Edo Ratings, Ward, S. (1)

Ward, Seth (1)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1861	315	1630	(160)	1
1862	348	1636	(158)	0
1863	358	1642	(156)	0
1864	365	1649	(154)	0
1865	428	1655	(152)	0
1866	465	1661	(150)	1
1867	444	1670	(148)	0
1868	460	1679	(147)	0
1869	458	1688	(145)	0
1870	514	1697	(143)	0
1871	552	1706	(141)	0
1872	583	1714	(139)	0
1873	597	1723	(137)	0
1874	653	1732	(134)	0
1875	685	1741	(131)	0
1876	663	1750	(128)	0
1877	591	1759	(124)	0
1878	583	1767	(120)	2
1879	565	1783	(118)	0
1880	591	1799	(116)	0
1881	649	1815	(113)	0
1882	689	1832	(109)	0
1883	713	1848	(105)	0
1884	772	1864	(100)	0
1885	711	1880	(95)	0
1886	694	1896	(88)	0
1887	654	1912	(80)	0
1888	644	1928	(70)	12
1889	631	1932	(79)	0
1890	662	1937	(86)	0
1891	656	1942	(92)	0
1892	701	1946	(96)	0
1893	713	1951	(100)	0
1894	714	1955	(102)	0
1895	699	1960	(104)	2
1896	705	1955	(109)	2

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Ward, Seth (1)

Also known as: Seth Ward, sen.

Born: 1834

Died: 22 Jan. 1903

Notes:

Gaige gives date of birth as 1835. Steve Mann gives date of birth as 1834 and date of baptism as 02-11-1834. I am assuming that the 'S. Ward' who was at the West Yorkshire Chess Association annual meeting in May 1866 (Illustrated London News, 9 June 1866, p.571) is the 'Seth Ward' who was at the Bradford 1888 tournament. Gaige also has a younger Seth Ward, 1870-1912, who would have been about 18 in 1888? I am also tentatively identifying the player named 'Ward' in the West Yorkshire Chess Association 2nd Class tournament of 1861 as the elder Seth Ward.

References

Books

Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 456

Whyld, English Tournaments, page 13

Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 85

Periodicals

[CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 184

[CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 156

[Era], vol. 27, no. 1393, 4 June 1865, page 6

[Era], vol. 32, no. 1655, 12 June 1870, page 5

[ILN], vol. 48, no. 1374, 9 June 1866, page 571

[LeM], vol. 121, no. 14369, 28 Apr. 1884, page 7

[LeM], no. 14685, 2 May 1885, page 7

Web

Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Seth Ward (senior)]

Tournament data

Leeds 1861 (2)     West Yorkshire Chess Association Second Class Tournament

  Ward, S. (1) - Heald     0 - 1

Leeds 1866 (3)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - Tournament 3

  Ward, S. (1) - Fieldsend, T.     0 - 1

Bradford 1878     Bradford - Manchester Athenaeum Club Match

  Ward, S. (1) - Wood, E.H.     0 - 2

Bradford 1888 (2)     British Chess Association Amateur Championship     5.5 / 12

Halifax, Yorkshire 1895     10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A

  Ward, S. (1) - Brown, I.M.     1 - 0

  Ward, S. (1) - Elson, F.     0.5 - 0.5

Harrogate 1896     Harrogate Club Tournament     22.5 / 26