Ward, Seth (1)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1861  296  1635 (160) 1
1862  310  1642 (158) 0
1863  321  1648 (156) 0
1864  333  1654 (154) 0
1865  388  1661 (152) 0
1866  430  1667 (149) 1
1867  402  1676 (148) 0
1868  424  1685 (146) 0
1869  424  1694 (145) 0
1870  485  1703 (143) 0
1871  525  1712 (141) 0
1872  549  1721 (139) 0
1873  575  1730 (136) 0
1874  628  1739 (134) 0
1875  653  1748 (131) 0
1876  625  1757 (127) 0
1877  554  1766 (124) 0
1878  548  1775 (120) 2
1879  538  1791 (118) 0
1880  560  1808 (115) 0
1881  614  1824 (112) 0
1882  651  1840 (109) 0
1883  690  1857 (105) 0
1884  737  1873 (100) 0
1885  687  1890 (95) 0
1886  650  1906 (88) 0
1887  614  1922 (80) 0
1888  606  1939 (71) 12
1889  587  1944 (79) 0
1890  617  1950 (86) 0
1891  619  1956 (92) 0
1892  637  1961 (96) 0
1893  643  1967 (100) 0
1894  633  1972 (103) 0
1895  623  1978 (105) 2
1896  623  1972 (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