Edo Ratings, Ward, S. (1)

Ward, Seth (1)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1861	317	1629	(160)	1
1862	350	1635	(158)	0
1863	360	1641	(156)	0
1864	367	1648	(154)	0
1865	430	1654	(152)	0
1866	467	1660	(150)	1
1867	446	1669	(148)	0
1868	463	1678	(147)	0
1869	462	1687	(145)	0
1870	519	1695	(143)	0
1871	564	1704	(141)	0
1872	595	1713	(139)	0
1873	613	1722	(137)	0
1874	661	1731	(134)	0
1875	696	1740	(131)	0
1876	668	1748	(128)	0
1877	595	1757	(124)	0
1878	588	1766	(120)	2
1879	568	1782	(118)	0
1880	591	1798	(116)	0
1881	652	1814	(113)	0
1882	697	1830	(109)	0
1883	716	1846	(105)	0
1884	772	1862	(100)	0
1885	713	1878	(95)	0
1886	698	1894	(88)	0
1887	658	1909	(80)	0
1888	648	1925	(70)	12
1889	639	1930	(79)	0
1890	665	1935	(86)	0
1891	663	1940	(92)	0
1892	709	1944	(96)	0
1893	721	1949	(100)	0
1894	723	1954	(102)	0
1895	705	1958	(104)	2
1896	715	1953	(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