Edo Ratings, Griffith, R.B.

Griffith, Robert

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1898	149	2300	(64)	4
1899	123	2327	(51)	16
1900	144	2308	(47)	20
1901	175	2286	(59)	0
1902	218	2264	(66)	5
1903	274	2238	(75)	0
1904	327	2212	(81)	0
1905	384	2187	(86)	0
1906	447	2161	(90)	0
1907	511	2135	(93)	0
1908	573	2109	(94)	0
1909	692	2083	(95)	3
1910	696	2076	(101)	0
1911	733	2070	(105)	0
1912	728	2064	(109)	0
1913	756	2058	(112)	0
1914	751	2052	(115)	0
1915	718	2045	(117)	0
1916	720	2039	(119)	1
1917	740	2030	(123)	0
1918	768	2021	(127)	0
1919	790	2012	(131)	0
1920	894	2002	(134)	0
1921	996	1993	(137)	1

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Griffith, Robert B.

Also known as: Dr. R.B. Griffith

Born: 19 Aug. 1876

Died: 31 May 1937

Notes:

The American Chess Magazine of Jan. 1899 (p.314) has both 'B.B. Griffith' (in error) and 'R. Griffith'.

References

Books

Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 150

Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 233, 233

Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 215

Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 354

Periodicals

[ACB], vol. 9, no. 10, Oct. 1912, page 234

[ACMa], vol. 2, no. 6, Dec. 1898, page 255

[ACMa], vol. 2, no. 7, Jan. 1899, page 314

Web

[Chess News from Everywhere (LCM, vol.1, no.3, 1905)]

Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Griffith, R.B. - Young, J.W. (1) 1899         (f)     4   -   2

Pillsbury, H.N. - Griffith, R.B. 1899         (c)     1.5   -   0.5

Lovegrove, W.R. - Griffith, R.B. 1902         (f)     2   -   1

Hallwegen, G. - Griffith, R.B. 1909         (c)     3   -   0

Reshevsky, S.H. - Griffith, R.B. 1921         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1898 (4)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, First Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Boehm, H.G.     0 - 1

Philadelphia 1898 (5)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Second Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Boehm, H.G.     1 - 0

New York 1898 (11)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Third Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Meyer, A.S.     0.5 - 0.5

New York 1898 (12)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Fourth Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Meyer, A.S.     0 - 1

Philadelphia 1899 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament

  Griffith, R.B. - Young, J.W. (1)     1 - 0

  Griffith, R.B. - Robinson, D.S.     0 - 1

  Griffith, R.B. - Sweeney, F.     1 - 0

  Griffith, R.B. - Hubbard (2)     1 - 0

San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1899     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Franklin, W.S.     1 - 0

Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Hanham, J.M.     1 - 0

Philadelphia 1899 (5)     Franklin Club Tournament - Class A

  Griffith, R.B. - Young, J.W. (1)     2 - 0

New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Roething, O.     1 - 0

Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5 / 18

Los Angeles 1900     Los Angeles Club Tournament     10 / 11

San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1902 (1)     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Howe, A.S.     0.5 - 0.5

San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1902 (2)     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Martin, T.H.     1 - 0

San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1916     San Francisco - Southern California Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Clarke, E.J.     0.5 - 0.5