Edo Ratings, Griffith, R.B.

Griffith, Robert

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1898	110	2327	(65)	4
1899	102	2350	(51)	16
1900	117	2330	(47)	20
1901	147	2307	(59)	0
1902	178	2283	(66)	5
1903	229	2257	(75)	0
1904	286	2231	(81)	0
1905	338	2205	(86)	0
1906	393	2178	(90)	0
1907	451	2152	(93)	0
1908	506	2126	(94)	0
1909	596	2099	(95)	3
1910	608	2093	(101)	0
1911	642	2087	(105)	0
1912	646	2081	(109)	0
1913	650	2074	(112)	0
1914	633	2068	(115)	0
1915	610	2062	(117)	0
1916	612	2056	(119)	1
1917	624	2046	(124)	0
1918	655	2037	(127)	0
1919	668	2028	(131)	0
1920	745	2018	(134)	0
1921	815	2009	(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

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 (10)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Third Round

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

New York 1898 (11)     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 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 and Los Angeles 1902 (1)     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

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

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

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

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

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