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  1696 (143) 0
1871  564  1704 (141) 0
1872  595  1713 (139) 0
1873  611  1722 (137) 0
1874  660  1731 (134) 0
1875  692  1740 (131) 0
1876  668  1749 (128) 0
1877  595  1757 (124) 0
1878  587  1766 (120) 2
1879  568  1782 (118) 0
1880  592  1798 (116) 0
1881  652  1814 (113) 0
1882  691  1830 (109) 0
1883  714  1846 (105) 0
1884  773  1862 (100) 0
1885  711  1878 (95) 0
1886  696  1894 (88) 0
1887  654  1910 (80) 0
1888  644  1926 (70) 12
1889  632  1931 (79) 0
1890  663  1936 (86) 0
1891  658  1940 (92) 0
1892  704  1945 (96) 0
1893  716  1950 (100) 0
1894  715  1954 (102) 0
1895  699  1959 (104) 2
1896  707  1954 (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


Player information updated: 16 May 2018