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


Player information updated: 16 May 2018