Ward, Seth (1)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1861  312  1631 (160) 1
1862  323  1637 (158) 0
1863  335  1643 (156) 0
1864  343  1650 (154) 0
1865  394  1656 (152) 0
1866  440  1662 (149) 1
1867  413  1671 (148) 0
1868  429  1680 (147) 0
1869  430  1689 (145) 0
1870  490  1698 (143) 0
1871  531  1707 (141) 0
1872  558  1716 (139) 0
1873  580  1725 (136) 0
1874  637  1734 (134) 0
1875  663  1743 (131) 0
1876  634  1752 (127) 0
1877  567  1760 (124) 0
1878  555  1769 (120) 2
1879  547  1786 (118) 0
1880  574  1802 (115) 0
1881  627  1818 (112) 0
1882  658  1834 (109) 0
1883  694  1850 (105) 0
1884  750  1867 (100) 0
1885  693  1883 (95) 0
1886  661  1899 (88) 0
1887  623  1915 (80) 0
1888  613  1932 (71) 12
1889  597  1937 (79) 0
1890  627  1943 (86) 0
1891  628  1948 (92) 0
1892  654  1954 (96) 0
1893  657  1959 (100) 0
1894  646  1965 (103) 0
1895  636  1971 (105) 2
1896  634  1965 (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 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

Player information updated: 16 May 2018