Knight, W.J.J.




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  301  2050 (131) 1
1873  307  2052 (128) 0
1874  313  2053 (125) 0
1875  325  2055 (122) 0
1876  321  2057 (118) 0
1877  311  2058 (114) 0
1878  318  2060 (110) 1
1879  294  2071 (107) 0
1880  293  2083 (105) 0
1881  317  2094 (101) 0
1882  302  2106 (97) 7
1883  326  2108 (100) 0
1884  353  2110 (102) 0
1885  351  2112 (104) 0
1886  354  2115 (105) 0
1887  354  2117 (105) 1
1888  343  2122 (107) 1
1889  338  2120 (111) 0
1890  366  2117 (114) 1
1891  372  2113 (118) 0
1892  400  2108 (121) 0
1893  417  2104 (123) 1
1894  450  2092 (128) 1
1895  482  2082 (133) 0
1896  491  2071 (137) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Knight, W.J.J.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
The Daily News of 22 Oct. 1894 (p.3) had 'Knight, W.J.G.'.
 
References
Books
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 85, 128, 543, 545
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 7, no. 6, June 1887, page 267
   [BCM], vol. 14, no. 5, May 1894, page 193
   [BDP], 30 Jan. 1893
   [DN], no. 15151, 22 Oct. 1894, page 3
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1730, 19 Nov. 1871, page 2
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1738, 14 Jan. 1872, page 4
   [WP], vol. 4, no. 9, 1 Jan. 1872, page 153
Web
   [West London Chess Club: Past Officers]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Frankenstein, E.N. - Knight, W.J.J. 1882         (f)     4   -   3

Tournament data

London, England 1872 (1)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Lord, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1878 (2)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Watts, J.J.     0 - 1          Watts, J.J. gave odds of the move
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Burroughs, F.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Burroughs, F.C.     1 - 0    
London, England 1890 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Jowett, W.W.     1 - 0    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Aspa, R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Beebee, J.H.     0 - 1    
London, England 1894 (6)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Biaggini, C.E.     0 - 1    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Knight, W.J.J. - Phillips, T. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025