.A. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
  | Sheffield 1875 (2) | West Yorkshire Chess Association - 2nd Class |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
  |  | Champion, J.J. - Marks, J.C. | 0 - 1 |  |  |  |  |  
 
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