Crum, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1875  383  2010 (70) 6
1876  363  2027 (62) 13
1877  322  2054 (66) 0
1878  300  2081 (67) 0
1879  259  2108 (64) 0
1880  249  2135 (57) 15
1881  269  2141 (62) 2
1882  270  2145 (64) 2
1883  277  2157 (66) 0
1884  280  2168 (64) 9
1885  306  2151 (72) 0
1886  332  2133 (78) 0
1887  368  2116 (82) 0
1888  396  2099 (85) 2
1889  391  2097 (90) 0
1890  407  2096 (93) 0
1891  403  2094 (96) 0
1892  439  2092 (98) 0
1893  470  2090 (100) 0
1894  481  2089 (100) 0
1895  484  2087 (100) 0
1896  481  2085 (99) 0
1897  487  2084 (98) 0
1898  516  2082 (95) 0
1899  525  2080 (92) 0
1900  554  2078 (88) 0
1901  574  2077 (82) 0
1902  595  2075 (75) 0
1903  609  2073 (65) 0
1904  637  2072 (52) 10
1905  685  2055 (45) 11
1906  666  2064 (41) 17
1907  654  2076 (39) 18
1908  724  2056 (40) 18
1909  807  2041 (41) 20
1910  858  2019 (50) 9
1911  910  2003 (60) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Crum, John  
Born: 19 June 1841
Died: 27 Apr. 1922
 
Notes:
Gaige gives year of birth as 1842. McGowan gives date of birth as 19-06-1841.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 302
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 958
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 79
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 146, 189, 574
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 169, 192
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 52
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 10, Aug. 1875, page 311
   [GH], 26 Jan. 1852
   [TG], vol. 33, no. 6, 6 Jan. 1877, page 7
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Chess Book Heaven at the Royal Dutch Library], page 4
   Hilbert, John S.  [Irregular Regularity, Or, The Fifth Series], page 2
   McGowan, Alan.  [John Crum]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Crum, J. - Murray, W.F. 1876         (f)     4   -   2
Spens, W.C. - Crum, J. 1876         (f)     4   -   1

Tournament data

Glasgow 1875 (5)     6th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class III     3.5  /  6
Edinburgh 1876     East and West of Scotland Match    
  Crum, J. - Greenhill, J.     2 - 0    
Glasgow 1880     West of Scotland Challenge Cup Tournament     14  /  19
Edinburgh 1881     East and West of Scotland Match    
  Crum, J. - Fraser, Jo.     1 - 1    
Edinburgh 1882     East and West of Scotland Match    
  Crum, J. - Meikle, C.     1 - 1    
Glasgow 1884 (1)     1st Scottish Championship     7  /  9
Glasgow 1888 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Crum, J. - Owen, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Glasgow 1888 (4)     5th Scottish Chess Association Congress - Handicap Tournament    
  Crum, J. - Johnston, John     1 - 0          Crum, J. gave odds of a knight
  Crum, J. - Mackenzie, J.     0 - 1          Crum, J. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Hastings 1904 (1)     London League - Three Unions Match    
  Crum, J. - Nicholls, C.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1904 (4)     1st British Chess Federation Congress - 1st Class Amateur Section A     4.5  /  9
Southport 1905 (4)     2nd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section B     3.5  /  11
Ostend 1906 (13)     Ostend Amateur Tournament B     8  /  17
Edinburgh 1907     24th Scottish Championship     5  /  7
London, England 1907 (2)     4th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class     4.5  /  11
Dundee 1908     25th Scottish Championship     2.5  /  7
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (2)     5th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     4.5  /  11
Glasgow 1909     26th Scottish Championship     6  /  11
Scarborough 1909 (2)     6th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     3.5  /  9
Edinburgh 1910     27th Scottish Championship     3.5  /  9
Glasgow 1911 (1)     28th Scottish Championship     2  /  7

Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026